Bernina Express

This past weekend was our last long weekend of the school year. We had Monday off for Pfingstmontag (Pentecost Monday). Even Jason was off. We didn't want to go anywhere since we'd just been in Italy last weekend, so we decided to do something on Sunday that we hadn't done yet in Switzerland. We went on one of the panoramic train rides-the Bernina Express.

The ride begins in Chur and goes down south through the eastern part of Switzerland (near Davos and St. Moritz) to Tirano, Italy. We knew it was a long ride (5+hours each way), but we figured it would be fun since it had panorama windows and great views and cool bridges and tunnels.

Not so much. Maybe if this was our first month in Switzerland, we'd have enjoyed it. But we have seen better views driving around. Plus, the train seats were small and there wasn't anywhere to stretch or walk around. Basically, it was the longest day of our lives. Even Tirano, was a let down. It was a cute town, but we only had an hour and a half for lunch and had to settle for microwave(!) pizza for lunch before getting back on the longest train ride of our lives.

After nearly 12 hours on a train in one day, I think I'd have enjoyed the day more if I had opened a window and just thrown 300 francs out of it. Then at least we'd have had the day to spend doing other things. This day trip ranks up there with our trip to Wiesbaden when we visited th Kinderspital in Frankfurt. Boo, Bernina Express, boo.

Entering one of the many tunnels

Snowy mountains

Spring in the valley

View from our car as we turned a curve

one of the 50+ bridges we crossed

Microwave pizza at the train station.

At least we found gelato!

Desperate boredom leads to drinking wine from a baby sized bottle.