Posthotel Chur

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.<br><br>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!<br>

... Gebiet Obersaxen mit dem Stein und dem Piz Sezner und dazu von der Südseite her aus dem Val Lumnezia (Lugnez) das Gebiet um den Hitzeggen. Heute sind die 3 Skigebiete miteinander verbunden, obwohl das Lugnez politisch nicht zu Obersaxen gehört. <br><br>Geschichte<br><br>Vor den Walsern war es jedoch bereits durch die Romanen besiedelt. Im Testament des Bischofs Tello ...

... Feldkirch I got lost. Actually I was just trying to get to McDonald's because the group wanted a bathroom break and the public toilets here were not to our standards. Anyway, I drove past the McDonald's twice - once my fault and once the navigator's - and drove down a pedestrian only section of road before we gave up and continued on our journey out of town and deeper into Austria.

... her suitcase and more room for more purchases.<br><br>We are all packed up and leave the room and Judy goes first in the elevator.  First Judy, then the suitcase.  Next it is my turn, and the elevator goes up to floor 5, then down past me.  Then I hear it moving about a couple floors down.  Then it goes past me again.  Now about 10 minutes have passed and it finally stops for me.  <br><br>We walk the 500 feet to the train station and are immediately confused.  The ticket agent told ...

Work has been quite 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 driving past me. And there are only two or three bus stands in Sargans at the train station, so it was completely due to a lack of intelligence on my part.<br><br>Once I ...

... stadium to watch the semi-final game between Russia and Spain, but I did catch it on the big screen in the lounge. It was a boring game, and Spain managed to score 3 goals against the Russian team. This game was much different than the one from the night before. The Russian team could not keep up with Spain, and after a while it become painful to watch as the Spanish players continuously dominated the field. The morning of the 27, I got ...

... the lake high up above Chur. We were in the clouds! It rained quite profusely! Our planned walk into the forest above this wee town curtailed by lack of visibility. A lunch snack at the nearest restaurant and the next train down was our only reasonable option. After a very short wait we boarded what I think was the same carriage we had come up in, then off down the fairly steep descent to the streets of Chur. At the City Gate ...

... slippers), the ceiling was covered with the most intricate frescos and gilt overlay. The bookshelves were works of art in themselves as they curved around elaborate columns. There was a balcony giving access to who knows what age books and a cleverly disguised elevator at one end which looked for all purposes like the entrance to a throne room or some such...it was so artistically carved. The room itself was only about 20m long by 10m wide but it was as high as it was ...

... and could peacefully watch it flow by. Other times, we powered up hills and tunnels. The best of this was reaching the Oberlap Pass. After leaving greenery and trekking up a dark tunnel, we emerged in pure whiteness. Snow in the Alps! It was unreal to grasp that transition from Spring to Winter through mere changes in elevation. But, the most beautiful sights were those of the train spiraling downhill into little towns and ...

... felt rather fortunate (and comforted) to find it. The first thing that I noticed was that the altar is brought out into the congregation with the pews in the wings facing the altar. What a find! I can&#8217;t wait to get the pictures to show Father Spiess (hey, maybe we can write this off as a business trip, since we are doing research for the Heritage Campaign). This church was built in 1892 (pretty new by European standards) and renovated in 1978. On our way back down to ...