Swiss Prices

Rugged rock faces, lush alms housing cows and their jingling bells, huge lakes and glaciers... Switzerland is beautiful. But if you plan to stay here for a little longer, you should bring a well-packed moneybag. Switzerland's living expenses are the tallest in all of Europe, only northern countries like Norway reach a similar level in some aspects. So I coudn't help but note down some of the food prices again, in order to compare them with the ones at home.

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The Liechtenstein Entry

Time for the first microstate! With an area of barely 160 km² the principality is quite accurately just half as large than my hometown Dresden, not even really visible on a normal globe. Looking closer, there's a small slip of land between Switzerland and Austria, but what exactly is there behind? What does it look like over there, what's the difference to its neighbors and is there even enough space? Well have a look.

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Travelogue: Bavaria (2)

From Swabia back to Upper Bavaria and finally crossing the Allgau. Once again, way too many photos... And anyway: Damn, this post has gotten long. Quite an eventful section this time.

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