Travelschedule Sunday August 12, 2018
10:15 Rigi Kaltbad ---> R train to Vitznau
11:10 Vitznau ---> boat to Fluëlen (across Vierwaldstättersee)
13:16 Fluëlen ---> IR train to Erstfeld
13:37 Erstfeld ---> RE trein to Bellinzona
15:32 Bellinzona ---> S train to Mendrisio
16:32 Mendrisio ----> S train Como San Giovanni (crossing Italian border at Chiasso)
19:20 Como ---> Fast boat to Colico (across lake Como)
Arrival 20:47---> Total travel time: 10 hours 32 minutes


While waiting for the train at Rigi Kaltbad station, I heard alphorns! A fitting soundtrack to leaving the mountains:)

( Day 3: Traveling from Switzerland to Italy )

Day 4 - Monday August 13, 2018: Traveling from Italy to Switzerland: Bernina Express
Travelschedule:
13:48 Colico, Italy ---> R train to Tirano
15:15 Tirano, Italy ---> Bernina Express to Bergün, Switzerland*
Arrival 18:03---> Total travel time: 4 hours 15 minutes
*a traintrack that's on the Unesco World Heritage List for glorious early 20th century engineering! (155 kilometres of track, passing through 55 tunnels and over 196 bridges and viaducts)

( All aboard! )

To be continued (with a bit of actual climbing and traveling home:)

J.

Part 1 - To and through Switzerland! with Day 1: Train and Boat to Rigi Kaltbad and Day 2: Climbing Rigi Mountain