vaduz, liechtenstein (LI)

the mini state of liechtenstein jammed (eingequetscht) between switzerland and austria was the 2nd stop for my youngest daughter + me after leutkirch/DE on our way to matterhorn/CH. we've slept in the quite new hotel vaduzer hof in the capital vaduz which was 1st mentioned in 1150. our hotel was operated by machines + check-in terminals + key cards ... well, the room was much too expensive + too small, the view from our balcony great and the breakfast quite fine. anyway, the best was our hotel's central location next to the town hall and to the pedestrian zone. so we could enjoy the 5,000 souls small city in the evening and the castle above it next morning 😃

just in case you didnt know, there are approx 41,000 people in the monarchy liechtenstein. they speak german, use the swiss franc as their currency and the country code car plate is FL (= fürstentum liechtenstein). besides all their banks + investment funds which utilize liechtenstein's special legal status outside the EU, there is also quite a lot industry (e.g. hilti drilling machines which employs worldwide about 34,000 people) and tourism in this alpine region, the highest peak is grauspitz 2599m ...

the vaduz castle is the place where the prince / monarch still lives

vaduz as seen from the castle hill

the yellow building is our hotel vaduzer hof

view from our balcony  = castle + town hall

town hall

liechtenstein views

liechtenstein views

arts?

arts?

arts?

the pedestrian zone ...

1904

pedestrian zone + the church on the right side

arts in the church's wall?

my non-alcoholic cocktail was twice as expensive as in germany ...

finally a nice new building called 'center of art & communication'

das rote haus (the red house) from the early 14th century

i liked the red house, you see?

the vaduz castle (front side) = ...

... = the liechtenstein castle (back side + main entry)

coat of arms of vaduz 😀

vaduz, pedestrian zone

the town hall with lichtenstein's red-blue flag on the left

vaduz ~ pedestrian zone, town hall, castle

very few more pictures here.

leutkirch im allgäu, DE

what a nice stop-over at our tour to matterhorn / switzerland in leutkirch im allgäu, in the federal state of baden-württemberg (BW), germany (DE). why leutkirch? well, we were hungry and decided to eat cheap in germany before we'd cross the swiss border ... well, my daughter and me have paid 70-80 euro for 2 main dishes and 1 drink each (or 3 in total?) ... which is not cheap, if you asked me. at least we've been conditioned to pay 80-90 swiss francs later 😂

leutkirch ~ coat of arms. source wikipedia here

the town hall at the market square

restaurant goldene krone, market square, leutkirch

brigitte bardot here?

what a nice timber-framed houses (fachwerk)

timber framed gate house (torhaus)

pulverturm = tower for gunpowder

martinskirche + pfarrhaus + pulverturm = a postcard from 1902

arts?

few more pictures here.