Pictures

This is a view from the Bernina Express train --the Swiss Alps.


These are two pictures from our St. Moritz hotel window.

Two additional views from the Bernina Express train--Swiss Alps.
We are now at Lugano, Switzerland. We will stay here two nights.

Glazier Express Train and St. Moritz

Hello friends and family: On Sunday we left Gemmelwald and backtracked to Brig, Switzerland. From there we took a scenic train ride of what is called the Glazier Express. It was a slow but scenic ride. We arrive in St. Moritz to cool, rainy weather. We have enjoyed it even so and did get a walk around the lake and a 3 hr. hike today. St. Moritz is a twin city to Vail, Colorado, so skiing is emphasized and the slopes are nice for hiking when most of the snow is gone. Elevation here is 6000 feet--our hike today was much higher than that. We will try to add pictures but we are on a foreign computer so we are uncertain. Tomorrow we leave on another scenic train-bus trip to Lugano, Switzerland where we will be for 3 nights.

Today's hike near Gimmelwald

Hello friends and family, We had a beautiful weather day and took advantage of it. We started with breakfast on the Schilthorn. This is 10,000 ft revolving restaurant. It is famous for James Bond 007 movie in mid 60s. But the view, of course, is the main event. We took 2 gondolas to reach it. We then hiked the Northface trail near Murren which was about 3 hours of beauty. We will attach pictures. We have an apartment here so we have the luxury of relaxing on the porch or in the living room. We will eat in tonight by cooking pasta.

Gimmelwald pictures

Gimmelwald Switzerland

It took us 3 trains, a bus and a gondola--but it was worth it. We are in central Switzerland at an area recommended by Rick Steves. Very beautiful. It is a small farm village so we have fresh milk, cheese, yogurt, etc. Lots of hiking--most of them accessed by gondolas. We will spend 3 nights here.

More pictures

More pictures from our hike. Tomorrow we leave Zermatt to explore a new area in Switzerland. Dustin, Adam and Angela are now in Paris.

Zermatt pictures

Today we had a great hike in Zermatt area--with views of the Matterhorn the entire way. We were rewarded with a cafe at the top for ice cream. 3 hrs up--1 hr down.