Blogs from Bernina Pass, South-East, Switzerland, Europe
May 15th 2009
May 14th Took the train to the Alpes today. 3-4 hour trip each way. We travelled past a beautiful aqua lake called Walensee. Huge steep cliffs on one side and the rail line and typical Swiss villages on the other. Cows with bells around their necks scatter the fields. The train slowly ascends towards St Moritz to a height of 1775metres. We crossed the Landwasser Viaduct-a world famous cast-iron piece of Rhaetian railway. It is currently under repair so the train slows to a crawl over the viaduct that reaches 65 metres in height and 142 metres in length. The viaduct is listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site. We stopped at St Moritz for a quick bite. The town is dead this time of year but in winter it is the playground of the ... read more
Magnificent Bernina Express
Published: August 13th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Bernina Pass
August 3rd 2008
Almost didn't take the trip ! What a lovely train trip crossing over the Swiss Alps into Italy. Bernina express trip ranks very high in the list of beautiful and wonderful railway journeys. But I almost didn't take the trip due to tiredness. I had a long train journey the previous day from Interlakin to Davos dorf - about 8 hours journey. I was kind of had enough for the day and didn't fancy taking another 8 hours trip. However, next day I thought I might as well. But I didn't know how beautiful this trip going to be. The train runs between Davos Dorf to Triano in Italy. It takes 4 hours one way and 4 hours to return. My whole trip was booked by travel agent. So all I had to do was to ... read more
Skitour in St. Moritz - March 2008
Published: April 11th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Bernina Pass
April 11th 2008
Hi hi It is March 2008 in St. Moritz in beautiful Switzerland. My university is organising one week of skitours in the alps. With snowshoes and a snowboard on my back i'm hiking up various mountains just to freeride. To freeride hours long on wonderful smooth powder. The weather was great and the group as well. All in all a great white week. Here some of the photos i took. -Andy ... read more
