Category Archives: St. Moritz

In the spirit of the worst wildlife photography, I offer you the worst travel photography.  All the snow & rain and motion blur do have their own aesthetic, I suppose.

I’ve always wondered how snow is cleared off of train rails! Although the Bernina Railways engines themselves seem to have snow cowcatchers of their own.

The snow that fell while I was in St. Moritz made the start of my train ride back down to Tirano look like a winter wonderland.

Its obvious now that I think about it, but it occurs to me that we use colors common in nature for camouflage and colors uncommon in nature for safety.

The resort town of St. Moritz, still sleepy before the start of the skiing season.The Winter Olympics were held here in 1928 and 1948.   The train pointing back down the Alps, back to Tirano.

From Tirano, I took the UNESCO World Heritage Bernina Railway up into the Alps, past the beautiful Lago di Poschiavo at Miralago, to the (still off season) resort town of St. Moritz in Switzerland. The highest point, at Ospizio Bernina, … Continue reading →

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