My flight to Zurich from Mumbai arrived on time and I made it out of the airport relatively quickly. I boarded the train from the airport to Zurich Hbf and then took the tram to the hotel to drop off my bags. I could have spent the day relaxing after travel, but instead I had decided to make the most of it by visiting Liechtenstein nearby. The plan was made, and I had booked the train tickets to Sargans just the previous evening on the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) website for CHF 16.60 each way. I took the tram back from the hotel to Zurich Hbf and grabbed some breakfast at Rapido. I boarded the InterCity IC563 which arrived from Basel and was headed to Chur. The train left exactly at 9:37 AM; the next stop was Sargans.
I alighted at Sargans and took the bus to Vaduz. The bus left the station, and we passed through views of meadows and mountains. The Gutenberg Castle could be seen as we drove by. I alighted at the Vaduz Städtle bus stop and headed towards my first stop, the Vaduz Castle.
It was a nice and bright day with scattered clouds, very nice for roaming around (the weather turned drastically the next day when I visited Innsbruck. I passed by the Centre for Art building, which had nice architecture.
The trail was not too steep, but I definitely got a good warm-up because by the time I reached the top I didn’t need my jacket anymore.
There were boards with information to read along the way and great views of the valley and the mountains across the Rhine in Switzerland.
After spending some time there, I walked down and saw the famous Rote Haus on the way to the Rheinpark Stadium.
It was a nice walk along the Rhine river to the “Alte Rheinbrücke”, a covered wooden bridge linking the municipalities of Vaduz in Lichtenstein and Sevelen in Switzerland. There was a marker inside the bridge that shows the international border. I walked across to Switzerland and then back again into Liechtenstein.
Next, I went to see the St. Florin Cathedral and headed to Regierungsgebäude and the Liechtenstein Center area where there were various sculptures and art installations to see.
I hadn’t really slept well the previous night on the red-eye flight and after walking around all day I was starting to feel tired, also because India was 4.5 hours ahead and it was almost the end of day for me. Anticipating this I had booked the 4:58 PM train back to Zurich so I would get early dinner and a good night’s sleep. I got the bus from Städtle bus stop to Sargans and then boarded InterCity ICE1256 to Zurich Hbf.
