Ski Train

... for all levels of skiers- in Switzerland and Italy. Snow was good and Gluvine also!Had a great Xmas dinner at Spycers. The train both ways is grat and relaxing. The Mont Blanc Express is very breathtaking. Chamonix is a larger town with many amenities. ...

... . Travelling to the French Alps by train can not only be even cheaper than a low-cost flight but a lot less stressful. The Eurostar ski train to France takes you all the way into the heart of the Alps. There are Eurostar services to Moûtiers, Aime La ...

... typing that and the 30min flight to Vancouver is not enough time to power up the laptop again, so several days later I’m back at Big White and have totally lost my train of thought! So here’s a partial update with more to come tomorrow. ...

... the friendly Japanese). They even gave us a lift home to Toyama in their bus so we didnt have to take the long and inconvenient train ride!*Bonus! Cons: - I decided to copy Darcy and go off a jump, but I didnt land it and smacked my tail bone on the ...

... . Felix was thinking to pick her up from the airport, forty kilometres away, but thankfully she could catch a bus to the central train station so Felix wasn’t tempted into an act of extreme kindness and riding an hour each way at one in the morning ...

... open by the key pad. another girl arrives so i calm down a little bit. she said were we supposed to meet at the luxembourg city train station? i said i hope not because i just came from there and i will cry if i have to travel an hour back. then the dean ...

... call it, is the end of the train station at the base of the Jungfrau and Mönch mountains. Back in 1896, the Swiss bored a train tunnel up through the Eiger to get to this point. It took 30 years to drill the tunnel. The Jungfraujoch has a restaurant, ...

... could call it that, uncomfortable seats) and watched moer stuff on the laptop, once we arrived in Ancona, we headed towards the train station which was about a 2km walk, there was no people hanging around like there was in Patras which was a nice sight. ...

... in person. After dinner and drinks everyone accepted a low key night and we skied again Sunday before catching the train back to Zurich. Zermatt is a great ski town.  Cars aren't allowed so you either walk everywhere or they have these mini bus taxis ...

... of pace. As it turns out, there is something else to do in Switzerland during the winters – skiing! Seven Canadians departed by train to Interlaken on Friday evening. We were supposed to be eight, but we'd already lost one to sickness. I hoped that ...

... cool "apple beer" that is basically cider ... it is very yummy.  And it goes well with fondue! Today was an all day train adventure ... witht he exception of an hour waiting for my train in Lucern to leave for Venice, I have been on trains since ...

... weekend and my first ski trip outside of Switzerland. The location this weekend was St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria.  We jumped on a train on Friday aftenoon and made the 2 hour 20 minute trip to St. Anton.  This is probably once of the easiest ...

... the metro and arrived around 7, only to hear the train arrive and depart as I was going through the turnstyles :(  The next train wasn't scheduled to arrive for about another 10 minutes so as the time ticked by I was starting to worry about making it ...

... or grocery stores for miles. The ski resort area where we were staying is maybe 15-20 km from the main city and train station in Yabuli. Unfortunately, no one informed us of that fact. A lot of very valuable information is often missed when you speak the ...

... a word. My ipod had run out of batteries so I had no choice but to listen and occasionally catch a word.. I arrived at the train station with no idea where to go and it was pouring rain. About five minutes later Tracey showed up with a giant ...

Hi everyone Well we were up at 5:30am today and made it to the snow. The train ride there was again very easy and again we were captivated by the amazing scenary. We've never seen mountains that go so high as the clouds. Unfortunately visibility was bad ...

...  and a damp mist clings to the slopes...now largely  green.  Fang chair lies stationary...like an old ghost train....the streets previously buzzing with the early morning hardcore skiers ...are now empty except for a few locals.  ...so ...

So after Munich, I set off for the Swiss Alps, where I was going to learn how to ski.  I had several train connections (Zurich, Bern, Interlaken) and managed to make all of them (yah me) without any problems.  It started snowing just after ...

... centers, the snow is removed by giant machines out of streets towards to railway and it´s loaded on rail wagons and then removed by train out of the town. This is mostly only one way how to deal withc such a great snowfall. There are snow strorm coming ...

... at 6.  Got myself ready, made some lunch, and headed down to the metro to meet Guddis and Schotty at 6.55.  The train was arriving as we descended the stairs so we managed to catch the earlier train and get to Atwater early. When the bus ...

With about 30 seconds to spare I made it on to the St Anton train leaving Zürich . I collapse in a heap in the restaurant car, as the Austrian waiter kindly moves my bags for me. I order a Schnitzel and glass of wine from the same menu as last year...and ...