I was driving home from Boston, MA with my sister when we saw this sign: “Mystic Next Exit”. Change of plans!
We knew nothing about the place, but got intrigued by the name. Turned out it was a cute little town, a historical seaport, and if I could use just one word to describe it, it would be “peaceful.”
This is the Mystic River Bascule Bridge that allows boat traffic to go through. It opens every hour or so, but we did not know and missed it. 
It started to rain soon, so we headed home.
While it was raining down the valley, we enjoyed the amazing views and cloud shows that Gronergrat offered. It is a final stop and the highest (10,135 ft) point of the Gornergratbahn rack railway. For most people it is also a starting point for hiking, but for us it was the final destination. I must say it’s pretty hard to breath while going uphill at this height 
. The hiking trail is about one mile long and 900 ft of vertical drop. It took us about 40 minutes to rich the point. 
The mountain goats seem to feel pretty comfortable here and are not afraid of people.
Gruyères, Switzerland. It was getting dark when we got there and everyone was very hungry. I could snap only few shots while others were picking a place to eat. After a long dinner it was too dark to shoot. You might want to google this place to see some other pictures.
This cute medieval town actually has ‘no cars’ policy, so we had to park outside of it and walk uphill. 
Our restaurant was almost empty: on a rainy day in March there are not very many tourists hanging around. 
Another thing to mention – H.R. Giger, a swiss artist, who won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects in the movie “Alien”, opened an original museum and a bar in this town. The museum was unfortunately closed, but I could snap the bar interior. Doesn’t it look freaky? 
10,000 feet above sea level. Yulia, this picture should be framed! 
