A few years ago, I caught a movie on AMC called Von Ryan’s Express. The movie, made in 1965, features a young Frank Sinatra as Colonel Joseph L. Ryan, an American POW helping a train full of US soldiers escape from the Nazis during World War II. Not only is it a fantastic plot, but the movie features fabulous views of Switzerland, as the train makes it’s final break through the mountains to freedom. That, along with a Humanities teacher in college who spent a year working at a Swiss ski resort, have put Switzerland at the top of my list for places to visit when I make it back to Europe. St. Moritz, in particular, is a small town located in the Swiss Alps that has outdoor activities year round. The town features luxury resorts and hotels, and is a great place to catch one of the trains to see the Swiss Alps. Swiss passes are sold so that you can enjoy unrestricted travel for up to a month with Swiss travel systems.

One of the trains you can travel on using a Swiss pass is the Glacier Exress. You’ll climb up the Matter and Rhone vallies and through tunnels, crossing mountain passes, and you can view the Rhein gorge. I imagine that it’s a pretty spectacular way to see Switzerland.

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