The downside to booking things on the fly is that sometimes you can’t take a direct route to your destination. To reach Italy from Zermatt I had booked 3 different trains, and had a lot of switching. Which is how I came to have a couple of hours in Spiez, a pretty Swiss town on the shores of Lake Thun (pic below). The sun was shining, I had a custard square, and looked at the view. When it was time to catch my train to Milan I felt very rested. Until we stopped at the station I had switched trains in to go to Spiez 🙂 🙂 and realised I could have been in Milan hours earlier 🙂 Anyhoo. The train ride to Milan from Switzerland is just stunning, from the dramatic snowy mountains to the northern Italian lakes (Maggiore and Lugano). Wow. I’ll come back another time to explore that area, and Lake Como as well. Put them on your list.
