Hiking around St. Mortiz

🇨🇭 🇨🇭 🇨🇭 I arrived in St Mortiz at the evening . It was a long train ride from Zermatt by Glacier Express. My home for next 2 - 3 days was St . Mortiz youth hostel. St. Mortiz is a luxury resort town which has hosted winter Olympic  twice. Its frozen lake hosts cricket , polo during winter. The food was awesome at the youth hostel. Next day I went for a walk to Piz Nair. I took Funicular from St. Mortiz to Upper Corviglia station. From the upper station of the Corviglia…

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Rhine Falls

🇨🇭 🇨🇭 🇨🇭 I took the first train from St. Mortiz to Zurich. It was a 3.5 hour journey with a change at Chur. From Zurich I took wrong train and realized this after sometime. So I had to come back to Zurich again to board the train to Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall. This is a frequent train and takes one hour. The falls are located on the High Rhine on the border between the cantons of Schaffhausen and Zürich, between the villages of Neuhausen am Rheinfall (SH) and Laufen-Uhwiesen/Dachsen (ZH). It is largest waterfall in Europe with flow rate 600 Cubic meter /…

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Bernina Express : St. Mortiz – Tirano – Lugano – St. Mortiz

🇮🇹 🇨🇭 🇨🇭 This was a day trip from St. Mortiz. There are few variation of the line , I took the Bernina line. The train leaves St. Moritz and takes the line to Pontresina (1,774 m) in the Val Bernina (Bernina Valley). It ascends progressively through the valley to the Bernina Pass over the Morteratsch station (1,896 m), where the glacier and the highest summit of the Eastern Alps, Piz Bernina (4,093 m) are visible. Before arriving at the Bernina Pass, the train stops at Bernina Diavolezza (2,093 m) for cable-car connections to Diavolezza (2,921 m). The Bernina Express reaches the summit at the Ospizio Bernina station at 2,253…

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Disnyland France

🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 This is about 30 kilometer from Paris consists of two theme parks ,  Disneyland parks and Walt Disney Studio parks. Disneyland parks first of the two opened in 1992 . The park is organised as "themes" , "Adventureland", "Fantasyland", "Frontierland", "Discoveryland" and many rides within each of these themes.  Disney Studio opened in 2002 . Other than themes organised across many different Disney production , there are many different shows. The most spectacular one was car and bike show. A stunt show that showed how action movies are filmed,…

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Paris Versailles

🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 It is worth to spend a day in Versails . This is very easy to reach by train . The most common and easy way to get to Versailles is to take the RER C train that will take you to Chateau rive Gauche train station at Versailles.  The palace contains about 2300 rooms . Since 1979, the Palace of Versailles has been listed as a World Heritage and is one of the greatest achievements in French 17th century art. Louis XIII's old hunting pavilion was transformed and extended by…

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Walton on Naze walk

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Distance: 3 miles Time: 02:30 Advice: A large part of the walk is on grass but is accessible for wheelchairs or buggies. Part of the walk also takes in the cliff edge where extreme care should be taken. In Brief: Walton-on-the-Naze is one of the most recognisable areas in Essex, although due to the sea it is constantly changing. Discover the changing times of this fascinating area through our walk. Start: Make your way over to the Tower and use this time to explore the area. More info: This is a…

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