http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Liechtenstein en-us Thu, 03 Dec 09 15:31:16 +0000 Thu, 03 Dec 09 15:31:16 +0000 Never heard of Liechtenstein Neither had I until we went there. Only spent about 90 minutes there and that was it. Very small but nice we arrived there on a Sunday afternoon when there was a fair on so that was good fun but then back on the bus and off to Switzerland http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/blog-443238.html We decided to spend a day in Liechtenstein a country of 35000 people which is less than the college I went to We had our hotel booked ahead of time ... the Martha Buehler in Triesenburg Liechtenstein. Upon arrival we were greeted by Giovanni a lovely little Italian man who ended up cooking us dinner. Before we knew it we were friends with a German named Rolph and various other locals wer http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/blog-428607.html It's not every day that I'm setting foot in a new country. I'm not that far from 80 countries visited...but it take some effort to add one more at each step. Well for sure I could add few more by heading to the Balkans 2010 or the Baltic hopefully 2011...or Central America soon...maybe.... Some of my friends will also tell you that I should not put Liechtenstein in my count as we did not s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/Vaduz/blog-422769.html After an eventful drive from Interlaken Switzerland to Triesenberg Liechtenstein whereby we were caught in an avalanche and had to reclaulate our journey that last 5 hours.... we arrived in Liechtenstein weary but excited to be in a country thats probably smaller than most english towns. But we soon learnt that what Liechtenstein lacked in size it certainly made up in spirit and atmosphere. If http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/blog-400486.html Today Matt got to cross a pretty major item off of his To Do list...we walked across a country. Yep a whole country. You're probably wondering which country...Liechtenstein.For those of you not up on your European geography Liechtenstein is located between Switzerland and Austria and before you go getting too impressed it's only about 8 miles across. Liechtenstein is the 6th smallest country in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/blog-395934.html 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 530am to catch our train at 545. At about 10 we pulled into Salzburg though we were late in catching our connecting train since we weren't travelling with BB but die Deutsche Bahn. Let us be a little prejudiced ok We've lived i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/Vaduz/blog-373309.html This tiny principality is located in central Europe between Austria and Switzerland. Vaduz is the capital of this Alpine dwarf. The population is only some 35000 but the quality of life is one of the highest in the world. It is the smallest Germanspeaking country in the world. It is also one of only two countries in the world that are doubly landlocked meaning that all surrounding countries http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/blog-354302.html There isnrsquot really that much to see in Lichtenstein but seeing as it is its own country the 6th smallest in the world we thought it at least deserved its own blog. Actually we mainly just wanted to tick it off the countries visited map We spent a night just out of the capital Vaduz which was pretty and very small. We walked up to the Princersquos castle but as he actually resides ther http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/blog-321887.html Today I had one of those spectacular travel experiences that makes people want to spend there whole lives traveling around and doing nothing else. In fact today was above in beyond anything I could have thought about. In fact I may have achieved a state of travel nirvana and ruined traveling for everyone else. HowI went to Liechtenstein.But first I set out to explore Feldkirch. It didn't take http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/Vaduz/blog-285109.html Je me suis rendue au Liechtenstein.Premier jour visite des lieux visite du Muse de la philatlieDeuxime jour Chteau de Vaduz la principaut du Liechtenstein et hiking en montagne et Autriche le soirJe me suis mise sur les photos mon amour pour toi. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/blog-284028.html March 1921stWell the next part of our adventure brought me to Liechtenstein. No not many people know where that is let alone visit there but I actually chose this part of the trip though I have no idea why.To begin in case I havent told you this already Liechtenstein is the 6th smallest country and the world's largest producers of dentures. Random yes but I have been tellign everyone I know http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/Schaan/blog-258585.html ... only one step away.Like four oh crap No this blog is supposed to be about four COUNTRIES in one day... not seasons.Oh well... PLadies and gentlemen welcome back to another addition of Grotsky's Blog This episode is brought to you by McDonald's Diam McFlurry we think it's worth sitting on a fence forPlease however be advised that there is a slight delay on the 'susan's world focusin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/Balzers/blog-237085.html Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring ... except for Elliott who put off packing for his European trip until Christmas Eve... Flying out on Christmas day was a bit of a worry for me. I didn't know how I would feel spending Christmas in airports and planes. However this thought was quickly overcome by the amazing Christmas that I spent with my family http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/Balzers/blog-231168.html Spent a whole day in Europe's 3rd smallest country Liechtenstein. It's basically an Austria County to begin with and somehow over the years gain independence. However the Money and postal system is same as Switz and the Language is basically German. The Size of this country is like...less than half of NT in Hong Kong but here even less land coz mostly dominated by mountains Its more like http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/Malbun/blog-209551.html Left the lakes and arrived in the Tyrol region of Austriadecided to stay near the border of Liechtenstein in a town called Feldkirch coz the hostel was cheaper haaaaa On the train ride there the sky was beautiful and the mountains and villages were very nice to look at. Then went through a tunnel for about 5 mins came back out and FOGFOGFOG Visibility level became 100metres OMG.......a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/Vaduz/blog-209075.html EuropehelliphelliphellipWe loved the ferry trip from Dover to Calais in France once again the sun shone and it was a smooth crossing. To meet us was our guide Francesca whorsquos a real sweetie. It was then off to Belguim where we spent our first night in Brussels. After a tour of the city with a local guide we dined out in one of the streets at a Greek restaurant and we were serenaded by http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/blog-208341.html So... Morgan and i are supposed to be in Austria right now. last sunday morgan emailed Monika the woman we were supposed to stay with near schladming austria and asked her whether it would be better for us to come on monday or tuesday. we had a ride to the train lined up and had scouted tickets. then on monday i was returning a coffee cup to the coffee room and Andreas Mck a maintenance man i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/blog-204007.html We stopped over for a very early lunch in the 4th smallest country in the world Liechtenstein on the way to Switzerland on the 3rd of July... as you do We only spent an hour and a half here.The centre of town was very small and everything including food was quite expensive. The scenery was very beautiful but we didn't find the place very interesting. It was a good experience to see it though http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/blog-193572.html We once again buy dinner from a farm house in Switzerland just before going into Liechtenstein. Farmer's sausage. A very lovely day with a great break at 3 p.m. at the end of the lake swimming and ice cream. Interesting finding our way around Liechtenstein. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/blog-174571.html When looking at an overall map of Europe you'd probably skip right over the tiny landlocked country of Liechtenstein. Bordered by Switzerland to the West and Austria to the East it's one of the smallest independent sovereign states in Europe. The country is only about 16 miles long and 4 miles wide. From Zurich Switzerland I chose to take a day trip to the capital city of Vaduz. It's really http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/blog-150971.html