What's an auto-train?

So after a pretty long drive to Switzerland, we only had about 30 km to go, and yet the GPS said we still had an hour left. I wonder why?

Then we find out ... we need to drive onto a flatbed train car with a hundred of our closest friends and take a train right through the Alps (as in "through" the mountain).


The view starts out very nice. But soon we will be in total darkness, and it is rather loud.

And since this is our first time ever doing this, we have no idea how long it will last. That's why I look a little anxious in the photo above.


But hey, at least this is one way to save gas ;-)