Travel around Switzerland (including Konstanz and Liechtenstein), June 2008 - Page 4 - Photos † Richard Flynn

I spent two weeks travelling around Switzerland, seeing places I hadn't by then seen during my year abroad in Geneva. In this set: Basle; Lucerne; Interlaken, Thunersee, Spiez, Mürren, and the Schilthorn; St Gall; Lake Constance; Liechtenstein; and Einsiedeln.

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Richard Flynn > St Gall cathedral • The two towers of this abbey church are visible from much of the small city of St Gall.

Richard Flynn > Inside St Gall cathedral

Richard Flynn > Inside St Gall cathedral

Richard Flynn > Choir stalls • A view behind the wrought-iron rood screen inside St Gall cathedral, on the sanctuary.

Richard Flynn > Where do we go from here? • Distances from Constance (Konstanz) to various nearby localities. Staad is of course not the same place as Gstaad—one is in Germany on Lake Constance, while the other is a famously exclusive village in the Canton of Berne. What the sign doesn’t show is distances to places in Austria—the nearest Austrian city is probably Bregenz, at the other end of Lake Constance, and about 27.5 miles (45 km) from Constance.

Admittedly it would be difficult to include Bregenz (or pretty much anywhere in Austria) on a sign that could be seen in this photo, since it would have to be pointing straight ahead from where I was standing.

Richard Flynn > Boats on Lake Constance • The shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) as seen from the south-eastern German city of Constance (Konstanz), which is just over the border from Switzerland. I took the train from St Gall to Kreuzlingen (in the Canton of Thurgau, or Thurgovia), which is effectively a suburb of Constance. It was then with me the work of a moment to walk across the border from Kreuzlingen to Constance to have some lunch and take some photos (not necessarily in that order).

Richard Flynn > Lake Constance

Richard Flynn > Sunset over toy town • Vaduz, a town with a population of about 5,300, bears the dubious honour of being the capital of the Fürstentum (Principality of) Liechtenstein. The town is very pretty, and thrives from a procession of tourists who want to see such an idiosyncratic country. For many, it seems, all they ever see of Liechtenstein is Vaduz.

Some of Liechtenstein’s industry includes the manufacture of sausage skins, false teeth, anchors, and power tools. I found no evidence to suggest that all of these are made in the same factory, however.

Richard Flynn > Malbun • Malbun is a small ski resort in the south-eastern part of Liechtenstein.

St Gall cathedral • The two towers of this abbey church are visible from much of the small city of St Gall.

> St Gall cathedral • The two towers of this abbey church are visible from much of the small city of St Gall.

St Gall cathedral • The two towers of this abbey church are visible from much of the small city of St Gall.

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