Saturday, July 4, 2009

Fürstentum Liechtenstein


The Principality of Liechtenstein is located between Switzerland and Austria, an independent country since 1806. Prinz Hans Adam II rules this small country of 35,000 inhabitants and lives in the castle of Vaduz, the country's capital.


The Rhein River runs north along Liechtenstein's western border. I enjoyed several days again visiting Monica, my penpal of 27 years, and her family in Ruggell, the northern most town in Liechtenstein.





The cows on the mountains DO wear bells!




Triesenberg is one of eleven municipalities in Liechtenstein. The cemetary at this church is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen!





Es wäre toll wenn jemand in Liechtenstein auch mit "City daily photo" täglich ein Foto zeigen würde! Schau auf www.citydailyphoto.com






8 comments:

Lowell said...

Zounds! What gorgeous pictures of a gorgeous place! I knew from nothing about Lichtenstein, so appreciate this a lot, Safe Leif!

Methinks there is a lot to see in Lichtenstein and I can see why you were hesitant to leave.

Have a great 4th!

Stefan Jansson said...

The cemetery photo is fantastic. And it's a very photogenic that you found there.

Rob Siemann said...

Nice! I used to collect stamps from the FL when I was a kid... Ja, stimmt: waere toll dass jemand aus Liechtenstein mitmachen wuerde! Ihr habt ein sehr schoenes Land!

Anonymous said...

Hoi hoi Leif
Wir haben uns alle riesig über deinen Besuch hier in Liechtenstein gefreut.

Ja es stimmt, Liechtenstein ist wirklich sehr schön. Ich bin stolz darauf, Liechtensteinerin zu sein!

Monica

Michel Benoit said...

Oh oh ! This is not Minnesota !
Hallo from Avignon...

AB said...

Is there enough of Lichtenstein to fill a daily photo blog?!

Rajesh said...

Beautiful snaps.

VP said...

This is great, very nice photos of a place so close and unfortunately never visited.