Auf Wiedersehen

So long, St. Moritz

On to Northern Italy  

Adventures in public transit

Look closely to find John and Nancy van Ogthorp on the funicular to Muottas Muragl-they and a few others  managed to get there after learning the following things

• Buses have end destinations listed to tell you which way they are going
• Bus drivers are very accommodating and sympathetic to people who don't know which way they are going
• Eventually you can get where you are going even if you aren't quite sure how you got therewhere we were going

Dinner at Steffanis

Fondue and friends!

Smile!!!

The Bernina Express- St. Moritz to Tirano

The train station at St. MoritzTaking pictures  at Alp Grum

Tirano, Italy 

 

Al Paramito in yellow shirt 

Ines Bercerra, our campus director, making sure we are well taken care of.

One last photo op on the way home- glacier at Morterasch.

(Funiculi) Finicular - Gondola

Took the Finicular and the gondola to Piz Nair which means black peak. Saw critters and bikers 

 Views!Top of the world 

David's light lunch - fantasticsh !

Zuoz Walking tour

Bus ride through the upper Engadin valley.

Breakfast View

Bus ride!

We took a four hour bus ride over the Julia Pass on our way to St Moritz . It's named for Julius Caesar who had his minions construct a winding road over the mountains way back in the day.Switzerland's version of the Megabus rest stop.The view from, the Schweizerhof where we will stay until Wednesday Think Wes Anderson, Grand Budapest Hotel

Gathering

Don and Marie Shire with David Monk

Nancy and John van Ogtrop with David Monk

John and Penny Blasco

Jeni and Bob Donohue with David Monk

Joe and Terry Millen

Lori and Jerry West

Judy Gromis and Phyllis Mitchell

Al and Terri ParamitoCarol and Kevin Burke with Terry Millen

Go!

All checked in- ✈️

Get set...

Taxi to the airport! 

Ready...

Packing just about done.

Welcome!

 WhiteMountains & Blue Lakes is the unofficial travel blog of the PSU Alumni Association trip to the Swiss Alps and the Italian lakes, kept by yours truly, Pamela Monk.  My husband, David Monk, and I will be hosting a group of Penn Staters, and I want to keep a record of everything.  These are lands of legendary beauty and  rich history, there is nothing better than visiting such places in good company!