Well yesterday's journey from Lucerne to Poschiavo was the most beautiful scenic journey ever! The route from Lucerne to St Moritz was very lovely with views of snow covered peaks all around but once we hit St Moritz and changed trains to the Bernina line, we were totally amazed.
The train climbed up into the snow, high peaks all around. The descent into Valposchiavo via hairpin bends.
My first glimpse of Poschiavo made me feel a bit emotional. For years I have been dreaming about making this journey and was slightly envious of Nicki and Phil getting here first! To be in the birthplace of my Grandfather,
Giacomo Rudolfo Carisch is just wonderful.
After checking in at Hotel Suisse (pleasantly surprised at the standard of the room) we walked into the Piazza and had a drink in the sun at Caffe Semadeni.
It is strange that although we are still in Switzerland, there is a totally different feel. We still hear German spoken, (by the German Swiss visitors) but everyone else is speaking in Italian.....even Peter has had a go, "grazie and buon giorno"
I was up at 6am this morning taking a walk around the almost deserted streets, paying homage to my ancestors.
We've had a lovely breakfast and Peter has left me to blog (this time internet connection is free) and then we'll walk up to the town hall to try to check out some records. If I can find just one small piece of evidence of Grandfather's life here (I feel like Heidi, calling him Grandfather) I will be very happy.
Signing off for a while to go and explore.
PS the leg is fine!
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