For the last day of our trip we decided to see the east of Switzerland, the old monastery town of St. Gallen and the principality of Liechtenstein. St. Gallen is only about an hour by train from Zurich. We got there mid-morning, but the weather had changed and was very cold. We walked toward the…
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Lake Thun, Lucerne, Switzerland
We really got to see the best of Swiss scenery today as we headed out first to Thun. After arriving at the train station, we walked across the road and got tickets for the bus that runs along the north shore of Lake Thun. What a gorgeous road and unbelievable scenery. First stop, Oberhofen and…
Zurich, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Today we moved to our final destination, Zurich. After taking the short one-hour trip from Bern, and checking in to the hotel, we got back on the train and headed north – half an hour away at Schaffhausen, and Europe’s largest waterfall. We got off the train at Schloss Laufen, then walked down the hill…
Zermatt, Switzerland
We took the one hour train trip south to Visp, then caught the connecting one hour trip up the Alps to Zermatt for a day at altitude. Zermatt is at 1600m. By lunch time we were at 3883m. We exited the train station, and walked toward the gondola lift at the end of town. Zermatt…
Bern, Switzerland
We set off early for Milan so that we could catch the connecting train to Bern. All up we were on trains for about four hours, the last of our long train trips. We arrived in Bern in the early afternoon, checked into the Savoy hotel, then set off to explore the city. We had…
Lucerne, Mt. Titlis, Switzerland
Today was another day exploring the Swiss countryside. We caught the train to Lucerne, then after taking some photos on Kapelbrucke, headed back tot he station to go to Engelberg. From Engelberg, we caught the chairlift up to Mt. Titlis. Not as high as Jungfrau, there was less snow on top. But it was…
Zurich, Switzerland
Today was another moving day as we shifted base to Zurich. We set off after ten for the short one hour trip. The hotel was a little further away from the station and up hill so it was hard work, but once we checked in we set off the explore Zurich. We started in…
Jongfraujoch, Switzerland
Today we headed high into the Swiss Alps. We caught the train to Interlaken, then the next leg up to Leave, then Kleine Sheidegg and finally up to Jungfraujoch. The Swiss landscape was just beautiful. At 3500m high, the landscape is quite stunning. It is the highest railway station in Europe, and includes a…
Montreux, Switzerland
Today was another full day as we got on the 8am train to Montreux on Lake Geneva. The trip was quite short, about an hour. The lake was absolutely breathtaking. First stop, from the train station, was the waterfront, and the statue of Freddie Mercury. We walked along the waterfront all the way to…
Bern, Switzerland
We slept in today and packed for our move to Bern in Switzerland. The trip took four hours through the gorgeous Swiss countryside. We arrived in Bern just after 2pm, and after checking in to our hotel, we started exploring the old town. We headed first over the Kirchenfeldbrucke, past the Einstein museum and along…