{"id":34527,"date":"2023-09-05T22:34:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T12:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=34527"},"modified":"2023-10-23T05:16:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T18:16:09","slug":"vaduz-liechtenstein-%f0%9f%87%b1%f0%9f%87%ae-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=34527","title":{"rendered":"Vaduz, Liechtenstein \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddee 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 3rd September 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 130 kms from Memmingen to Vaduz in Liechtenstein  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Vaduz  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Stellplatz Vaduz, free, N47.13860, E09.51050  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 104 days @ \u20ac90 per day<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We say goodbye to Memmingen but before we leave I pop around the corner to the beer shop (there\u2019s a beer shop on every corner) for a few of my new favourite lager. Sadly weight restrictions on our flight home will not allow me to return to Aus with a life time supply. Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night until the morrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fifty kms later we sadly leave Germany for the last time as we cross the border into Austria. Travelling along an Austrian motorway requires a Vignette (toll pass) and there\u2019s no escaping the motorways as we pass from Germany through Austria and on to Liechtenstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We stop at the first service station on the Austrian side of the border (that no longer exists) purchasing a vignette for \u20ac9.90. It\u2019s a small sticker you attach to your windscreen giving your vehicle passage through Austria for 10 days. It could be more accurately described as a gouge on travellers passing through Austria for an hour or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The black square on the windscreen is the vignette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crossing the Rhine once again from Switzerland into Liechtenstein <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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No sooner than we have an Austrian Vignette on the windscreen and we pass through a couple of 10 kms long tunnels, when we suddenly find ourselves in Switzerland, which requires another bloody vignette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a relatively short drive to Sevelen on the A6 and we cross from Switzerland over the Rhine River to Vaduz in Liechtenstein. We\u2019ll worry about the Swiss vignette tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why are we going to Liechtenstein<\/a>, the sixth smallest nation on earth, well because we travel in a motorhome and can go where we please and today we are pleased to visit Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein. No longer considered a tax haven it has one of the highest GDP in Europe and seems well to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no stellplatz in Vaduz, but the paid carpark next to the soccer stadium is approved for motorhomes, even better it\u2019s free on the weekends, and today is Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve settled in to the 20 acre car-park as best we can before walking off to explore Vaduz. It\u2019s only a 10 minute walk and four minutes of that is walking across the car-park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A red Vespa and two Apes !<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Art, there are bronze sculptures around every corner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Town Hall \/Government House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Found this lovely little cottage up behind the church.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sunday in Switzerland or Liechtenstein is take the Porsche out for a spin day. Or if your a member of Liechtenstein Classic Car Club your take your pride and joy down to the mall for show and tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There where probably 50 cars on display and 20 motorcycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Car of the Day, this Fiat Sports in hill climb livery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just off the mall in a market square they had a marque set up as a foodies venue. Looked great but we soon learnt there was a \u20ac50 buy in, which seemed expensive so we kept looking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eventually we come to the Cathedral of Saint Florin. It\u2019s not a gigantic gothic or romanesque cathedral as we\u2019ve seen elsewhere in Europe. If this is the Bishop\u2019s of Liechtenstein\u2019s Church then it\u2019s entitled to be called a cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We wander back to the Hymer to have leftovers for a late lunch. The car-park is now full and a soccer match is underway. It\u2019s a noisy affair and emotions seem to be running hot in what we a told is a local derby between Vaduz and Sevelen, the Swiss town on the other side of the Rhine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later in the afternoon we walk up the river a km to explore the covered wooden bridge, linking Liechtenstein with Switzerland. Apparently it was the first bridge across the Rhine in the valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The soccer fans all go home around 5 pm and the car-park becomes quiet again, more motorhomes arrive to join us for the night. That was our day in Vaduz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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