Country Hopping by Foot

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February 13th 2009

Published: February 13th 2009

Four countries, two days, more walking than you can imagine. It's a beautiful thing. Monday morning, Libor and I were at the train station at the ungodly hour of 5:30am to catch our train at 5:45. At about 10 we pulled into Salzburg, though we were late in catching our connecting train since we weren't travelling with ÖBB , but die Deutsche Bahn. Let us be a little prejudiced, ok? We've live... Read Full Entry

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Werdenberg

The front of the castle.

Buchs and Liechtenstein

It's still mind-boggling how they literally sit right next to each other, but are so different.

UBS

I found UBS in Switzerland. Weird.

The Rhein

The natural divider between Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Fuerstentum Liechtenstein

The sign letting us know we were entering Liechtenstein.

My Favorite Picture

One foot in Liechtenstein [left] and one foot in Switzerland [right]. We also laughed back LS are Libor's initials.

The Border

So cool.

In Different Countries

I'm standing in Liechtenstein, he's standing in Switzerland.

Switzerland

Libor with Switzerland.

Switzerland

Me with Switzerland.

Schaan, Liechtenstein

The sign welcoming us to Schaan, Liechtenstein.

Schaan

The biggest city in Liechtenstein, pretty much entirely in one photo.

Hauptbahnhof des Landes

The main train station of the entire country.

Liechtenstein

Abbreviation: FL

Train Station

We were laughing 'cause at least you'd never have to worry about being on the wrong track...there was only one set of rails.

Schaan-Vaduz Train Station

Mind-boggling that that's the train station for the entire country.

Schaan

The church of Schaan framed by the Alps.

Schaan

The walk up to the church which is actually a road. That would've been nice to know before we started walking up the middle and almost got hit by traffic.

Schaan

Looking back at Schaan from the church with the Swiss Alps in the background.

Public Transportation System

This is a map of the public transportation system we had access to with our tickets: the ENTIRE COUNTRY of Liechtenstein, a bit of Austria, and a bit of Switzerland.

Liechtensteinisch

This dialect is absolutely impossible to understand.

13th February 2009

Hillary
non-member comment

Federer (my "exception" a la Friends)
Thanks for the Federer thing. It kind of looked like him on the money you had a picture of. Second, I don't think you should be going places without your passport on you. Doesn't seem smart.

13th February 2009

MooseIsLoose
Matthew Greene

I don't need to carry my passport, I have a card that I have with me that replaces my passport, 'cause it lists me as an inhabitant of Austria, so I only need my passport when I'm in another country...it's a pretty sweet deal haha

13th February 2009

Mom
non-member comment

One lucky guy!

14th February 2009

Barbara
non-member comment

Awesome pictures, Matthew

14th February 2009

kristy
non-member comment

I can't believe how beautiful and storybook Switzerland is! You are some lucky guy! I am so jealous!!! I'm sure you've sent my swiss chocolate valentine - it's probably in the mail! You look fabulous and so happy! Miss you! xok

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