Hotel Salastrains
Travel Blogs from St. Moritz
Stranded in St Moritz
... struggling along the road in the snow. They were certainly not in their natural environment where they were.
As it was still snowing by the bucket I decided to sit in the hotels computer room and work on my photos etc.
The snow finally decided to give up around 2pm and so I decided to take a walk and go and explore the wonderful tourist town of St Moritz.
I had heard so much about this town and what it has ...
Sunshine and snow in the Alps
... over the pass and soon the place is a complete white out!! The wind is getting up and the temp has again dropped to 2.2 Celsius. The road simply just appears wet but on close inspection there is quite a bit of ice laying on the surface also making it extremely slippery for a motorcycle.
With conditions like this I simply just take my time and keep the speed right down to between 30 and 40mph.
While I take my time playing safe some foolish car drivers simply do ...
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 ...
Chur and the train trip to Morges
A pretty rugged night sleep but we know that tonight we will be back in Morges in beds that we will sleep well. A few hours to kill so we look around Chur, a lovely place and we note a Gondola - aerial this time - thinking this could be a good thing to do. So off we head. This gondola goes 1.6k up so a pretty good sight we get of the Chur valley and the surrounding mountains. As the gondola climbs the cows below us ring out a tune via their bells as they graze ...
Sondrio, Tirano and the Bernina Express
... like the last legs of the car ride are very scenic and it is interesting to note how the hills on both sides are littered with grape vines. Obviously a strong wine region. We lunch for the last time in Italy and have our last italian gelato. All good. The Italian highlights (over and above the food and the people) and lowlights: Al - Naples ; too much time in Venice Camille - San Gimignano; San Marino Betsy - San Gimignano; ...
Location
More great choices in St. Moritz
Search for more deals in St. Moritz
Travelers also recommend:
TripAdvisor Reviews Hotel Salastrains St. Moritz
