I have traveled all over the world, but I have never seen a place this close to perfection in the way it functions for it’s residents and it’s many tourists. We in America are so stuck on lowering taxes, seemingly at all costs. It is refreshing to visit a country where the people obviously pay significant …
You see lots of cattle all over Switzerland. From what I read and am told, it is not a very efficient industry and is heavily subsidized. Even then, all restaurants have to spell out the country of origin for all their meat and fish, and it is often NOT Switzerland for the beef served. …
For this trip, I went to another part of the Jungfrau valley to get to the top of Schilthorn. This is maybe the best setting to see the full range of the Jungfrau, as it is positioned to view a full 360 degrees. Being Switzerland, the following series of connections were not daunting …
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I had this crazy idea to entertain myself by counting the tunnels I drove through. To make it easier, I would not attempt the rail ones, just the drive through ones. Ha. That did not last long. OK, maybe I should have limited my counting to only those of greater than one mile in …
That is how they bill this amazing cog railway that goes entirely through the famous Eiger mountain and ends up at 11,401’ high. Engineering wise, it is truly something to see how, in the 1890’s they were able to determine a route that would end up at the point desired. (Remember, no computers, …
I do not know about you, but when I think of Switzerland, I assume German-speaking Switzerland as that is the predominate language over most of the country. Maybe I should have had an inkling as I went over the Passo del San Bernadino that things might change, but it was still a surprise …
After my Glacier Express train trip, I arrived in Zermatt one cloudy Friday afternoon with one day to see the Matterhorn. (Gayle and I were here 20 years ago, and got a brief sighting but that was it.) As tourists to Seattle know, that sort of time restriction on seeing Mt. Rainer can be …
Another of the Swiss tourist train trips, this one is probably the most famous. It has been in operation since 1930, connecting two main winter sports areas, Zermatt (Matterhorn) and St. Moritz. It is self-billed as the world’s slowest express train, and at 7 hours for covering less than 200 miles, it surely is …
My goal in the driving aspect of my trip was to find passes and roads that were not well traveled. And, going from Chur to St. Moritz, I totally succeeded. I found a pass that the road was not colored at all on the map, which means that it is not a major route by any …
This is one of the two or three most famous scenic rail journey’s of Switzerland. I traveled the route from Chur to Tirano Italy, and then back to Chur. (As the rail line says, from glaciers to palms) It is one of only 3 rail lines that are classified as a Unesco site for …