Cycling trip in the Alps

Last month I went on my first cycling trip in the Alps. The journey went from Chur (Switzerland) via the Albulapass to Meran (Italy). [Or slightly more native-sounding: The journey started in Chur (Switzerland) and went to Meran (Italy) via Albulapass.] It was an amazing trip. We had perfect weather conditions. The rain started to fall only on the last day, when we took the train.

The Albulapass was closed when we started in Chur as there had been an avalanche was released a few days before. Fortunately the road was open the next day and we could take the planned route.

Before the trip I had great respect for [Slightly more native-sounding: Before the trip, I was a little concerned about ...] the 4000 m altitude difference, so I did a little bit of exercise the weeks before. And the exercise had paid off: it wasn't as difficult as I thought [expected].

Below you can find some pictures of the journey.

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Cycling trip in the Alps

Last month I was on my first cycling trip in the Alps. The journey went from Chur (Switzerland) via the Albulapass to Meran (Italy). It was an amazing trip. We had perfect weather conditions, the rain started to fall on the departure day, when we took the train.
We had perfect weather conditions for cycling. It started to rain/only rained on our departure day, when we rode/took/boarded the train.

The Albulapass was closed when we started in Chur as an avalanche was released a few days before. Fortunately the road was open the next day and we could take the planned route.

...Chur, because an avalanche fell a few days before. ...the next day and we took the planned route.

Before the trip I had great respect for the 4000 m altitude difference, so I did a little bit exercise the weeks before. And the exercise had paid off, it wasn't that difficult like I thought.

Before the trip, I was concerned about the 4000m altitude increase on the route, so I exercised frequently for a few weeks. The exercise paid off and the ride ended up being less difficult that I had imagined/thought.

Below you can find some pictures of the journey.