Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 4
Synopsis Bernina Express Roundtrip: It's a classic picture: a bright red train with large, panoramic windows traveling through the mountains. That's the Bernina Express, very likely you've seen it before…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 5
Synopsis Glacier Express to Zermatt: The Glacier Express is another well-known, must-do, can't-miss Switzerland train trips, traveling from Chur or St. Moritz to Zermatt at the foot of the Matterhorn.…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 6
Synopsis Gornergrat Cog Railway: The Gornergrat Railway is a cog railway which takes you from Zermatt to the Station Gornergrat at the summit (10,135 feet/3089m) in 33 minutes. The railway…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 7
Synopsis Matterhorn Glacier Paradise. The original hope was to take the Matterhorn Alpine Crossing cable car between two peaks, traveling from Switzerland to Italy and back. Alas, the crossing is…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 8
Synopsis Return to Zurich: The first leg is from Zermatt to Visp is a scenic route, passing through the Matter valley with yet another chance to view incredible alpine scenery.…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 9
Synopsis Play Date in Zurich: No finalized plans, but strongly considering an interactive chocolate tour at the Lindt factory in Kilchberg just outside of Zurich. As I write this, no…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 10
Synopsis Return home: an early morning flight from Zurich to Schiphol followed by a non-stop back to Minneapolis-St. Paul. Hoping for uneventful travel as we'll likely be tired, drained, and…
Random Learnings #57
My wife and I are traveling to Switzerland this fall for some bucket-list train rides, including the Glacier Express between Chur and Zermatt. The Glacier Express requires seat reservations which…
Random Learnings #11
Did you know that a German, and therefore a European Union, enclave within Switzerland? Neither did I. It turns out that the Basel Badischer Banhof in Basel, Switzerland - just…