A European Train Journey | Italy To Switzerland
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- čas přidán 18. 07. 2021
- A train journey through the Alps, from Milan, Italy to Lucerne, Switzerland.
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Thanks a lot for watching and safe journeys!
A few people have asked, why didn't I find the first class car before I got on the train to begin with? There's a whole story to that, which I actually told when I was on the train at the beginning. But then I cut it out of the video because I realized it was too long. But I'll tell it here just for fun. I arrived at the central train station in Milan about forty-five minutes early. I'd bought the ticket to Lugano the day before and knew I would need to change trains in Chiasso. When I got to the station I looked at the board for the train to Chiasso to see which platform it was leaving from, but it wasn't on the board yet. So I waited there for it to come up on the board. It was showing several trains leaving at the same time as mine, but none of them showed that they were going to Chiasso. So I kept waiting and finally another line appeared for another train. But it wasn't going to Chiasso and also the departure time was later than the departure time for my train. In other words, it appeared that there was no train at all departing from Milan central station going to Chiasso. By that time it was only fifteen minutes or so before the train departed. I headed into the train station to try to find someone who could tell me what was going on with my train. I couldn't find an info booth, but finally came across a train employee. He was able to explain that I needed to catch a completely different train that was going to the airport, and on the way to the airport that train would be making a stop at another station where I needed to get off to catch the other train that was going to Chiasso. Once it arrived there I would have three minutes to catch the other train. Luckily it all worked out and I was able find the platform for the train in time. But when I got to the train I was more concerned about getting on it before the doors closed than finding first class. I never did find out if there was a first class car. At least it was only a waste of five euros. I guess the moral of the story is when in doubt, try to find out where your train is leaving from earlier rather than at the last minute. Luckily it isn't usually as complicated as this situation.
Amazing travel experience
What a nice person that woman who sold you the tickets. She really loves her job and cares about solving people's problems.
Yep, excellent railway employee. Here in the UK ticket office staff will help with a ticket to where you want to get to but won't voluntarily help with anything else.
That ticket lady was really nice working with you on the tickets.
Lucerne is beautiful. Spent many years in Switzerland in the 1980's
Gabe, everywhere you are is first class!
I concur!!!
I0m swiss and 09:00 the lady at the desk was very professional and helpful. Not only but she was very correct advice the half fare card to avoid make you pay more then necessary. Safe trip.
Luzern is a beautiful city. I have to visit Switzerland again soon! Greetings from Germany.
Beautiful Switzerland 🇨🇭
Love from India 🇮🇳
The German-speaking Swiss tend to use "merci", so this is a good option to cover all regions :)
Yep, but they pronounce it in their Swiss German dialect and it is sooo cute to listen to...for a South German it is at least.
@@Kivas_Fajo People talk in their local accent? No, really?
@@martinc.720 You must be fun at parties.
@@Kivas_Fajo I know you feel like you have to repeat lines you’ve seen thousands of times before, but are you trying to say something?
@@martinc.720 I just commented how cute Swiss German is and you have nothing better to do to start arguing with me about this? What a pityful and sad life you must have to attack someone over this!
I do pity you, if that's how you get your kicks.
Ticino as a canton belongs to the Italian speaking part of Switzerland.
During the middle ages it belonged to Lombardia more specifically to Milan
Greatest traveller ever ............ ❤️❤️
Bad luck with the weather and the floods that have been pretty bad this year but now the weather seems to be nice for the next days. The lady at the railway counter was right: you can save a lot by going for special deals / tourist tickets instead of paying for each individual train ride. Cheapest way to eat are either large Coop or Migros supermarkets that also offer warm food (Chicken, Fries, Sausages, Sandwiches etc.) or turkish Take-Away places that you will find in almost all places, usually near the railway station. An amazing hike near Interlaken leads from Brienzer Rothorn (there is an old railway going up there) to Turren cable car (or vice versa), great views and easily doable by train. Greeting from Zürich.
Oh forgot to say I was in Lucerne in 1993 when that historic wooden bridge burnt down. Woke up in the morning to take a walk and it was gone! Just walked over it the night before.
Great video Gab, just some quick pronuncuation note: in italian "ch" is always pronounced as "k" in english, so it's "kiesa" and "Kiasso" for chiesa and Chiasso. Also the "zz" as in piazza or ragazza has a hard pronounciation, like piatt- sa. Have a nice trip!
Elen Fink, quite helpful! Are you European?
@@butchieblock9118 Yes, not from Italy but i speak italian.
Thanks Elen. I discovered this channel not long ago. I'm Italian and actually I wanted to comment just what you commented but I didn't dare to 😅
thank you. i appreciate knowing that.
Avoiding expensive places is becoming my specialty. Your vacations become more pleasant with great prices.
Going to Switzerland has been a dream of mine. Someday I’ll be there🤞🏽
it literally stopped raining after a month in Switzerland yesterday. You chose a good time :)
He is a blessed traveller.
He was lucky it did not stop raining figuratively.
@@martinc.720 haha, okay. english of mine not very gut
The Swiss rail pass is expensive but worth it . Includes all trains ferries and buses and discounts on a lot of funicular . The main language is Italian , French and German depending what area you’re in and Swiss usually can speaks 5 or 6 languages and Swiss German only if you’re from Switzerland .
How much card pass
I was watching your videos for long time and I am also a traveler.
LOOKS LIKE YOU HAD FUN TODAY, GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS, THANKS FOR SHARING.
Hi. Gabriel. Welcome in Switzerland 🇨🇭Salut to you 🍀
In English we say welcome TO Switzerland....not welcome in.......we NEVER say welcome in.
@@desbrittain9952 He is just a friendly Swiss guy - English is probably not his native language. But he probably speaks fluent German, French and/or Italian. Correcting him for that is just unkind of you. Do you speak/write any other language than English perfectly?
@@yuricosmonaut8105 I agree with Des Brittain. Pasquale Abarno was kind, but he must better learn English.
@@desbrittain9952 🤣🤣🤣english native speakers: play teacher if you make an error in their language but are absolutely unable to even say hello in the language of the country they are visiting.
You are not welcome to switzerland!
Is this right?
@@Lolo-tz8sz No, you are not welcome IN Switzerland........but welcome TO Switzerland is correct.
I speak some French.
17:07 Here is the statue of William Tell, a folk hero of Switzerland who is known for his successful apple-shot with a bow (apple was on his son's head). Yes, Lugano is still mainly Italian-speaking but this Canton of Ticino is the only canton in Switzerland where Italian is prevalent. Only Canton of Graubünden (Grisons) is another Swiss canton where Italian is official language (along German and Romansh there).
Gabriel, thank you for your covering of Lugano and Lucerne, two amazing lake cities. Especially Lucerne I see as the most beautiful city in the Switzerland as it is so historic and its Kapellbrücke (Chapel Bridge with Water Tower) is so unique. Even German composer Richard Wagner lived in Tribschen nearby for 6 years. On Mount Pilatus, it is such amazing view on all lakes there and Alpine background on the other side.
It is also nice to hear that you are heading to Interlaken and Bernese Alps. Jungfraujoch, which was mentioned in the video, is the highest railway station in Europe at 3,454 meters (11,332 ft) above sea level, there it is Top of Europe building with ice palace and elevator to Sphinx Observatory where it is amazing view on the Aletsch Glacier, the biggest glacier in the Alps. Wengen is approximately in the halfway to Jungfraujoch if you are going there from Interlaken with a train but you can maybe somehow even manage to do maybe bus rides to Lauterbrunnen (if you want to go in Wengen way) or Grindelwald as it is still asphalt road till there but higher stations are accessible only by train or by foot. If you want a cable car, you must go to Mürren and after that it is Schilthorn Cable Car. Maybe this map will be useful for you there:
www.hfsjg.ch/en/jungfraujoch/access/
Gabe. I'm glad you are just on a visit to Switzerland!
From my perspective, even though I find the Scandinavian culture(s) to be the most interesting, Austria and Switzerland win hands down when it comes to scenery.
Thank you for sharing your journey with us.
Loved this video and the one from Verona too. CH is certainly expensive but sometimes you just got to live a little! I'd like to go there along with a trip to Italy once things settle down a bit more.
Hey Gabriel! Thanks for your videos! Miss traveling so bad!!! Be safe out there!!
I took that train to Lugano as well. Met some Americans in the train. Loved Lugano!! Good memories!!
Enjoy my country! Greets from Bern!
A break from my sustainable garden, watching your travel video. I used Interrail when I was traveling. Cheers from the top of the mountain.
Lugano has a nice lake 15:50 . 💜 Thank you for the video. I am enjoying every second of it.
Very glad to see you back thank you
Love your videos Gab, Switzerland looks beautiful
Amazing Gabriel
I got your point about the river....vs flood in Europe, thank you
Gabe is a always working, non-stop traveller 🧳👍😊✌️
two takeaways here:
1) Switzerland looks really really beautiful
2) you're right about it being expensive, that fish & chip meal was crazy expensive for what it was
Also, a big takeaway was that there are three language regions of Switzerland. He was asking if they speak Swiss-German in the Italian region of Switzerland. Italian in the South, German in the north and east, French in the west. English throughout.
welcome to lugano 😀🖐 hope you enjoyed the city
Thanks, nice place.
Love that music at ending. Thanks
I love Lucerne, really great place to walk around. The Chapel bridge is one my favorite things to cross, and hearing the river flow below. You're right Lucerne is not cheap, but would visit again no matter what...
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Awesome, as always ❤️
Finally, I've been waiting a long time for you to go to Switzerland
Wow,probably the longest train video ever.Thank you Gabriel for your very informative content.
Hello there Gabriel ,big love from Nepal and hope your having marvellous time travel is what keeps me going and your videos is what makes me feel fantastically alright ...namaste and greetings
6:53 Lugano! A great place to visit! I've been there a couple of times.
If you got a confusing wine menu, ask if they have a glass of red "house wine". Its usually the cheapest and they usually sell it by the glass rather than by the entire bottle.
House wine is cheaper than glass bottled water in Italy
perfect vlog....after a long day of work. Love the lake/mountain town, too bad you didn't stay longer. I'm getting a storage in February and hitting the road. Thanks for the all the inspiration! The blues player at the end reminds me of living in New Orleans.
Hope the weather clears up for you G. And I hope Switzerlands scenery makes up for the high costs.
Lugano was my first ever trip abroad as a 12 year old school pupil. Can't wait to see it again after all these years!
I was in Lugano, it's lovely. Expensive but lovely.
Aww man, I loved Lucerne (and Switzerland in general) on my first Euro trip a few years back. You're definitely right about it being really expensive, but it was beautiful! Really looking forward to seeing you tour the Lauterbrunnen Valley area!
Great vid
The girl at the train counter was excellent. She was trying hard to save you money and give you the right package. I wish there were more people like her in the travel industry.
Have to agree....the options for fare reduction cards are several but always worth while checking out depending on your travel needs. For over 20 years I get the half fare card and always save money at my trips end.
Been there couple of days back, same railway greeting from Slovakia 😀
I'm jealous. Training is fun! Try Norway. It's incredible!
Wow. The boat ride! I want to realize this dream in a few years.
Chiasso means "din" or "uproar" in Italian. Seemed pretty calm on that day though!
Yes but probably is not that the origin. In vernacular Lombard spoken in this area the city is called "Ciass". So "ice" in English or "Ghiaccio" in Italian. In Latin it was called "Clasus".
Very nice trip! It is a pleasure to see how other people experience and present Switzerland. Great video! 👍👍😀
Love your videos I watch almost every video you do greetings from Korea town Los Angeles
Another great Vlog , keep it up 💪
Take the ferry from central Lucerne to Vitznau it is expensive £50 but really beautiful...from vitznau you can get first mountine train in the world up to the mountain at the top is a really great health spa Riggikaltbad. You can walk back down the mountine if you have no bags. Where would you say is most expensive between Iceland Norway and switzerland?
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I hope you didn’t run into to much trouble with the flooding in Lucerne, and return someday under better conditions. It’s one of my personal favorites.
Even though i am not interested in Switzerland or Italy, i still watch your vlogs. Cause you are such a friendly and nice bloke! You could even send something from my boring Hometown I'd still watch. At the moment i am not able to travel (nothing to do with Corona) you just bring these travel thing upon me. Thanks for that Gabe!
I picked up on your language comment earlier. When in that Ticino area where you are it feels like Italy. The first time I arrived there from another part of German speaking Switzerland I couldn’t believe I was still in Switzerland. It felt like Italy and I heard only Italian being spoken. Lovely part of Switzerland. All of Switzerland is great to visit. I like the scenery and the different linguistic regions. Enjoy.
Grindelwald is my favourite place. Taking the cable car and trek opposite Eiger!!! Taking the train up to Jungfraujoch when the weather is at its best. Switzerland nature is world class.
I was in Switzerland 3 yrs ago with my daughter.It is expensive but it is beautiful and can't beat the train system very efficient.My sister in law lives in Schaffhausen near the Rhine Falls.You will love Wengen ,Grindelwald,Murren,and Gimmelwald ect.. very beautiful there.
Like your get up and go attitude Gabriel, real raw travel experience.
Hi Gaby ,
Great vlog for those beautiful countries.👌
Love to see some places in EU and glad Im following your channel..
Keep exploring..💪
Thanks for sharing the nice VDO from Thailand. Hope you enjoy the trip there.
Great videos, very informative.
Did that train ride its so clean and beautiful .
Welcome to Switzerland... nice to see u in my country
Welcome to Switzerland ❤️ enjoy your journey.
Seems like the further north you travel into Europe, the costs ascend as well. Generally speaking. Beautiful footage.
amazing adventure. thnk you for sharing xoxo
Safe travels always....
GO RIDE THAT mile long track we're you sit on something and speed down that track it's looks a right laugh. Switzerland is the dearest place on earth. Austria has just been hit by flooding so choose your path wisely. Happy travels
Hi Gabe Thats exacly how i remember Switzerland super eye wateringly expensive you could of got the same ambiance of staying by a goergous lake by staying at either Lake Garda or Lake Como for a fraction of the prices in switzerland.With swiss prices gabe it may not be that long before you end up singing for your supper like that lovely busker was doing.Only joking Gabe Haa Haa , Stay Safe, Habby Trails.
Thanks. Enjoyed
Switzerland so beautiful...but expensive, i did work in Verbier for a season after Greece actually back in the day. It was a lovely experience.
Nice journey
Awesome video.
So wish I could travel like you
Close to 500k!!
If you happen to go to the french side of Switzerland, Les Diablerets near Montreux have really beautiful mountains and glaciers and all. My ex girlfriend is from there and she told me great things!
Quick tip, regardless of the price difference, never upgrade to 1st class on Italian trains, it's not worth it. Those 5 euros would have been better invested in many nice focacce :) Take care Gabriel !
Hi Gabe
You should visit Zurich after Lucerne , there are many things to see there and also wander around the Neiderdof ( old part of the city).
Then take a walk along the lake and take a tram up to Ultliberg, great views on top of the hills looking down on Zurich.
Paid over €90 for a one way train ticket from Lausanne to Bern once, more expensive than my Ryanair flight to get to Switzerland from Dublin, very beautiful country but very expensive I think, nice video Gabriel 👍
Love your tours ! Wish I could join !
should be amazing to see! I would love to live in Italy or Switzerland(and a few other places).....
Surprised you didn't spend a few days in Lugano. It looks epic. I spent 2 months in Switzerland in 1993 with a car driving around. Never made it to the Italian part. Montreux is beautiful. Bern is pretty. Grindelwald is beautiful. Went to some cool music festivals that summer. My brother was in Wengen. The whole country is epic.
Wow, thanks for covering Lugano Gabe. Looks like a stunning little town that would otherwise not be on my radar. BTW the dates for the Jazz festival are listed (just in the European form DD/MM).
Yes, and it looks like with Italian abbreviations for days in a week. Lugano has some music tradition as it was the first host city for the Eurovision Song Contest ever (in 1956 when Switzerland won with Lys Assia-Refrain song at the Teatro Kursaal (now known as Casino Lugano). But for jazz, Swiss Montreux Jazz festival on the Lake Geneva shoreline is the second largest annual jazz festival in the world after Canada's Montreal International Jazz Festival.
It is a pity that you skipped Lago di Garda, Lago di Como and Lago Maggiore.
U could have taken Flixbus for 23 euro from Milan to Interlaken
and extra for luggage.Flixbus is great though .
@@anthonydowling3356 well I think he can afford the train that's why he is taking it , but with the luggage he is having he don't have to pay, I took took big luggage the driver did not say anything.
Welcome in Schwitzerland❣Greets from Solothurn💃
Traveling 🧳 by Train 🚆 Love it so interesting hope your really enjoying Your Summer Gabriel and thank you for sharing I am watching Your travels from the Mountains ⛰ of New Hampshire in America 🇺🇸 we are having nothing but rain ☔️ here it seems …Take care
Oh mate.. I love Switzerland so much even though its pricey.. u reminded me my time in This picturesque country.. Enjoy your travel Gabe & do consider getting yourself a Half fare card which would save u lots of bucks on transport.. ciao
Another great Vlog... While walking through the train doors, I was hoping you'd have answered a call on your "shoe phone" 🤔🤣
Very nice description
Very Nice video 👍