By Everett Potter

If you asked me to distill the essence of Switzerland into seven and a half hours, I would tell you to book a ticket on the Glacier Express. Starting in the ski town of Zermatt at the foot of the Matterhorn and ending in the legendary lair of European aristocrats, St. Moritz, the Glacier Express is eight hours of green valleys and snow-capped peaks, remote Alpine villages and towering stone viaducts. All the while, you’re sitting in comfortable chairs in panoramic cars as the train travels across two-thirds of the country … continue reading