Over the Alps

Over the Alps along the Albula and Bernina route. Instead of the Bernina express we used the regional train with our Interrail tickets. Not much text is needed, let the photos tell.

From Chur to Tirano takes Unesco heritage route. You can make it with Bernina express, but actually the reginal train follows the same route.
Small town Chur in Switzerland is the starting point for the Bernina route
Chur center is walking area. The hotel boy helped us to find a restaurant where to get Fondue. He said that they normally eat it at home, not in the restaurants.
The engine pulling the train up and down th e Alps
Several bridges on the way, I took this this photo through the window, before I learned that I could open it.
In regional train you coud open the windows
Small villages along the route
Lot of snow on the peaks
Highest peaks were over 4000 meters and the train was up to over 2000 meters
On the way new tunnels were under construction. Finnish engineering company Poyry was here, too.
We had light lunch in St Moritz and continued with the next train.
Up at 2000 meters
After sleeping over in Tirano we continued toward Milano
This is also a scenic rout. It passed through the villages.
It also followed lake Como shores
And it continued and continued
Finally at Milano, the staion really huge, Frecciarossas ready to leave. We however chose a regional train towards Bologna.
Four hours scenic route over the Alps.

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