Posts with Tag: view


Bremen to Hannover to Basel to Lucern

February 8, 2010 · Posted in train travel
Traveling back into winter and these Swiss houses seem built to appear in the winter landscape. Read more

Paris to Frankfurt to Bremen

February 3, 2010 · Posted in train travel
Is the glass half-empty or half-full? I wonder as I look out the train window to see the green of grass mixed with the white of snow. Do I see winter continuing or spring beginning? There’s a German/Italian man sitting next to me on the first part of this trip, from Paris to Frankfurt. [...] Read more

Interlaken to Basel to Paris

January 25, 2010 · Posted in Switzerland
Winding along Interlaken’s lake on a beautifully sunny day, the snow on the mountains is a reminder of where I have been this week. Read more

Kleine Scheidegg to Lauterbrunnen

January 19, 2010 · Posted in Switzerland, train travel
The train twists alongside mountain trails, as skiers and sledders brush by. The Swiss keep using the word “sledge,” but I think in American English, we would say “sled”? Read more

Innsbruck to Arosa, Switzerland

January 11, 2010 · Posted in Switzerland, train travel
A strong winter storm has blanketed much of central Europe. Read more

Bolzano to Innsbruck

January 7, 2010 · Posted in train travel
There’s a curious sight alongside these hilly tracks: stretches and stretches of gates. They are used to keep avalanches and fallen trees from disrupting train travel through these mountains. Read more

Innsbruck to Bolzano

January 4, 2010 · Posted in Austria, Italy, train travel
Train Tip: Every other hour between 8am and 5pm, there is a direct EuroCity train that connects Innsbruck and Bolzano. Travel time on the EuroCity is two hours. On the off hours, you can make the trip using 2 local trains, connecting in Brenner just over the Italian-Austrian border. Read more

Salerno to Rome to Milan

December 30, 2009 · Posted in Italy, train travel
On a tranquil afternoon train ride, sheep fill fields across the Italian countryside, as I am lulled to sleep after a week of great Italian holiday eating. Read more

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