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20120615_5k Train tracks overlooking valley towards Italy | Station Alp Grüm, Switzerland
Photo by ratexla (protected by Pixsy)
I’m guessing the lake is Lago di Poschiavo.
This was quite close to the Bernina Pass which, IIRC, is the highest point of the entire Rhätische Bahn network. 🙂
I had checked out of my lil hostel that morning, and the following night I… tried to sleep Under The Fucking Stars^TM to see if my trusty old travel-coat could keep me warm. It couldn’t. HARDCOREFAIL!
BUT WAIT! I had placed myself meters away from THE TINIEST, EMPTIEST train station-shed in the world… and apparently it didn’t automatically lock up at night. I went in there after a couple of hours, and slept on its heavenly bench. 🙂 In the morning, I walked about 10 km from the little station (Bernina Lagalb) to the Surovas station. I started really early, so for a long while the trail was ALL MINE! SWEET! And I brushed my teeth with the aid of a mountain stream. 🙂
OTHER GOOD NEWS: As I lay outside in my coat, only my legs were cold. So I really should have been fine with a sleeping bag… and now I’ve got one… and it’s LIGHTER than the coat. :O I tested it later that summer in Norway, and didn’t die. 🙂
So the bag will have to come along on my next Interrail trip. Though I know I’ll miss the coat when I walk around some cold windy town, or sit on some icily air-conditioned train. Think I’ll be arrested for hobo-hood if I wrap myself in the sleeping bag? %P
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