The Swiss Alps
I’m writing this on a train travelling from the city of Chur, in the (more or less) south-east, to Basel, in the (more or less) north-west. This is a 2 ½ hour trip, and ends 7 amazing days in the Swiss Alps. Apart from last night when we were near St. Moritz, we stayed with our friends Edith and Sarah at their second home in a tiny village called Tschamut – see photo below. It is near Andermatt, a major ski resort, and is reached from Andermatt by crossing Oberalppass, ~ 2044 m a.s.l. Below Tschamut runs the Rhine River: well, the main branch of the formative Rhine – there is a second branch which joins this one at Reichenau-Tamins – more on that branch of the river later. For this branch, there is an official site marking the source of the river (a high lake, about 1 hr walk upstream and uphill) but we didn’t have the time or weather on our side to visit it. Tschamut Major visits: · Zermatt and Gornergrat – to see the Matt...