Hotel Genzianella
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A day of cold and hot
... crossing the road ahead. well, little did I know but this was not only a railway crossing the road but it actually ran right along the high street for about half a mile or so. As I rode my bike along this street I was desperate to see a train coming along towards me but sadly this did not happen.
I stopped in a car park and took a look at my map and again set-up the satnav to take me over the Aprica pass and then set off again in the direction I had just ...
What a journey
... no English but another lady helped out. Stayed zermez then off to pontresina to catch the bernina express railway line. Ok know we have seen wonderful parts but this is even better. Got off train at ski ing area, cable car...gondola.. With all the snowboarders,skiers as season opened 20oct to diavolezza bernina 3000m. Wind howled up there through the alps, saw another glacier, nick lost his cashmere lined gloved in the wind but then picked up someone's else's flying ...
Beasts of Burden and Fruits of the Earth
... of great thanks for the beasts of burden and the fruits of the earth. Landy was hurtling down the Val Mustair when we spied a milling together of many humans by the village of Valchava. 'Stop, we must jump out here!' we unanimously yelped at Landy. He obligingly parked up in a field where he joined a festival of other metal beasts of burden. Our four feet and four paws took us to a sea of waves surrounding ...
Back to Stelvio pass we wind
... common for novice riders, we are no novice riders now!
As darkness was approaching we rode back down the way we had come to find a campsite. As our luck would have it we found a four star camping ground at the base of Stelvio pass, the owners were fantastic – huge improvement on last night.
We put up a very wet tent then went to find warmth in the café/restaurant/reception. Rhys was now beginning to feel sick so we had ...
Bernina Express...well sort of
... in a lot more light, hence the reflection in a lot of our pictures.
About 4 hours into the trip, we had planned to stop in a sleepy little village called Poschiavo. It was AMAZING. Although most things were closed because it was a Sunday, we were still able to find a nice little restaurant for lunch. Our waiter asked “what language should I speak?”. Although Poschiavo is in Switzerland, it is dominated by Italians, and therefore ...
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- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking
- Pets allowed