Fairy tale journey

Time for the winter holiday once more. Same resort every year for many years. Steve and I enjoy the magical journey we take to get here, feeling that our holiday started once we were on the train from Zurich. Switzerland I such a beautiful country and the ride on the little red train from Chur to St. Moritz has to be seen to be believed. So in honour of the pretty trip comes todays ditty a true labour of love.

Fairy Tale Train Ride 

No more magical journey could be made

Chur to St. Moritz through a winter glade

Not the worlds longest railroad ride

By far the most beautiful you will decide 

A single track line of more narrow gauge

Through pristine alpine villages of great age

In perfect harmony with the landscape

Scenes change faster than a hand shake 

Primordial Alps rise in age old splendour

Gasp with awe then your heart surrender

The little train chugs on up the valley route

No simple snow scene as it gives a tiny toot  

Not just for a train spotter this amazing dream

To overcome isolation was the builder’s scheme

But this two hour ride is up there in the greats

Every particle of the soul with joy elates 

A fairy tale ride not found in imagination

Nought along the way to summon negation

The Albula Railway is as real as real could be

A treasured part of life just once a year for me 

Found in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland

A track winds where a hundred bridges stand

Animals, trees and a thousand scenes alfresco

A World Cultural Heritage site states Unesco 

Tunnels every few miles while the train circles round

Still little known, not in general knowledge found

In travel features, the Landwasser Viaduct tell us why

Towering over sixty metres high, a train ride to the sky 

It seems my little secret is still safe for a while

Thinking of this amazing ride always makes me smile

Of this breath-taking journey I will never ever tire

Until the day, when satisfied, I finally expire!