Bus Ride into the Bregaglia Valley and Chiavenna, Italy

On our next-to-last day of our one-week vacation in the very Southeast of Switzerland (Upper Engadine) the weather forecast was unstable for our area, so it was a good day for another (long!) bus ride, this time via St.Moritz over the Maloja Pass (another of those fantastic winding roads) and into the Bregaglia Valley (a rather remote valley and hard to access) and across the border to Chiavenna in Italy (About 70 km each way). We lucked out again with good weather during our 2-hour city visit.

Near St.Moritz heading toward the Maloja Pass and the Bregaglia Valley

The Maloja Pass Road.

The cows are being herded to a new pasture. Traffic just has to wait!

In the Bregaglia Valley headed toward the Italian border.

Heading through the villages on roads so narrow the bus can barely pass.

Approaching Chiavenna, in Italy (Bregaglia Valley)

In Chiavenna, Italy

When in Italy.... eat Pizza. The sparkling lemonade is made from local lemons.

In Chiavenna, Italy

There was a wedding in the main square that day.

In Chiavenna, Italy

In Chiavenna, Italy. Mmmm. Fresh Pasta.

Macchiato to go.

A toast to Chiavenna, before heading back to Switzerland and our next stop: Soglio.

Heading back across the border to Soglio.

On the way back, just this side of the Swiss border, we switched to another bus and went up high into the hills to another of Switzerland's quietest villages, Soglio. Which actually is not so quiet because it has been advertised by the Swiss Tourism Bureau and therefore starting to attract foreign tourists.... but it was pretty all the same and just a perfect outing for this day. After all, we already had done 5 day hikes this week...