Vaduz, Liechtenstein and Innsbruck, Austria

Liechtenstein is the 6th smallest country in the world, we had a short stop here strolled around the shops, bite to eat and had our passports stamped for the small price of 1.50 euro (this is optional), unfortunately being slack tourists that we were we took no photo's.

Then on the road again heading for Tyrol to go White Water Rafting, it was so much fun apart from the tour guide telling us to jump in the most COLDEST water ever, I asked him was he joking at first, unfortunately he wasn't, I thought I was going to die (OK maybe that was a slight exaggeration but seriously it was awful), at the end of the rafting they give you a shot of some strong spirit to warm you up, it did the trick but it did not taste so good.

Driving through Austria was a little bit like Germany very steep mountains but instead of constantly driving on long and high overpasses there were very long tunnels, some of them went for ages. It was a very scenic place...



The King and Queen would sit on this balcony and watch what ever was happening in the village...

Swarovski http://www.swarovski.com/Web_AU/en/thestory?origin=landing&lp_bt=THE_STORY&alpt_nav=1, I'm not normally a fan of this store but seeing where it all began was a little exciting, they did have some gorgeous dress rings...

Lucerne, Switzerland such a MAGNIFICENT place

Lucerne, Switzerland was one of my favourite places we visited, much like Germany it is very impressive for it's neatness, cleanliness and just so peaceful. The river flowing through the town centre was something, it was extremely clear but looked quiet fresh. On one of the days there in our "free time" we saw a heap of guys jumping off one of the bridges and going down the river with the current, they would get themselves to the edge where there were some stairs to exit the river, as they were running up I had this inkling that they were Aussie, so I asked them what the water was like in which they replied "bloody awesome", yep they certainly were Aussie, they also were on a Contiki. People were lined up around the river just watching them jump, it was like they had never seen it before, but I guess with the place being so peaceful and not many people causing a ruckus it was something different.

The Lion Monument

Mt Pilatus

WOW is the only word to describe Mt Pilatus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilatus_(mountain), the view was stunning, and getting up there by this long thick cable "Safely", was beyond me, apparently there are higher mountains you can go up by a gondola. Craig was in his element trying to work out how they got everything up there and putting it all together (he did this most places we visited, the tradie coming out I guess...). Once we were on top of the mountain I still didn't feel safe, the railings weren't the best either (I don't know how some of these places get a away with it, "OH & S people"), it was very peaceful though, I found myself a deck chair and just laid back and enjoyed the scenery...

The photo's do get a bit repetitive but like I the said the view was stunning...

this is where you swap from the small gondola's to the one big gondola going up, up, up and UP (they squish you in, I think from memory they allow a total of 35 people....eeekkkkk)

Luge Track