Glacier Express

Today I took the Glacier Express train from St. Moritz to Zermatt.  It was a very beautiful journey, and I was able to get some school work and letter writing done. I took a lot of pictures out the window, but most have pretty bad reflections in the glass.

The train crossing one of many bridges.

According to the brochure, the train passes over 291 bridges and 91 tunnels.  The train uses a rack and pinion system to pull itself up some of the steepest gradients.  One of the cheesy souvenirs they were selling was a crooked wine glass.

View inside the train.

The train is a "panoramic train" with windows on the roof so that you can see the mountains.  There was also some narrated information about the towns and mountains as we passed, so I learnt a bit about the history of the area.

Glacier just past the Oberlap pass.

Tonight I am staying at a hostel in Zermatt.  I am feeling a bit overwhelmed right now, trying to make sure my deposit went through correctly to reserve my accommodation in Geneva and trying to work out some practicum details with the University of Waterloo.  Luckily, even though he is 6500km away, Pat is helping me in dealing with the bank at home.  It's our regular pattern, Kristin freaks out, Pat works things out.