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A day of cold and hot
... all the way up here and all I want was a river or something to dive into.
It’s now almost 4pm and I knew I had to start thinking of finding somewhere to sleep for the night. I arrived into the historic town of Edolo but decided to head further simply to see what it was like over the passes up ahead. However just as I left Edolo there was a sign saying "passes closed due to snow" and so I turned back and went on the hunt for somewhere to stay for ...
Stranded in St Moritz
... but there was no place at all!!! In the end I ended up having to go into a rather nice hotel which seemed the only place in the town to have any life in it. Here I decided I better have lunch and a cuppa and afterwards headed back to my own hotel!!
By now I was extremely bored!! I asked the hotel reception about hiring a bicycle for a cycle around the lake but that was also a no go!!!
I always thought St Moritz was ...
Sunshine and snow in the Alps
... than go right into the town of Chur I headed south along a small windy road through the town of Parpan. To the east of this road were massive mountain peaks on which I could see a few roads hugging the cliffs, oh, how I wanted to go travel on them!!
Soon I’m on route 3 and heading for St Moritz. However, there is one big challenge that stands between me and St Moritz and that is the wonderful "Julier Pass" at 2284m.
Looking ahead there are masses of grey ...
What a journey
Left castelrotto bus to Bolzano, showery only so good for travel. Bolzano by train to merano then train to mals. This was a 2carriage train massive windows even bigger than normal regional trains. Beautiful country looking at forts, castles, snow, alps. Then postal bus from mals to zermez Switzerland. It is known for travelling through 3countries over high mountains then into valley. It lived up to it. Just got through small winding roads in the villages only just without ...
Sondrio, Tirano and the Bernina Express
... the confluence of the upper and lower Rhine's occur to form one flow out through Germany and Holland into the North Sea. We arrive in Chur one of Europe's oldest settlements having been settled by stone age hunters around 11000 BC. For the first time in Switzerland we need to buy our own dinner (all others were at Mack and Jude's) and for a fairly simple meal, pub grub even, it cost 100 francs. Oh for the Italian food and ...