Posthotel Chur

... apparently been trying to call us, but had the phone number of the team's technophobe, so he didn't realise!! They had a bit of a problem with working out where the maps we all had joined up, and following the roadbook backwards was almost as bad as going along it the correct way!! We had a Europe Road atlas in our car, so we gave it to them, on the basis that they give a donation to our charity.

Landquart, Switzerland dirtyweekenders

So, Liechtenstein. the smallest country in Europe. We got stooped at the border, and asked for our passports, and what we were doing there. No problems though, and we were soon on our way.

We were almost immediately at the Capital city, Vaduz. We were definitely not going to miss the chance to do the postcards etc. So we looked for somewhere to park. We drove around a bit and ...

... 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.

... backpack and not have gone with my old Migros backpack, which hurt me only after a few minutes.
But I saw definitely also my wakepoints that I will have at the choquequirao Trek: my damn Knees, that hurt me a lot when I came home. But anyway I want try this Trek to see the ruins before there are so may tourists as in Machu Picchu.
Only one thing we forgot: A swiss armyknife! Everywhere it had "Silberdisteln" and I remembered how I ate them when I ...

... I tried to never look down.  It wasn't difficult because the mountains and villages were fantastic.  As we traveled the villages and town became more quaint and typical Swiss with chalets and small churches and fields of grazing cows and sheep.  I expected Heidi or the Sound of Music family to come running down a steep slope at any moment.  There was still a lot of snow on the mountains, but hundreds of waterfalls were everywhere due to melting snow. 

We were fed dinner ...

... that Chur is a main destination for outdoors activities such as mountain biking and hiking. That night we ate at a restaurant that was located in our hotel. The main dish we ordered was fondue, which seemed appropriate since we were in Switzerland. It was actually a little disappointing because we had expected a variety of things to dip in the molten cheese but it was only served with cubes of ...

... the Hotel's quite firm beds. We had to make the beds less firm by adding a duvet each, under rather than over us!
We awoke early the next morning as our itinery had us catching an early train for Poschiavo. The Bernina Express no less!
From Chur Station the Bernina Express took a different route that the one we travelled on the day before. Noticably a much narrower gauge track, but the carriage was no more narrow, and the seating was firm but comfortable ...

... something Germany lacked. We ate our lunch as we strolled having bought sandwiches and rolls at a servo before we came here. We then realised that we had had breakfast in Germany, morning tea in Switzerland and lunch in Austria. No doubt we would be having dinner in Switzerland that night. We failed to stop in Liechenstein to complete the dining experience although I was informed later that L took a sip of water from her bottle as we motored through. It was very difficult ...