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Travel Blogs from Maienfeld
Chur and the train trip to Morges
A pretty rugged night sleep but we know that tonight we will be back in Morges in beds that we will sleep well. A few hours to kill so we look around Chur, a lovely place and we note a Gondola - aerial this time - thinking this could be a good thing to do. So off we head. This gondola goes 1.6k up so a pretty good sight we get of the Chur valley and the surrounding mountains. As the gondola climbs the cows below us ring out a tune via their bells as they graze ...
Not much in Lichtenstein
... gave them a lift. Yes, I know, I shouldn't pick up hitchhikers, but it was fine, and they were two lovely girls, one french and one polish who had been hitch hiking around france, switzerland and austria for 2 months! Crazy, and they're still alive! Anyway, a short time later we drove past the border into Austria and I dropped them off and continued on my way. The drive took me past ...
Davos
... a quick stop for some snacks up at the top which is when Tan and I decided to hike up about another hundred meters or so to the apex while Megs and Rod continued on down the other side of the mountain. We got amazing 360-degree views from the top and I was glad that we had made the little detour. We soon caught up with Rod and Megs again.
On the descent down we began to catch glimpses of Davosee and within about 40 minutes, we were alongside the lake ...
Liechtenstein
... We spent our day only in the capital city but would recommend spending time in the nearby mountain towns if ever making a visit here.
Fun fact: Liechtenstein is the world's largest producer of sausage casings and false teeth. Who would've thought!
Ticking random things off the travel list,
Leann and ...
Stamp Stop in Liechtenstein
... noon and luckily the TI was open all day long. The post office had closed earlier as it was a Saturday, but seeing as most people go to Liechtenstein to collect stamps, the TI shared its space with a shop that sold stamps for mailing as well as collecting. While I perused the racks trying to decide which package I might like, Anoop chatted up the lady at the TI to find out what we should be doing while on our quick stop. We had passed a big ...