In June this year we had our first trip aboard a Giruno ( see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBB_RABe_501 )

Interestingly I travelled on a Giruno five days before I actually set eyes on the recent Märklin Giruno model.

We took a Giruno direct from Zürich to Venice in late June, leaving Zürich at 0859hrs on this unit (seen another day) :









The travel was comfortable, punctual, smooth and swift :



The route south took us through the Gotthard Base Tunnel (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Base_Tunnel ) :



This was new to us (it opened seven years ago ) since we had previously traversed the alps by other routes.
A quick photo in the tunnel ( ) :



We made a few stops :









The most notable of which was Milan Centrale:









Eventually arriving at Venice St.Lucia at 1442hrs with scattered insects on the prow of the leading car:





A very short walk across the station forecourt :



and onto our (water) taxi :




A memorable trip indeed !