Sad to leave Mount Titlis (http://meoramri.blogspot.com/2011/04/switzerland-trip-day-4-movenpick-ice.html) but many more interesting destinations awaits us!
It is day 5 of our Swiss trip and we are on a long bus ride to Innsbruck in Austria. There, we will visit a number of interesting places. Although there were only 5 of us, the agent that helped organised the trip got us a big 44 sitter bus for our convenient. Here you see my kids and a lot of empty seats. I was told that the cost of a bus compared to a nice MPV is about same.
There was plenty of snow and since we were the only passengers in the bus, we got the full attention of the bus driver. Here you see my wife asking some questions about the country from the bus driver called Franze.
The mountain roads are usually one lane roads but wide enough for even the widest trucks.
There are some hair-raising bends but no problem to navigate.
The swiss trains are electric and double-decker.
Here my wife was pointing to the sign on the windscreen of the bus that says "Meor Amri and Family". You feel like a king!
On the way, we passed through the smallest country in the world, Liechtenstein. A country of just 62 square miles and with a population of 34,000 is located on the Rhine River between Switzerland and Austria in the Alps. Below is the Rhine River crossing into Liechtenstein.
Honestly, there is nothing much to shout about the place. Apart from the Palace Castle, the only significant building is the main church on the hill.
The border and immigration checkpoint into Austria.
The first thing you see as you cross the border is a massive castle/fort. A bygone era of old where wars were quite common.
A dual-lane autobahn. I always imagine that are a lot of no-speed-limit highways but in reality there is a speed limit of 120kmh on most highways.
Beautiful landscape.
The entrance of The Arlberg Road Tunnel with a length of 13,976 metres, Austria's longest road tunnel.
Our driver, Franze.
Don't see the kids anymore, all sleeping!
Snowing.
Me and my son.
It was a long journey of nearly 4 hours.
1 comment:
wow, awesome. one day, iwant to visit this place.
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