Blogs from Bernina Pass, South-East, Switzerland, Europe

14/09/16 – woensdag – dag 11 St-Moritz. S' Morgens kreeg de hele groep ontbijt aangeboden door de cp bazin. Allerlei soorten versgebakken brood en koeken. Lekker en gezellig. Buffetsysteem à volonté. Enkelen, hoe zal ik ze noemen, profiteerden ervan om extra lunchpakketten te versieren voor 's middags. Om 10.00 vertrokken we dan met 10 (van de 14) overblijvende fietskandidaten op dagtocht naar de Berninapas op 2300m hoogte. De weg loopt grotendeels op gravel wandelwegen langs de spoorweg van de Bernina Express en langs de gigantische Morteratsch-Gletscher. Ter hoogte van het Morteratsch spoorwegstation, speelt een genezen gewaande inspannings-astma kwaal opnieuw op. We nemen het zekere voor het onzekere en besluiten af te haken bij de groep, en na recuperatie aan het bergrestaurantje van Morteratsch rustig terug te keren. Zonder verdere problemen maak... read more

For the last 20 years, I have subscribed to several travel magazines, and I get very excited when a new one arrives. In one of my first travel magazines there was an article about the world's most outstanding train trips. One of the trips was the Orient Express, and it looked interesting, but the trip that won my heart was the Bernina Express. The train starts in Chur, Switzerland, which is very near the border with Liechtenstein. It climbs up through the Alps by way of spiraling tunnels and crosses the Bernina Pass on one of the highest train crossings in the world. Then it descends by way of corkscrew bridges and viaducts into Turino, Italy. I really can't describe the things I saw, but I will post many pictures.For more info, go to www.swisstravelsystem.com/.../Bernina-express-en.html ... read more

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