Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

#Disentis/Mustér - Rumantsch is the dominant language here, spoken by 75% of the local population. Interestingly, Portuguese immigration, mostly working in tourism, help to keep the language alive, as it's easier for them to learn than (Swiss) German.

#GlacierExpress gets another locomotive.

#Rumantsch #Romanche #Räthoromanisch

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Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

#Disentis/Mustér - Rumantsch is the dominant language here, spoken by 75% of the local population. Interestingly, Portuguese immigration, mostly working in tourism, help to keep the language alive, as it's easier for them to learn than (Swiss) German.

#GlacierExpress gets another locomotive.

#Rumantsch #Romanche #Räthoromanisch

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

#GlacierExpress gets another locomotive.

#Disentis/Mustér

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

Slowly going downhill through #Grisons #Graubünden towards #Chur.

Never sure about how to pronounce the names of places in this area 😅

#GlacierExpress

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10
#Ilanz #Glion - an encounter with #RhätischeBahn. #RhB #ViafierRetica #GlacierExpress
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Learned about the #Valser identity while passing #Ilanz. #GlacierExpress
Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

#Rheinschlucht - the Rhine gorges, swiss grand canyon 😉 (says the audio guide)

#GlacierExpress

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

Approaching #Chur, third rail to share track with #SBB.

#GlacierExpress

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

#Chur, capital of #Graubünden #Grisons. Many people getting off. We're making a U turn back to #Reichenau-Tamins before diverging to St. Moritz.

#GlacierExpress

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

On this occasion I discover the partnership between #RhätischeBahn and the Japanese Hakone Tozan railway.

#GlacierExpress

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

#Reichenau-#Tamins where the Rhines become THE #Rhine #Rhein.

Below us the track we came from. Now turning upside toward #Tiefencastel

#GlacierExpress

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

#PizBeverin - stay hydrated.

#GlacierExpress

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

And up up up through the Via Mala gorges.
#GlacierExpress

#Thusis #ViaMala #Graubünden #Grischun #Grisons #Bogentröt

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10
Yesssss ... Best #Bogentröt so far. #GlacierExpress
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#Tiefencastel - tunnels are a good occasion to picture the interior of the train which is truly upscale.

#GlacierExpress

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

...aaaand here we go, the #Landwasserviadukt of #Albula line.

#GlacierExpress

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

It remains spectacular... #Albula #RhätischeBahn

#GlacierExpress

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Just passed #Bergün indeed. #Albula railway museum 😏

#GlacierExpress

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10
Getting dizzy ... #Albula #RhätischeBahn
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At #Preda we leave the #Albula valley behind us, entering the tunnel that will link us with #Engadin.

#RhätischeBahn #GlacierExpress

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

#Spinas is named after my favourite vegetable.

#Engadin #RhätischeBahn #GlacierExpress

Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10

#Engadin! 😍

#Samedan #Celerina

Show threadTor LillqvistMar 10
@Moritz_Kleine Isn't Via Mala a specific other gorge (without a railway, but with a gorgeous walking path on the old road)?
Show threadHikerMar 10
@Moritz_Kleine Did you mention the 4th national language in Switzerland?
Show threadMoritz Kleine-SendrailMar 10
@hiker not in Chur, but previously ;-)
https://mastodon.social/@Moritz_Kleine/114137821381020907
Show threadHikerMar 10
@Moritz_Kleine Ok 👍
Show threadMark KristenssonMar 10
@Moritz_Kleine soon you’ll be in Bergün, which is amazing. If you can, do the sledding between Preda and Bergün, it was one of the most fun activities my family has done in years
Show threadTor LillqvistMar 10
@mkristensson @Moritz_Kleine It can also be fairly scary. Fail taking a curve, run into the snow edge (no injury, no problem as such), and fall off your toboggan. Then lie there laughing until you notice that better sledders run past at high speed, 10 cm from your head, with their metal-skidded monsters.