Lucerne to Innsbruck 12.9

Train passes through last of lakes towards Italy and mountains and waterfalls. Change at Goschenen on to Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, the mountainous railroad and change again at Andermatt on to Gornergrat Bahn. Now train goes across Oberalpass,
Can see snow capped peaks. Valleys are closed in. People drive, park and start trekking up. Lots and lots of families with lots and lots of children. So close to the Italian border, now announcements are made in Italian. The Rhaïtiche Bahn takes you from Disentis to Chur (pronounced Kur). Still in Switzerland. Last of. Its a 2 hour ride through mountains. Trip intentionally planned so.

Point to note about S. Very disability friendly. People on wheelchairs, the blind travel freely. Stairs have a wheelchair lift. And people with disability get a discount everywhere. At first I thought that the percentage of people with disabily is higher. But no. Its just that they make it so easy to go on a bus, to a museum or to a restaurant.

Ok lots of fruit trees. And they just put a sheet under them to collect the fruit. What luxury. Its a Saturday and families are out golfing, cycling, horse riding, trekking, climbing, kayaking (they actually camp and cook in a campfire on the banks of the river)  or just having a picnic. I want my Saturdays to be like this. Bliss.

An hours stop at the ancient Town Chur where Romans brought Christianity. Churches, seminary, clock tower, cafes and shops. In the main church, there's a 15th century Pieta and some very old very beautiful altar pieces. There's one house which is fully painted. And in an archway, there was this evocative painting of a mother and child.

Then on to Sargens and caught train to Innsbruck. Now in Austrian rail which has veggie options on its train kitchen menu. Happiness. They even gave pretzels as welcome snack. I like :) We  cross the river after Books(? Spelling) and we are in Austria. Ran into trouble in Innsbruck. Did not have that house number of host. Sat in cafe UFO, with a friendly Turkish cafe owner for about an hour and a half before things got sorted out.
The loft apartment was empty on a Saturday night. It has skylight everywhere and an old radio.