Vacation Days 12-13: Train journey on the Glacier Express from Chur to Zermatt & return.

We checked out our hotel in Chur (Drei Koenig) and caught the Glacier Express train to Zermatt.  The Glacier Express runs approximately 200 km in 6 hours from Chur across the Oberalppass (2033 m)  then ending in Zermatt (1604 m) around 1700. We stayed in Zermatt Friday night and returned to Chur  on Saturday.

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	Springtime photo of the Glacier Express from their brochoure.  View Picture: [300k]		Just boarded the Glacier Express Friday morning.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]
	Carl in deep thought.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]		Power pole hiding part of small village.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]
	Typical Swiss cows with bells around their necks.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]		Another shot of Swiss cow with bell.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]
	Castle Felsberg from Glacier Express not far from Chur.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]		View of Swiss Alps.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]
	Mountain peaks near the Oberalppass.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]		Another view near the Oberalppass.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]
	View from train near the Oberalppass.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]		Unknown structures near the Oberalpsee.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]
	The Oberalpsee from the Glacier Express  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]		A view of the Oberalpsee from the Glacier Express web site.  View Picture: [300k]
	Mountains getting close to Zermatt.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]		Unknown Swiss village.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]
	The Matterhorn we didn't get to see (rain & clouds)[scanned image]  View Picture: [300k]		The Matterhorn from the Zermatt brochure [scanned image].  View Picture: [300k]
	A small road/walkway leading up from the Bahnhofstr.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]		Zermat, looking up Bahnhofstrasse.  View Picture: [200k]   [1MB]

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Carl Nelson