We dropped our car off in Munich and boarded the train for St. Moritz, Switzerland
Arriving by train in St. Moritz, Switzerland
Sherrie in front of the lake in St. Moritz, Switzerland
The town of St. Moritz, Switzerland. We hiked up to the town and had lunch at a restaurant there.......great pesto spagetti (yes, we were in Switzerland).
St. Moritz, Switzerland -- the Alps in the background.
A view of the lake at St. Moritz, Switzerland -- picture taken from up in town.
View of the train station in St. Moritz, Switzerland
Night view of St. Moritz
Our room at the Hotel Steinbock, St. Moritz, Switzerland
View from our hotel room in St. Moritz, Switzerland
View towards town from our hotel room, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Boarding the "Glacier Express" train which will take us from St. Moritz, Switzerland to Zermatt, Switzerland in one day -- an 8 hour ride across Switzerland through the ALPs.
Sherrie on the "Glacier Express" -- note the panoramic windows.
Bob enjoying the scenery on the "Glacier Express"
Having lunch in the dining car on the "Glacier Express"
Bob at lunch in the dining car
Looking out the window in the dining car....note the snow level.
Sherrie in the dining car.
Our view during our lunch.
View of a town down in the valley.
A quick stop to stretch our legs
Our trip on the "Glacier Express"
The "Glacier Express" left St. Moritz at 9AM and arrived in Zermatt at 4:45 in the afternoon. The train ride crosses some 291 bridges, traverses 91 tunnels and climbs over the Oberalp Pass at 2033 meters above sea level.
The "Glacier Express" train
Note the green shale roofs on the houses.
We have arrived in Zermatt, Switzerland, home of the Matterhorn.
Zermatt, Switzerland -- no cars are allowed in town.
Old section of Zermatt -- shows the historic houses.
Historic Zermatt, Switzerland
Our hotel room at the HotelGornergrat Dorf, in the center of Zermatt, Switzerland, right across from the train station.
Zermatt with the Matterhorn in the background
Zermatt & the Matterhorn
The Matterhorn
Stream which runs through town in Zermatt, Switzerland
Our trip from Zermatt to Brig, Switzerland -- note the large rock avalanche.
Stadhotel Simplon -- Brig, Switzerland....one of the best hotels we stayed in, and very reasonable
Sherrie in Brig, Switzerland
Brig, Switzerland
Brig, Switzerland
Brig, Switzerland
Brig, Switzerland -- we ate at the big hotel at the end of the center square.
Looking out our window of the Hotel -- Alps in the distance.
At the Brig train station -- waiting to catch our train for the Cinque Terre in Italy.