Bergen - A typical village set in a semi flat meadow surrounded by mountains. The wildflowers are out and they are starting to harvest the first of 3 or 4 fodder crops for the year.
The Landwasser viaduct: The trick is to take a photo of our train going over viaducts and curves. This is easy to do if you stand at the open window in the corridor and fight off others or take it from your seat and try and avoid the reflections. This is my photo (Ronnie might have a bit better one.) I missed the train in this one but at least you can see the viaduct.
This is the photo I took of the professional photo on the ipad they lent us so we could hear commentary and read about the areas we were going through! They were not on the train...cheats.
Summaprada: Every village has one or two churches.
The photos don't show the scale of the mountains or the steepness of the slopes.
Safiental - Carrera
Mountain goats we were supposed to see but never did... (courtesy of the ipad!)
Domat/Ems
Greiner Plateau.
Rabius.
Rueras.
Oberalppass - the highest point.
German houses reminiscent of the original Walser settlements of 1000 years ago.
Andermatt
Arrived in Zermatt and we are seriously starting to doubt booking.com and Tripadvisor rating systems. We think they paid a professional to take photos of this place. 9.5 and stunning do not describe the apartment in our opinion. I think I've hit my head 5 times so far on the shelf above the bed and the pillows are rubbish. Three days here and back to luxury - we hope.
We do have a little seating area plus a dining area and an outdoor patio and garden which is exclusively ours but no Matterhorn views. We are also in a very quiet area which is lovely.
