Sam & Georgia's Travels : Liechtenstein/Galtur

We spent our next morning looking around Vadus, the tiny capital of the tiny country of Liechtenstein. Vadus is a barely a city, more of just a big town, and on top of a hill overlooking the country sits the castle of the royal family. It’s a cool little country, with nice small towns, and a beautiful countryside and a backdrop of the Swiss alps. We got our passport stamped at the tourism office, which is the only place you can since there is no international airport or train system into the country!
We drove up into the forest and ate lunch in a gorgeous clearing next to a stream. It was so nice and relaxing and we sat and read for a little while before we jumped back in the car and headed back into Austria.

We drove up into the Austrian Alps and stayed the night in a small ski village called Galtur. It a really nice spot up in the mountains, and a tiny town just down the road from the ski slopes. I wish we could have seen the placed in winter, all covered in snow, it would have been gorgeous, but the bright green fields and pine forests weren’t too bad either!

We drove back into Switzerland the next day, to have a look at the Swiss National Park. It was another awesome drive through the mountains, and the park was lovely. There were huge bright blue lakes and beautiful forests. We sat and cooked lunch in a small shaded area and sat back and enjoyed our amazing surroundings.

In the afternoon we were back in Austria and camped in a small town outside of Innsbruck, called Mils.

From Mils, we drove to Vienna, we even got to drive through Germany for 100km or so. Unfortunately we didn’t know we had to have a toll sticker to use the motorways, and had to pay an on the spot fine of 120 Euro!