Sunday 31st August - St. Moritz to Lugano.

Again, a wonderful train trip - more magical scenery, and very comfortable trains.

For the first time we met another four Aussies - two sisters travelling together, and one couple from Perth.   The girls actually pointed out to us that the train was now leaving from a different platform, thus saving us dragging our suitcases up stairs....   Good timing on our part - to meet them then!

It was actually good to have a few people speakin' the same language, to have a laugh with......  They were all good fun, and had done a lot of travelling...

We all said goodbye when we arrived at the train station in Lugano, two were going on to Lake Como, and we and 'the girls' assumed we were staying in different hotels.

Found our way on foot to our absolutely gorgeous hotel (The Continental Park Hotel) - the last 100 metres or so dragging our suitcases over the damned cobbled streets!!!!    Anyway, we got up to our room, and were gazing out the window, when Arch said "here come the girls"....   Sure enough they had come on foot also, and were looking a bit the worse for wear - had to be in their early 70s......    So, we called down to them, and met them in the lobby, and later for a drink and dinner.....  We had a lot of fun with them, and exchanged names, emails, etc....  All to go our different ways in the morning....

However, on the way down to breakfast, we opened the lift door in the morning, and there they were again - how funny, in a large hotel, to actually keep bumping into the same people.   After breakfast when we were checking out of the hotel, the girls spontaneously appeared again....  Much laughter...... We all walked to the railway station - they went on to spend another day in Lugano, and we to get on another train, sorry not to have another day in Lugano!!!!!