Vaduz Castle

... and another friend, David, to the Basel watch show in Switzerland. On the way home they stopped in the tiny country of Liechtenstein and snapped a picture of Flat Matt being welcomed there. Once back in Amsterdam, Chris, David and I rode Flat Matt to ...

... So of course we gave them some money and they stamped our passport! A big and pretty stamp it is too. Vaduz is quite small, but has a Castle up on the cliff above town that has some royalty. No luck with that Prince either! Aside from passport ...

... a greater chance of Switzerland entering the Iraq war. From the Swiss town of Sargans, I took a bus to the Liechtenstein capital of Vaduz. Liechtenstein is one of only two principalities left in Europe (Monaco is the other). The king still lives in his ...

And then there was Liechtenstein. A country, no, a principality that had its own royal family. Ten kilometres wide and twenty five kilometres long. Not much really to see, but, for two Swiss Francs, your passport is stamped. We have the stamp for proof. ...

Who cares if we were only there for 1 hour, we stopped in another country this day. We stopped in Liechtenstein for lunch. A cute little place bordering Switzerland. not alot there, but there is a castle on the hill. I wish now I had have gotten my ...

... the mountain round town, and had a nice little trail up to it with informative signs, telling about the country of Lichtenstein. The castle itself was less than impressive, it's actually used by the family, so closed to the public, and it was covered in ...

... up to his castle....but he wouldn't let us in for tea! (or beer) We got our passports stamped with the OFFICIAL Liechtenstein visitor stamp. As well we walked all the way to Switzerland....it took about 20 minutes!! Check out the pic of Sare standing ...

21.7.06 Liechtenstein Vaduz Liechtenstein, a tiny principality between Germany and Switzerland was well worth a look, and we were passing anyway so we made a point of calling in. Because it is so small, (160 sq km) we thought we'd assist the ...

... to properly leak, and I was forced to abandon it for the only dry place I could find on the campsite for the rest of the night - the toilets. So my Liechtenstein experience wasn't overwhelmingly positive. At least they actually stamped my passport.

... Andermatt this morning and after checking out the map to plan the route for the day, decided to head to Liechtenstein to meet up for lunch.  The capital city, Vaduz, has a population of 5000,and the whole country is only 160sq km - in some ways, it seems ...

... slow lately so since I had nothing better to do today, I took a train to Sargans, Switzerland, and then waited for a bus to Vaduz, Liechtenstein. I missed the bus that left 4 minutes after I arrived. By missed, I mean I couldn't find it until I saw it ...

To be Updated when i get back to Sydney in Jan 2007... Highlights: Ummmmm....nothing, there is nthing there!!!! Oh how could i forget the castle!!!!

... the morning.  we woke up late at 9:45, rushed to catch the 10:37 train to Sargans, then took a bus to Vaduz, Liechtenstein.  Liechtenstein is only 25 km long and 6 km wide, and it's the world's largest exporter of dentures, go figure.  the ...

Liechtenstein is the smallest German-speaking country (if you wish to accept it as such) in the whole big, wide world. Since we neither ski nor needed a tax-haven (I was anyways tax-exempt in Greece) the principality did not impress us at all. Spooky ...

The morning after our big German beer hall experiance we travelled through the country Leichenstein.  Not many people saw it but we did go there... [PHOTO_ID_ L=thirsty.jpg]  

... and the driver was friendly enough. Got to the border, I was the only one whose passport they checked.  Liechtenstein seems like a quiet, but wonderful little country (with a sign advertising a mcdonalds 3000m away), stopped to change buses at ...

... drive to the only absolute monarchy left in Europe: Liechtenstein. Ruled directly by the Prince, who lives in the castle above the capital, Liechtenstein is also one of the smallest countries in the world, located between Austria and Switzerland.

... another of these wonderful little countries which are of course, holdovers from the feudal systems of the medeval period.  Liechtenstein, being a principality, is ruled by a Prince and Princess and their council.  There are seven towns in the ...

... book contains the abridged versions for all the sagas - all of them are thoroughly depressing.). On to Vaduz, pronounced Fadootz, capital of Liechtenstein, for the National Day celebrations. Because of monstrous crowds at the Schloss, aka castle, we ...

... the Guide Vert that we could have a stamp at the tourism office: YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!! Explosion de joie, amazing! Liechtenstein is a small country with only 11 cities and 34 000 inhabitants Why it is inhabitants and not habitants? ...