We went on a wee trip to Switzerland in the Porsche. On the way we stoppped for lunch in our favorite restaurant in the Alsace, Chez Collette. I ordered the stone bass. Absolutely delicious, it was sitting on deep fried cannelloni filled with a prawn mousse with a crustacean sauce. Exquisite. Despite being a Wednesday lunchtime in October the place was absolutely packed. Not one spare seat. A well deserving busy little local that's for sure.
The drive through to Andermatt was largely forgettable having to navigate the motorway that passes through Basel. It's a motorway we try to avoid big time. But once we were closer to Andermatt things opened out and we were in the pristine Swiss countryside. Andy drove to Zimmersheim and I drove onwards from there. I really do despise that motorway but at least it wasn't pitch black in heavy rain like it was one time we were travelling from Zurich airport to the Alsace. That was a complete nightmare. We couldn't see a thing, the traffic was bonkers as it always is and for some strange reason in Switzerland on the motorways there's no cats eyes or anything so you sort of have to guess where the lanes are in the rain in the dark. Very odd.
Our apartment was superb and breakfasts were delivered on a trolley at 8am outside our door by the lovely hostess. Every morning it was different and she even went to the trouble of labelling all of the cheeses and hams with little Swiss flags.
Andermatt itself is a pretty little town. The first night we stayed in and had mont d'or baked in the oven with white wine until caramalised and gooey. Yummy yum yum. I do love a baked mont d'or.
We drove the Gotthard Pass, Furka Pass and the Tremola road. The highlight was the Tremola. It's cobbled, in incredible condition with almost no traffic. A fabulous road which we enjoyed immensely. It's so hard to capture the beauty of these roads and the scenery on camera. I get a bit nervous with the hairpins but Andy's a great driver and has to put up with my little squeals.
The weather.......OMG we were so lucky. Clear blue cloudless skies every day. Very unusual for October that's for sure! It was fun in the Porsche.
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| Stone bass from Chez Collette in Zimmersheim |
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| Mont d'or |
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| Our terrace |
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| Cute breakfast trolley complete with eggs and a egg poacher, home made bread and one morning export quality golden NZ kiwifruit. It's strange to have eaten the best kiwifruit I ever have.... in the Swiss alps. |
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| Tremola road. It's so much more spectacular in life. |
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Lunch high in the alps. If we hadn't booked we would have been out of luck. |
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| The sign on our breakfast trolley, so cute! |
