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Today we visited Venice. It was never planned as part of the trip but once I realised it was only a few hours away by train and we have unused days on our Eurail pass we decided to visit such a well know icon city. Not saying we didn't enjoy it but in hindsight I would have much rather visited...

On day two we caught the ferry to Sirmione del Garda. Much more up market with some huge private villas at the tip of peninsular. Very vibrant town. We originally thought we would book a day all ferry pass and visit a number of the lake's villages. Luckily we didn't as we spent a full day in...

Really enjoying our few days in the Lake Garda region. First photos from Desenzano del Garda where we are based. Lots of reasonably priced eateries and a good long beachfront dotted with some nice hotels and private villas. Very relaxing. Found this beer in the supermarket. Being the...

Arrived at the Hotel City Desenzano del Garda. Good location. Nice room. Decent breakfast included. Fantastic budget dinner for two with a great view. Pizza and a 650 ml beer from a back street husband and wife place eaten overlooking Lake Garda. €11.00. The thing that makes travel so easy...

Last night in Interlaken. Nice views from the hotel balcony. Next destination was Desenzano del Garda in Italy. Another great Swiss train experience. Once we crossed the border into Italy it was like the switch of efficiency and organisation was flicked off. Train delays, limited customer...

Sirmione. Lake Garda. Italy.

Lastly down the mountain and back to Interlaken via Grindelwald. With Eurail discount the cost of the 4 trains to complete the circuit was 62 CHF. A very enjoyable day. Tomorrow we head to Lake Garda in Italy for three nights.

Next train took us up to the highest point for us today. Klein Scheidegg. There is another train much higher up to Jungfraujoch. We didn't take that option.

Then a different train up to Wengen and it's views over Lauterbrunnen.

Trying to squeeze in as much as possible into our last day in Interlaken. We planned to do the mountain cogwheel trains yesterday but rescheduled due to weather. First stop was Lauterbrunnen. A magical valley with a few high waterfalls and alpine views at the valley end.

Our hotel in Interlaken. Hotel Rossli. Room very basic as was breakfast but the staff, views and atmosphere have lifted it well above expectations. Spent a while last night and again this morning chatting to an Aussie couple from Perth who are on a round the world KF J Saver trip. The guy is...

And just now from the Rossli Interlaken hotel balcony.

Klein Scheidegg a few hours later.

Lauterbrunnen today.

OK it's catch up time again. Yesterday we made our way from St Moritz to Interlaken. The train route from St Moritz to Chur repeated what we had covered a few days ago on the Glacier Express. Again the journey was far more enjoyable and there was far greater opportunity to get photos on the...

The last trip was St Moritz to Tirano not Torino.

Today's train from Interlaken to Lucerne.

Speaking of the room and the hotel. There is a shared lounge at our hotel where you can relax, have a coffee or eat a meal you have purchased elsewhere etc. Came back from today's activities and when I was making a coffee I heard what I thought was an Aussie accent. The only others in the lounge...

First photo crossing the Landwasser Viaduct on my way to the office. Second photo. Extraordinary view from the balcony of our very ordinary hotel room.

Just found your TR. Been so busy on our travels and compiling my own TR that I haven't been following all the other topical or interesting things on AFF forums. Once we get home I will be catching up with all.