From the Furka Pass, we drove down to the town of Andermatt. It's a scenic alpine village. We wandered around town and ate some lunch. It's really beautiful country and fun to just walk through town with its cobbled streets, interesting architecture and curious stores.

We boarded the Glacier Express train in Andermatt. It's billed as the slowest express train in the world. We were also told that it is the most scenic railway trip in Switzerland. The train was so smooth that there were no worries about spilling a drink. It had nice big windows, so we had great views of everything we passed.

This train ride is about the trip, not the destination. It goes through the heart of the Swiss Alps. We crossed hundreds of bridges, dramatic gorges, and all the alpine splendor that we could ask for. Our destination was the Matter Valley and the village of Zermatt.

The rest of the photos in this post will all be "moving-train through the window photos." But I want to show some of what we saw on the Glacier Express train ride. It helped that the train was so smooth riding and the day so nice.

I mentioned crossing dramatic gorges. To that end, we saw quite a few dramatic looking walking bridges over some deep gorges. You can see one below and see a couple of people crossing the gorge. It's that kind of landscape.

I've mentioned that the Swiss are great outdoor enthusiasts of all sorts. We passed paragliders on multiple occasions, and you can see one coming in for a landing below. The Alps seemed to be a perfect location for such sports.

These last two photos are just two more moving-train photos as we climbed up the Alps to the Matter Valley and Zermatt.