Two days in St. Moritz with the Bernina Express train... The genius and the madness.

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The boys have made us a surprise ... for our 39th wedding anniversary we have shipped ... in Switzerland, St. Moritz by train of Bernina.
It was a long time that we wanted to do, all we had talked about it, all we had described a trip not to be missed.
They did everything they and September 4 at the end of lunch, the moment presents, we have presented an envelope ... ?? What will, what will be combined, what have thought e. .. wonderful surprise, Hotel reservation in St. Moritz, booked travel on the Bernina Express Tirano - St. Moritz - Tirano, from 8 to 9 September, we are surprised because I am moved, I did not expect, did not expect it.
The train with reserved seats left from Tirano to 10.03 on day 8 and then we decided to arrive the day before, finding an accommodation in Sondalo, a few km from Tirano.
Motorway from Marcon (Ve) to Brescia and then on to Tirano to pick up train tickets.
The weather was not the best, rain during the trip by car and then the pasta and beans with pork rind proposed to us in a hotel in Sondalo was providential since, with his goodness, we pulled up the morale, hope, even in a time improvement for the next day.
Wake up at 7.00, general cleaning, breakfast, and the way to Tirano.
The weather was still covered but the improvement in our mood and well.
Free parking behind the station, bag with our stuff, under the railway station which comes out in Italian, you exit and then immediately left where it says Customs Tirano, by them in and ... the famous red train, the Bernina Express, with its panoramic cars.
Found your car with our posts, as punctual as the Swiss, the train leaves at 10.03 split and began one of the most beautiful journeys made by train, 2 hours and 15 minutes of curves, tunnels, mountains right now and then left, and up and up to over 2000 meters and down to St. Moritz.
I thought that only a brilliant mind but a little 'mad may have designed this rail journey through the mountains, with a continuous meander through woods and rocks, from the other side of steep mountains, while showing an incomparable scenery of the valleys below , lakes, snow fields encountered along the path.
An unexpected trip, one of those trips as you tell him, until he proves that the person can not realize the journey of this train.
St. Moritz is beautiful, very expensive, but we were not impressed that much because we are accustomed to the countries of our Dolomites ... St. Moritz also has its charm, pedestrian area, the lake, the mountains around ... but the Dolomites ... do not have the Bernina Express.
We stayed at the Hotel Languard prenatato from their children, a hotel near the pedestrian area, a typical mountain style, with all the wooden furniture, large room, quiet, clean, friendly staff, hearty breakfast in a room with views peaks in front, there was also a bit 'of snow e. .. the sun.
Walk to downtown, its luxury shops, then outside enjoying the landscape with its mountains, some clouds yet, but the sun was getting the better of St. Moritz showing a nicely lit.
The only drawback, besides the cost of a dinner or lunch, but we are in St. Moritz, is what the Euro ... work only to give them, but then you get Swiss Francs and fortunately we were able to spend what we had in the pocket by paying prenotzione required because we took a scenic train.
Dear girl at the ticket office has ensured that between Euro and Swiss Francs 60 cents in my pocket there rimassero Franco ... souvenirs.
In the afternoon, at 15.22 o'clock ... way back to 17.27 and, more Swiss timepieces, we were in Tirano.
We enjoyed the trip because the sky was a beautiful deep blue and the sun made us clear the colors of this beautiful mountain setting.
A trip to try out, a trip to remember.
Have a good trip.
Wanda & Giancarlo