Country No. 5

Yesterday, I went to Liechtenstein. It is officially the fifth country I have ever been to, following the United States (obviously), Canada, the Dominican Republic, and Switzerland. The weather for this outing was cold and rainy. I was a little disappointed because I thought Liechtenstein would be all cool and old-looking, but then all the houses were really new and boring-looking, almost the cookie-cutter style that we Americans are so familiar with. I did not take any pictures of these houses to share with you, but be assured that you are not missing anything.

There were a couple of highlights of the day that I did, however, photograph, the first being the train that we took from Sargans to Buchs. The seats were so colorful and it made me so happy!

Quinn and Jessica in Switzerland's coolest train. Quinn is from Arkansas and Jessica is from Australia.

The second highlight of the day was the castle. This is apparently the residence of the prince of Liechtenstein. We hiked all the way up there and then ate our bread, cheese, salami, spicy mustard, chocolate, etc. on some benches just below the castle.

Here's most of the group before the hike up the Schlossweg.

A view of the castle from afar. I especially like these particular trees.

And Liechtenstein is so small that between all the bus rides and walking around that we did, I ended up seeing the same places several times during the day. So now I have seen pretty much all there is to see of Liechtenstein and will probably not return in the near future. That is, unless the prince invites us back over for tea or something.