We are riding along on the Glacier Express from one end of Switzerland to the other. We got on in Zermatt in the morning and will be riding all day through some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe, right through the heart of the Alps on our way to St Moritz.
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The Glacier Express is one of the most famous train rides in the world and we’re finding out why today. There are beautiful mountains towering above us, we’re passing various river valleys, the Rhône River Valley runs along much of the course.
You can't get hungry on this trip because they feed you very well, and plenty of your favorite beverages to go along with it. Real food cooked in their onboard kitchen and served to you right at your table. They dish it out family-style with those big platters of food just coming out time after time in, and giving you as much as you want to eat. It's really quite a feast and made that much more delicious with that beautiful scenery gliding by.
Notice the tall viaduct holding up tracks that lead into the tunnel. One of the most famous sites along the Glacier Express.
The hours flew by quickly and this leg of the journey has come to an end.
Now we are ending up in St Moritz. We will take the Bernina Express today, and everybody had a good time over there? Yeah [cheers]
Let's get back on the train. Now we’ve got a change going, we’ve go to catch the train.
“We are on the Bernina Express in Switzerland. This goes from St Moritz to Tirano in Italy. Just on the southeastern tip of the country, enjoying some very spectacular scenery: mountain peaks and beautiful valley bottoms. We’ve seen some sheep and we've seen hikers out there. Beautiful pine forests all the way along.
And it's a very smooth ride, even though it's pretty curvy. The trip involves going up to 7000 feet elevation.
And it's quite a spectacular train ride. There’s beautiful pine forests, snow-covered mountain peaks. We have some misty fog now and then, and green valley bottoms, little streams, there's hikers out there walking around enjoying the scenery, and all in all it's a wonderful two-hour ride
So we are in the very southeastern part of Switzerland right now, and while it is Switzerland, they speak Italian here, and the architecture is Italian, and the cuisine is Italian. It’s similar to the Ticino which is a large part of Switzerland by Lugano that's in the Italian cultural area, even though it's within the country of Switzerland. And were entering some very sharp curves here because were descending from Switzerland's highest mountain pass into the lower valley, and the scenery is getting prettier and prettier. We’re getting more Italian with each mile that we travel, and this ride is still very smooth.
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