3 day trip around Switzerland

Mom and I decided to view as much scenery as possible. So we took three days worth of scenic trips. First we rode the Glacier Express from Brig to St.Moritz. The scenery was definitely lovely, the train was really nice, and we even got to hear some commentary about what we were seeing. We walked around St. Moritz a little when we got there. It is a posh little Swiss town where everyone participates in winter sports. The lake that the town sits on is beautiful. We rode the bus over to Pontresina and then took a cable car up to Mouttas Muragl, where our hotel was located! That's right, we spent the night on top of a mountain!!!! That's not something you get to do everyday. Our view was wonderful. We could see St. Moritz and the lake right from the hotel. And we sat right at the window for breakfast and enjoyed the view while we ate. Then we hopped on the Bernina Express all the way down to Tirano, Italy. I will write a special blog about Italy, so we'll skip over to Lugano, Switzerland, our next stop. Our hotel was right by the train station, very convenient. But we hiked down to the downtown area to sit by Lake Lugano and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. Lugano was a very nice city. It was nice and warm and beautiful. We had a pizza for dinner because we were right across the border from Italy and in the Italian speaking part of Switzerland. Then we hiked up the hill all the way back up to our hotel.

Day three we took the Wilhelm Tell Express from Lugano to a big lake where we got on a boat and cruised on the lake for three hours all the way to Lucern. My favorite part of the day was cruising on the lake. It was beautiful to be on water surrounded by mountains. We kept pulling up to these cute little towns that sat right on the lake. It was very picturesque.

In Lucern, we had some coffee right by the famous wooden bridge. I think we were both ready to head back to Bern after three long travel days. But the scenery was wonderful. Switzerland really is a beautiful country.