My Travel Backpack » Switzerland http://www.mytravelbackpack.com Adventure travelers and their backpacks somewhere cool on the planet Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:30:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Alessandro Touching the sky in Switzerland http://www.mytravelbackpack.com/2009/10/12/alessandro-touching-the-sky-in-switzerland/ http://www.mytravelbackpack.com/2009/10/12/alessandro-touching-the-sky-in-switzerland/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:21:42 +0000 Mathieu http://www.mytravelbackpack.com/2007/02/05/alessandro-touching-the-sky-in-switzerland/ Switzerland - Lowepro SlingShot 200 AW

“I spent 12 days travelling around Switzerland, because I had only that amount of time, I opted for using the train system to move around quickly and so being able to see as many places as I could fit in my schedule.
My favorite places are Zermat, Luzern and Soglio which is a very small village on the border with Italy.

Took one the world’s most amazing train rides, the Glacier Express between St. Moritz and Zermat. It has express just on its name, because its average speed isn’t even closer to an express train, but this doesn’t take away the spendour of the ride which takes you accross valleys and mountain passes.

Its a 7 1/2 hour railway journey across 291 bridges, through 91 tunnels and across the Oberalp Pass at 2’033 metres in altitude. A panoramic trip through the Alps in the heart of Switzerland. The Glacier Express travels a beautiful route between the sights of the Graubünden holiday region, central Switzerland, including Lake Lucerne and Lucerne itself, the sunny Valais region with its glacier landscape, and the beautiful regions of the South.

Did some hiking in Zermat surroundings, which are just stunning and has got amazing tracks well marked.” – Alessandro
Switzerland Map
Backpack brand: Lowepro
Backpack model and capacity: SlingShot 200 AW
The location where you took the picture: JungfrauJoch, Switzerland
Trip Length: 12 days
More info at: http://planetadventure.blogspot.com
More pictures at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetadventure/sets/

Thanks to Alessandro A Behling

P.S. from Mathieu – mytravelbackpack.com: I know, this is not a real travel backpack but I love the picture! ;)

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“I was studying abroad in madrid, spain in spring of 2003 (the nyu in madrid program)…we had a two-week spring break at the beginning of april…i met up with a friend from high school in london (who was studying abroad in galway, ireland at the time). from there we went to prague, then amsterdam, then brussels, then interlaken….that picture was taken right before i got on a train to head back to madrid (my friend had a 3-week break, so he continued on to italy)” – Alyse Liebovich
Switzerland map
Backpack brand: Jansport
Backpack model and capacity: unfortunately i don’t know…my sister just followed in my foorsteps and is traveling abroad as i did three years ago…and she took my backpack
The location where you took the picture: Interlaken, Switzerland
Trip Length: 14 days
More info at:
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/69332974@N00/
Blog: http://alyseliebovich.blogspot.com/

Thanks to Alyse Liebovich (don’t forget to give me info about Spain on Flickr!)

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