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A great day today as we crossed over the Bernina Pass and made a lightning visit to Italy. As you do. We took two service trains on the Albula Railway from Chur to Pontresina via Samedan, crossing the Landwasser Viaduct, and then joined the Bernina Express through the pass to Tirano. We were well above …
Today was just great! Firstly, since you’re reading this, and I’m dictating it, that means I didn’t die in some terrible cable car accident. I think that’s a pretty good outcome, although of course opinions may vary. Today we took the Rhaetian Railway from Chur to Arosa by private Pullman Coach. By private, I mean …
Today we travelled on the Glacier Express train from Brig to Chur with a nice lunch on board and some spectacular scenery. Short post today because I’m getting ready to take everybody out to dinner at the rather fancy ‘Va Bene’ restaurant in Chur. I’m good like that. Tomorrow we’re off in a private Pullman …
Big day today! We took an SBB service train from Vevey to Zermatt. From Zermatt we rode the Gornergrat Bahn cog railway up to the top of the Gornergrat from where there are simply stunning views. The Gornergrat railway is situated at an altitude of 3,089 m (10,135 ft), which makes the Gornergrat Railway the …
Today we took a ride up to mountains. The first journey took us on the funicular railway from Vevey to Mont Pelerin. At 9 o’clock in the morning Lake Geneva and the distant mountains were looking beautiful. We were all looking forward to having a cup of coffee at the top overlooking the lake on …
So today we travelled on the golden pass line from Montreux to Zweisimmen, travelling in the restored 1930s era coaches. Switzerland operates many different rail gauges on its railway network.The gauge of a railway refers to the distance between the rails. Narrow gauge railways are usually found in mountainous regions because the narrow distance between …
The looooooooong Winter break is drawing to a close and I'm beginning to get ready for the start of what looks to be a busy 2023. You can find a list of the Tours blocked in so far on the What’s Coming Up? page of this website. My first Tour is actually a Winter tour …
The header picture on this post was taken by one of my clients. It shows me staring, pensively out of the train window. Probably worrying whether we’ll make the next connection or not! I thought it captured something… What it is I’m not quite certain, but it’s something. Last day of the Swiss tour today. …
Today we took a boat trip on lake Lugano to visit the tiny fishing town of Gandria. The sun shone on my clients and it was a lovely day. Photo courtesy Mardy Brayman Photo courtesy Holly Hagen … and that’s Holly in person with Barry My clients have been very sweet today. At one time …
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I took yesterday off from blogging. Sorry about that, but I was tired, and we were travelling on the glacier express which is the train so famous and well photographed it didn’t need much more from me. Today we picked up the Bernina express train running from Chur to Tirano in Italy. In my view …
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