Meierhof Davos

... ber diesen Blog werden wir unsere Familien und Freunde über den Verlauf unserer Reise auf dem Laufenden halten und Eindrücke und Gedanken teilen.

Also dranbleiben! Am 27.1.2010 gehts los und wir werden euch hoffentlich mit abenteuerlichen und spannenden Geschichten unterhalten - hoffentlich auch alle mit happy end :).

We were planning to go to Liechtenstein but thought we may as well as it was sort of on our way. It's the worlds 6 smallest country so it would have been rude not to go..haha.

We didn't drive to the main town but to another.. where really there wasn't anything. I did get a photo with the tourist sign though. Had to somehow prove I'd been there!

... both up the hills and down them!! They had just made it through the Flueelapass, but they had lost brakes, and so the vehicle was left on the road and they put their stuff in another vehicle to get to the nearby campsite. A short night later, they eventually got back to their vehicle, and found that it was OK to drive. Gaz had removed the bonnet, to allow the engine to cool more easily.

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... me that it was very painful. 'Well that doesn't matter' I replied, 'They are for him!!' Of course the other half of the team was blissfully unaware of his forthcoming pain until the cuffs were snapped on, and the policeman took a good grip on the handcuffs ready for the photo!!
What a coup, we could hardly believe it.

So out of Vaduz, and travelling on to Switzerland.

... the pedestrian street. I also stopped for a bite to eat in a small kebab eatery.

On the bus back to Sargans, I got off at a stop in Balzers so I could check out another castle - the one we passed on the bus journey to Vaduz. This one is also a private one, it turns out, so I couldn't go inside it either. It sits on top of a steep hill wrapped in vineyards. I walked around a bit until another bus came along and headed back to Sargans.

... of the Stockhausen family and the wealth that was the Baronacy of Stockhausen and the salt route exploiters of Medieval Switzerland. Their impressive castle ramparts and towers welcomed us this time but I could imagine that had we been passing by back in the 14th century or so we would have had to be very careful not to wind up in their dungeons, held ransom for all our measly wealth!!!

... in this high valley, but they're level with this peak. The timing today has been perfect; once I start down the top peak will be barely visible from the next stop down. Other clouds stream between the ridges below my vantage. There is nothing gentle about these alps. I'm used to hills and smaller mountains that curve and fold around the land like a worn blanket. There is no apology to the sky here. Solid, staunch, rugged. Intense. Immense. A maze of valley ...

Stopped for luch in this tiny country. Loved the currency though, bright and bold you would never lose it!! If you like kebabs this is the place to be... or if you have time to kill or like chess you had better come here - has a huge chest board in the middle of town. Go figure!! This is the 4th smallest country....

... and experienced today. I know I said the same thing about Austria, and it is still true, but this was a whole different level of experience.

After we returned to Davos, we took a short walk and then we had dinner at a very nice little bistro about a block from the hotel. What a nice, quiet way to cap off a wonderful day. It will be an early night tonight. The bags have to be in the hallway by 6:30 am, with breakfast at 6:45 am. We will transfer to Germany (via Austria) tomorrow.

... she accompanied me...). (BevNote: I’m no fool, I know my limits. As a matter of fact, while Paul went on, I sat and reveled in the view from where I was sitting. There were several people riding the updrafts with their 'chutes and it was every enjoyable watching them. A nun came up the mountain as I was watching them …she HAD to be around 90…and SHE didn’t have to stop and rest, just put one foot in front of the other and marched up the mountain… ...