{"id":2154,"date":"2013-06-23T20:53:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T19:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2026-05-25T05:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T04:09:47","slug":"waiting-for-a-train-or-two-or-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2013\/06\/23\/waiting-for-a-train-or-two-or-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting For A Train, Or Two, Or Three\u2026\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sky was full of fog when we woke up, but by the time the eggs had boiled, it had completely cleared to a beautiful clear morning.\u00a0 We cycled to St Moritz railway station and found we had 45 minutes to wait for the next train, dang!\u00a0 But because all the trains start in St Moritz, ours was already in the station, so we hopped on board, grabbed a good seat and waited.\u00a0 The train was then delayed by engine trouble and we had to wait another 15 minutes, so unfortunately we spent one hour of a beautiful morning sitting on a stationery train in St Moritz.<\/p>\n

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Eileen waking up to a clear and sunny morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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At 11am we were finally on our way travelling on the Rh\u00e4tische Bahn up the Bernina Valley to Alp Gr\u00fcm at the top of the Bernina Pass; it was a stunningly beautiful ride.\u00a0\u00a0 Rodney spent most of the journey hanging out of the window with camera in hand; I just sat back and enjoyed the view on both sides of the train.\u00a0 The Morteratsch Glacier was twinkling in the sunshine as we passed it and the peaks of all the mountains were mightily impressive.<\/p>\n

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Morteratsch Glacier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On the Rh\u00e4tische Bahn heading up the Bernina Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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At times the road runs right next to the train tracks and there is no fence separating them; watching the cars and motorbikes overtake sometimes made it feel like we were just in another lane of the road.\u00a0 Our \u2019Engadin Hiking Passes\u2019 only covered us as far as Alp Gr\u00fcm just over the Bernina Pass at 2,234m, so that was where we disembarked and watched the train do a 180\u00b0 turn and head down the Poschiavo Valley to Tirana without us.<\/p>\n

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The Glacier da Pal\u00fc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Lago Bianco near the top of the Bernina Pass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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When the next train heading back to St Moritz arrived, we hopped on board and travelled back over the pass, past the creamy green Lago Bianco as far as Bernina-Diavolezza.\u00a0 We ate our sandwiches while waiting for the cable car to take us up over two ridges to Diavolezza and at the top we found ourselves in a huge snow bowl amongst magnificent mountain peaks.<\/p>\n

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At the top of Diavolezza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Climbers at Diavolezza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Mountain top restaurant at Diavolezza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Twenty minutes later were on the next cable car back down to the train station where we had about forty minutes to wait, so we found a nice patch of grass and buttercups by a river and both fell asleep in the sunshine.\u00a0 We rode the next train down as far as Punt Muragl station and walked over to the funicular railway which was just about to leave, at last a good connection!\u00a0 As we climbed higher and higher up to Muottas Muragl, all of St Moritz and the lakes behind came in to view, unfortunately so did the clouds.<\/p>\n

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St Moritz from the top of Muottas Muragl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Rodney contemplating not walking down the Muragl Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We had a quick bite to eat and watched the clouds darkening as they travelled up the valley from Maloja, this meant that we didn’t really fancy doing our planned two hour hike around the mountain.\u00a0 So we wandered around up there for about an hour, enjoying the views over the Muragl Valley, before hiking back to the funicular railway station for the ride back down to Punt Muragl.\u00a0 The bus timetable at the bottom showed that we had just missed a bus, but we reckoned we had just enough time to jog back to the train station and catch the 5pm train back to St Moritz, rather than wait another half an hour for the next bus.\u00a0 It\u2019s a request stop for the train and although a sign said “press the button for the train to stop”, we couldn\u2019t find any buttons, so I stood by the track with my arm out.\u00a0 I\u2019ve only ever done that for a bus before and it felt quite powerful having a six-carriage train pull up beside me.<\/p>\n

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How to catch a train when there’s no actual station…..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We climbed aboard and by the time we got back to our bicycles at St Moritz, the rain was pouring down.\u00a0 Even with raincoats on, we still got absolutely soaked cycling back to the campsite, plus it was rather hard to see where we were going with the water in our faces and dripping off our hoods.\u00a0 Hot showers, a warm dinner and the heater on all evening drying our clothes, rounded off what seemed like a very long day of stunning views and lots of waiting for transportation.<\/p>\n

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St Moritz looked like this in the morning, we wished it still did in the evening !!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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