Moritz Kleine-SendrailGrowing excitement! Today I'm making use of my Berlin colleagues goodbye gift and taking the #GlacierExpress to #SanktMoritz!
Investigated the bathroom while in the #Furka Tunnel. Nice sink 😅
It's a loooong tunnel.
Steep climb after Andermatt towards #Nätschen. Very impressive.
Wow. Approaching the #Oberalppass, the highest point of the journey at over 2000m. With Hühnerfrikassee.
@diningcar Dessert is served in #Sedrun. The #Gotthard base tunnel runs below us.
#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.
Slowly going downhill through #Grisons #Graubünden towards #Chur.
Never sure about how to pronounce the names of places in this area 😅
#Rheinschlucht - the Rhine gorges, swiss grand canyon 😉 (says the audio guide)
#Chur, capital of #Graubünden #Grisons. Many people getting off. We're making a U turn back to #Reichenau-Tamins before diverging to St. Moritz.
On this occasion I discover the partnership between #RhätischeBahn and the Japanese Hakone Tozan railway.
#Reichenau-#Tamins where the Rhines become THE #Rhine #Rhein.
Below us the track we came from. Now turning upside toward #Tiefencastel
And up up up through the Via Mala gorges.
#GlacierExpress
#Tiefencastel - tunnels are a good occasion to picture the interior of the train which is truly upscale.
...aaaand here we go, the #Landwasserviadukt of #Albula line.
#Spinas is named after my favourite vegetable.
#SanktMoritz terminus! I need to do some research to understand why this town was named after me so many years before I was born. Truly visionary. Hope you enjoyed the ride on the #GlacierExpress.
Wildduck@Moritz_Kleine merci pour le partage 😊