Lichtenstein

The principality of Lichtenstein, the small country on the upper Rhine river, wedged between Switzerland and Austria, has been on the travel list for a long time. With a convenient train connection from Heidelberg on an Austrian train and the summer vacation in full swing it was finally time to go:

In Feldkirch an Austrian town just outside Lichtenstein one had to change to another traintpwrds Zuorch, Switzerland

In Buchs it was only a short hop over the border to Lichtenstein

Finally in Vaduz - the capitol of Lichtenstein:

For a small fee Mia could get her passport stamped

 

 

On the throne - well not the real one

The castle was under renovation:

Liechtenstein has one of the highest GDP per person in the world

Before heading back to Heidelberg a short visit at the Lakre in Werdenberg across the border in Switzerland

More fancy cars

Back at the border

On the train back to Heidelberg

Geislinger Steigee - Schwäbische Alp east of Stuttgart

Main station in Heidelberg at 9:10 pm - 14 hours after leaving:

A trip to the office

An old tradition that had stopped during Corona was Mia's trip to the office during the school vacations. Lukily things are back to normal now:

Mia's friend came along and tested the funky seats in the hallway outside the office

Lunch was of course in the food hal that offers burger and pizza to the younger crowd

There are deserts too

So everyone is happy

Some colleagues have creative pictures at their doors

Grafenwöhr-Vilseck Girl Scout Camporee: Day 3

 On the last day the girls had lunch at American food court - they didn't mind after two days in the wild_

On the way back they past the village where that was the family vacation spot in the 1970'ies

 It was a long train ride back with stops in Nürnberg and Stuttgart

Grafenwöhr-Vilseck Girl Scout Camporee: Day 2

 The leader posted some pictures from day 2:

Grafenwöhr-Vilseck Girl Scout Camporee: Day 1

 Mia had signed up for a camping trip on an American army base in Grafenwöhr east of Nürnberg

fter a long ride the girls arrived