3 Country Adventure: Austria and Lichtenstein

Our next stop on our adventure was Lichtenstein. In order to get there from Germany we had to drive through Austria. The drive through Austria was beautiful driving through the mountains. It was a very nice scenic drive. We ended up on the Autobahn for a little bit and there were several tunnels. One tunnel we went through was close to 10 miles I believe. We ended up getting off the autobahn and taking more back roads through the small towns to get to Lichtenstein.

Lichtenstein is the 6th smallest country in the world and you can tell. Our first stop was in Vaduz the capital. For being the the capital it still isn't very large. We first stopped at the visitor center which was open even with it being Sunday. We got our passports stamped there and picked up a map. 

We just wondered around the downtown area and found the city train and bought tickets for the next train. The train took us all around the city to see the sight which included the castle, which is still occupied, the famous red house, and some vineyards. 

Lichtenstein is know for their postage stamps. They even have a postage stamp museum and can buy stamps at the visitor center. The downtown sidewalks are lined with painting of different stamps they have had. It was very interesting to see without having to go in the museum which is free I believe. 

After leaving Vaduz we headed to Schellenburg to check out the castle ruins. Even though on the map Vaduz is in the lower half and Schellenburg is in the very top of the country it only took us 15 minutes to go from one to the other. We also ended up crossing into Switzerland for a little bit. We crossed a bridge drove a mile and crossed another bridge back into Lichtenstein so I guess technically we were in 4 different countries in 3 days. 

The castle ruins were kind of hard to find and we almost gave up hope but ended up finding them by luck. They were just cleaning up from a little festival type thing I think at the ruins when we got there. We were still able to just wonder around and check it out. We have really gotten into checking out castle ruins since we have been here. 

We will definitely be going back to Austria as it is beautiful and we didn't really do much other then drive through. Lichtenstein was a nice visit for a day trip. Its not a place you would need to spend all weekend in. It is kind of cool to say we were there as most people don't even know about the country. It is pretty expensive there just like Switzerland since Lichtenstein does a lot of the same stuff as Switzerland. It is a good stop on a trip to somewhere else.