The day after traveling the Bernina Express we rode the Glacier Express from St. Moritz to Zermatt. It was a 7 1/2 hour train ride through some of the most beautiful countrysides we've ever seen. The scenery was very diverse-shear mountains, mountains lined with trees, lots of farmland, tiny villages, large towns, waterfalls, and of course, glaciers! We went through a section of the Rhein called the Swiss Grand Canyon. Not quite the same as the US version, but very beautiful nonetheless. We ended the day with our first looks at the Matterhorn. It was rather cloudy as is the norm, but we were enthralled.
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| View from the Glacier Express, close to Samedan |
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| The Swiss name their houses. I liked this one!! |
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| Rugged mountains |
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| One of the oldest bell towers in Switzerland-over 1000 years old!! |
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| It was a long train, and a long way down!! |
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| Little villages lined the route |
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| This was the Swiss Grand Canyon area |
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| Not quite the same as Arizona |
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| Glacier |
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| More Glacier |
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| Streams like this were all along the route, too |
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| Most waterfalls were too hard to photograph. This was my best shot |
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| The Matterhorn |
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| A memorial to those who perished trying to climb the Matterhorn |
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| church in Zermatt. They had a concert that night but we missed it! |
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