Feldkirch, Austria :. A great base for exploring -
Feldkirch, Austria
Feldkirch is a nice little town near the Austrian , Switzerland and Liechtenstein German borders, so a great place to base yourself! After our three-week stay in
Konstanz, Germany , our friend Tom took us to Feldkirch through all the countries mentioned above in one and a half trip -time: driving round parts of Europe can make the world feel like a very small place
We booked 4 nights at the HI Hostel Feldkirch in a ten bed mixed dorm.
After two months of traveling solo and staying in female dormitories it was a rude awakening: a random collection of men, those who snored loudly. A couple of guys seemed to be resident and the room stank of unwashed, sweaty men. Urgh! Earplugs solved snoring, but the smell was a bit more difficult.
Fortunately, the spectacular location of Feldkirch meant that we spent very little time in the hostel. Aside from all the great places you can visit in Feldkirch, the city itself is interesting and worth a little exploring. We took a city map from the hostel who detailed a walking tour and loose monitoring.
This medieval town is packed with charming buildings and historic features and has a beautiful backdrop of snowy peaks. track on woven card and the cobbled streets highlighting the main tourist sites such as the Katzenturm (defense tower) and cathedral
widest, grandest old street of Feldkirch is Marktgasse with its covered walkways arched along the sides and fountains in the middle, it n is not hard to imagine that busy life with hundreds of years ago. A quiet morning in January Marktgasse was almost deserted, bar a few delivery vans and the occasional customer to walk under the arches
We walked to the castle to find that it was closed this time of day, the view from the entrance of the city was worth the steep climb though and made a pretty picture.
>>> one day was spent in Liechtenstein, we took the local bus to Vaduz, a few minutes down the. road
We initially planned to stay in Vaduz but I'm glad that we changed in Feldkirch Feldkirch -. for me - is cheaper, nicer and has better selection and coffee shops.
Schruns
another day, we took a train to Schruns the one hour trip was somewhat moderated by a local event, the train was full and
everyone was in fancy dress It was the strangest thing to witness: the train was packed with revelers, the train pulled into a station, emptied, and then continued to Schruns
- Hemingway came here regularly ski
It was a beautiful winter day with clear skies and bright sunshine.city was busy with skiers and snowboarders and we followed them along the lifts where a packed cable car hissed us up one of the mountains, passing over the ski slopes , towering trees and wooden chaletsat the top, we took in the breathtaking view from the restaurant balcony :.
cloud of cotton wool rolled between the deep valley while all around us were the majestic peaks of the Austrian Alps
the restaurant was crowded with skiers vibrantly dressed while refueling on the portions generous. We found a table and gorged on
hot apple strudel with custard This view and the dessert.! HeavenI've never learned to ski, despite two winter trips in the Swiss Alps: My travel budget never stretched enough for skiing unfortunately.
I liked Feldkirch, it is in a good location and helpful if we had a car we could explore around the area. He was the last stop on my adventure suitable winter before returning to the UK on the train.Feldkirch, we took a train to Zurich and stayed for 2 nights, very nicely set up by friends before heading to London via Paris and the Eurostar
There was a rail epic adventure for me -. perhaps not on the scale of previous great train adventure (United Kingdom, Vietnam) -. but the one who took me to some amazing places, and my first proper solo tripSat pending the (delayed) Eurostar, it seemed there was a life we had boarded the Eurostar at St Pancras en route to Belgium, on November 1 wet morning.
At the time, I had no firm plans for where I go after Belgium, if I had the nerve to go all the way to Finland. I had found the right way, and it was amazing!
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