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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Some Urban Exploring

Somewhere on the outskirts of a town in south-western Bavaria: Two old factory buildings, given up and left to their own devices. Every morning there are a few joggers or dog owners passing by on their morning walk. Meanwhile, behind the fence, nature is slowy claiming back the place and canvasses for graffiti sprayers can be found everywhere...

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Nördlingen - The Walled City

Somehow time seems to have stopped in this small, circular town. Swabian Nördlingen still is completely surrounded by its medieval walls - but while most other historical cities grew vastly beyond their former borders, there are still fields and pastures just beyond the gates here. And inside its walls the town is giving off a special charme of times past, attracting afficionados from lots of different countries. There are even quite a few visitors from Japan, even though some of them have very special reasons...

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Travelogue: Bavaria (1)

Time to continue, here's a summary of the first week in Bavaria. I was mostly passing rural areas and there were quite a few local traditions and quirks I probably would have missed if not for this slow-paced way of traveling.

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Killing Dragons Bavarian Style

Hell yeah, a giant robot dragon!

Furth im Wald, a small Bavarian town close to the border of Bohemia: A mighty dragon is awakening from its sleep to bring chaos and death upon humanity. It needs a brave hero willing to oppose the gruesome beast! This is happening every year around here, for more than five centuries already.

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