We got up in the morning and had FRUIT for breakfast! This made me so happy as most Italian breakfasts don't serve fruit unless it's in a cookie or something (based on my minimal experience). Then we walked across the plaza ... through the rain.. to the train station where we boarded the Bernina Express!
It crosses the Swiss alps from north to south. For most of its journey, the train also passes along and through the World Heritage Sight known as the Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes.
The trip on the Bernina Express through this World Heritage Site is a 4 hour railway journey across 196 bridges, through 55 tunnels and across the Bernina Pass on the highest point at 2,253 meters in altitude. The entire line is 1,000 mm.
As we settled into our Panoramic window seats and started to move, we traveled through small towns and started climbing into the Alps - the rain turned into snow.
It was SO romantic and beautiful. We snacked and enjoyed the winter wonderland scenery go by. We couldn't see the tops of the mountains but it was still so refreshingly lovely.
Periodically the train would stop at stations along the way to allow the train going the opposite way to pass and/or to allow people on/off the train.
We saw a lot of hiking trails, camping and access points - which made me daydream of hiking in Alps - through the snow singing Sound of Music songs. I also have an urge to watch Heidi starring Shirley Temple.
It was fun to see the front of the train from our seat as it went around curves.
at one station stop, I saw this man standing in boots and a kilt! Haha it was cute!
The towns were fresh and clean. Window boxes full of flowers dusted in snow. I'm loving Switzerland!
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