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Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Arosa September 22nd 2023

Woke up to more rain. The clouds lift and descend around the mountains, teasing us with scenery, then taking it away. We had a wonderful breakfast, again, more food than you can eat. This hotel is incredible. It’s been completely remodeled, and apparently was done by an artisan. Upon checking out, we found the room was only $43 Eu each and that feast we had for dinner was $25 EU each. Unbelievable. I set the GPS for Arosa. There are numerous ways to get there from here, so I figured the GPS would send us the quickest way. Off we went, and within minutes we were climbing and switchbacking on the most scenic road I’ve ever seen. This was the heart of the Alps, and the mountains were incredible. Between the heavy rain and the clouds, ... read more
Lake Livigno
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Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Arosa September 14th 2022

Planned trip out today. A train ride up to Arosa in the mountains. This is the Raetian Railway RHB line and goes only to Arosa (the terminus) and back. A 1000 metre climb over 26 kilometres. The train ride starts from outside the station and goes along the streets of Chur before climbing up through the mountainous landscape of Schanfigg to Arosa at the end of the line. We drove down the wibbly wobbly hairpin bend road into Chur to the station and parked in the station carpark as before and boarded the 10.08 from platform 2 right outside the station. It wasn’t full so we could choose our seats and needed to be on the right hand side looking forward as the main views are on that side. The journey takes 1 hour and ends ... read more
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Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Arosa September 20th 2004

SSHT was nice enough to give us a day off of classes to go to Arosa. Haldis and I rode the cable car to the top of a mountain. It was chilly up there.... read more




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