Train Day

All Aboard!!  (well, not "all", but we're on!)

We had an early morning as our train left at 8:52, and we had to get up, packed, eat, and get down the hill to our train without being late.  Breakfast was...Continental.  Bread, deli cuts, and fruit.  So, we made a couple of sandwiches, which probably would offend anyone paying attention.  We boarded the train right away, and found our seats.  All of the seats had to be reserved and it was fully booked, so First Class was full and we had reserved two seats in Second, and not even window seats.  But, as the train pulled away, no one had shown up so we spread out in the four-person area and pretended it was FC.

Bending around the tracks.

Theresa's view (part of the way).

As we pulled into our first stop (Brig), we prepared for someone to show up, and show up they did!!  This couple came with an infant.  Not really sure how that was supposed to work out.  They took one side and we moved to the other, and it worked pretty much ok (so long as they didn’t change the diaper on the shared table!)

The scenery was cool.  Unfortunately, pictures seem to hardly do it justice. (and reflections in the windows were challenging!) But we tried, so here are a few to share.

People were playing in the snow most of the way.

One of a number of villages in valleys.

Snow.

Frozen lake and the partial tunnel we went through 
(protects the track from snow and avalanches).

Losing the daylight!

On the route, we debated getting off at Chur, or continuing to St. Moritz.  This is probably the most chaotic and unplanned trip we’ve taken in a long time!!  We have 2-4 options for getting home on either of two days.  We could get off here and head to Liechtenstein for the night, or continue to Moritz and do Liechtenstein tomorrow.  And as we sat there on the train, we didn’t know!!  Well, we found out there should be some FC seats from Chur to St. Moritz, so we’re going to stay on, move up, and then turn around and head to Vaduz (the Capital of Liechtenstein) tonight.  It will be a long day, but we think it will make tomorrow easier.

Once we moved up, we had a little more room.  We had hoped to order something to eat, but when they came around the first time, having eaten at 7AM, we didn’t think we needed lunch at 11.  They didn’t tell us it was “now or never”, nor that the food would be served about 11:30AM  Anyway, we couldn’t get anything to eat, so as it passed 4PM, we started wondering about options.  We had some snacks, but chips and such only go so far, and besides, we were almost out of water.

As we arrived in St. Moritz, Bill took the bags and headed to our next train, and Theresa went to find a shop with at least water, but maybe a sandwich.  In just enough time, she came back with water.  Well, we won’t die of thirst, at least.  Also, the train had WiFi, so we might get this posted enroute!

Unfortunately, the trip from St. Moritz was in the dark, so we have no pictures to share from it!