BLUE WINDOW | Culinary and Philosophical Adventures in the Alps | ROUTE – FRICOT INDIGENOUS — Local Food Produce | Traditional Food Recipes

**View from the 171 Chur to Bellinzona bus, summer 2023**

BLUE WINDOW | Culinary and Philosophical Adventures in the Alps | ROUTE

BLUE WINDOW | Culinary and Philosophical Adventures in the Alps | RECIPES

BLUE WINDOW | Culinary and Philosophical Adventures in the Alps | STORIES

SWITZERLAND

Geneva — tram

Genève Cornavin to Coppet — train

FRANCE

Coppet to Annemasse — train

Annemasse to Bonneville — train

Bonneville to La Roche sur Foron — train

La Roche sur Foron to Bonneville — train

Bonneville to Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains-Le-Fayet

Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains-Le-Fayet to Chamonix via Arve River Valley — train

**French alpine delights, the creamy cheese known as Reblochon, the sausages called Pormoniers … and baked potatoes served with butter**

ITALY

Chamonix to Aosta via Mont Blanc Tunnel — bus

Aosta to Courmayeur — bus

Mont Blanc via Skyway

Monte Bianco

Courmayeur to Chamonix — bus

SWITZERLAND

Chamonix to Vallorcine via Trient Valley — train

Vallorcine to Salvan via Trient Valley — train

Salvan to Saxon — walk

**Brisolée (autumn harvest buffet with chestnuts, cheese, fruit and wine)**

Saxon to Martigny Croix — bus

Martigny Croix to Fully — walk

Fully — walk

Fully to Charrat-Fully to Sion — train

Sion to Brig via Rhône Valley — train

ITALY

Brig to Stresa via Simplon Tunnel and Domodossola — train

Stresa to Locarno, return — boat

SWITZERLAND

Stresa to Fiesch via Brig — train

Fiesch to Göschenen via Rhône and Reuss valleys — train

**A bridge like no other, between Andermatt in the high mountains and Göschenen in the low valleys, read the book to know why!**

Göschenen to Andermatt via Schöllenen path and Devil’s Bridge — walk

Andermatt to Thusis via Ursen and Vorderrhein valleys — train

Thusis to Andeer via Viamala (Splügen) — walk, return

Thusis to Tinizong — bus, return

Thusis to Li Curt via Bernina Pass — train

Li Curt to Chur via Landwasser Viaduct — train

Chur to Spülgen Dorf — bus

**Learn the story of the ‘flight of the earls’ and their famous journey across the Alps, not these little hills you can see at Bellinzona where they found safety and solace**

Spülgen Dorf to Bellinzona — bus

Bellinzona to Lugano — train

Lugano to Ponte Tresa — train, return

**Lugano-Ponte Tresa Train, a commuter ride or a pleasure trip?**

Lugano to Bellinzona — train

Bellinzona to Chur — bus

Chur to Parpan — bus, return

Chur to Landquart — train

Landquart to Bad Ragaz

Bad Ragaz to Berggasthaus Gigerwald — bus (summer only), return

Bad Ragaz to Sargans — train

Sargans to Buchs — train

Buchs to Frümsen, return — bus

LIECHTENSTEIN | RHINE

**What do the vines know, a castle above the Rhine at Liechtenstein?**

Buchs to Schaan — bus

Schaan to Vaduz — bus

Vaduz to Blazers — bus

SWITZERLAND

Balzers to Unterwasser via Buchs — bus

Unterwasser to St Gallen — bus and train

St Gallen to Appenzell, return — train

St Gallen to St. Margrethen — train

GERMANY

St Margarethen to Romanshorn — train

Romanshorn to Friedrichshafen — boat

Friedrichshafen to Lindau — train

Lindau to Oberstdorf — train

Oberstdorf to Kempten — train

Kempten to Munich — train

Munich to Garmisch-Partenkirchen — train, return

Munich to Bad Endorf — train

Bad Endorf to Prien am Chiemsee — train

AUSTRIA

**Ötzi never really went away … and now he is immortal!**

Prien am Chiemsee to Salzburg — train

Salzburg to Kufstein via Rosenheim — train

Kufstein to Wörgl — train

Wörgl to Alpbachtal — train

Alpbachtal to Innsbruck — train

Innsbruck to Landeck-Zams — train

Landeck-Zams to Mals / Malles — bus

Mals / Malles to Chur via Zernez, Klosters and Landquart — bus & train

Chur to Mals / Malles via Thusis,  Samedan and Zernez — train & bus

Mals / Malles to Plaus — train

Plaus to Merano / Meran via Adige Valley — train

Merano / Meran to Bolzano / Bozen via Adige Valley — train

Bolzano / Bozen to Trento — train

Trento to Lienz in Osttirol via Drava Valley — train

Spittal-Millstätter See to Villach via Drava Valley — train

SLOVENIA

Villach to Jesenice — train

Jesenice to Lesce-Bled — train

Lesce to Radovljica via Sava Valley — train

Radovljica to Villach via Lesce-Bled and Jesenice — train

ITALY

Villach to Tarvisio Boscoverde — train

Tarvisio Boscoverde to Carnia — train

Carnia to Udine — train

Udine to Treviso — train

Treviso to Verona — train

Verona to Milan — train

**Milan’s central station, a Swiss train on the left, an Italian train on the right, a very long time ago**

SWITZERLAND

Milan to Locarno — train

ITALY

Locarno to Domodossola — train

SWITZERLAND

**Charlie Chaplin’s shoes are made of chocolate**

**Indigenous and local food products of Vaud** **at La Ferme Vaudoise in Lausanne**

Domodossola to Lausanne via Aare, Thielle, La Tène and lake Neuchâtel — train

Lausanne to Palézieux — bus

Palézieux to Chexbres — train

Chexbres to Vevey via the Lavaux and Lake Geneva — train

Vevey to Montreux — train

**Real Cheese from the Berner Oberland in south-west Switzerland, where farmers are strongly supported by the Swiss Confederation**

Montreux to Saanan — train

Saanan to Gstaad — train

Gstaad to Sanenmöser — train

Saanenmöser to Zweisimmen via Simme Valley — train

Zweisimmen to Spiez via Simme Valley — train

Spiez to Interlaken via Lake Thun — boat, return

Spiez to Mülenen — train

**Anne and Robert, intrepid travellers at Brienz, a lifetime ago** **with the view of Interlaken from a high position above Mülenen, and the famous pear pastries of Adelboden**

Niesenbahn at Mülenen — cable

Mülenen to Frutigen — train

Frutigen to Adelboden — bus

Adelboden to Kandersteg via Entschlige and Kander valleys — bus and train

Kandersteg to Evian Les Bains via high Lötschberg Tunnel, Rhône Valley and Lake Geneva — train and boat

FRANCE

**Cramming into Haute Cuisine | The Ancient Food Sensation that is Foie Gras**

Evian Les Bains to Annecy via Annemasse — train

Annecy to Chambéry — train

Annecy—Gare

Annecy to Le Bourg-d’Oisans train and bus

Le Bourg-d’Oisans to Chambéry — bus and train

Chambéry to Albertville via Isère Valley — train

Albertville to Bourg-Saint-Maurice via Isère Valley — train

**Fondue made with Beaufort and Emmental, an iconic French cheese and a cheese that transcends national borders**

**Involtini di Vitello alla Milanese (meat rolls)**

ITALY

Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Susa via Mont Cenis — 31 hour walk

… or Montmélian to Susa via Refuge du Mont Thabor — 35 hour walk

… or Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Turin via Frejus Tunnel between Modane and Bardonecchia — train

Susa to Turin — train

**A Farinata de Ceci (chickpea fritters**)

SWITZERLAND

**The great man himself, in all his glory in his own parkland at Geneva**

Turin to Geneva via Milan — train or via Bardonecchia, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Annecy — bus

1—The Arve at Bonneville

2—Twilight in Domodossola

3—Inside the Cheese Grotto

4—Saucisse aux Choux

5—The Alps at Lake Geneva

6—The House of Cheese

7—Strangolapreti (spinach dumplings with butter, cheese and sage)

8—Älplermagronen / Älplermageronen (cheese, macaroni, potatoes with onion rings)

9—Gommer Cholera (apple, cheese, pear, potato pie)

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