Liechtenstein - A Good Thing in a Small Package
December 18, 2020
A hiker’s paradise - that’s
Liechtenstein. It nestles cozily between Austria and Switzerland, a principality that, in 2006, celebrated 200 years of sovereignty. It is one of the smallest countries in Europe, comprised of just 11 regions and 5,000 inhabitants.
I had long harbored a desire to visit this tiny country with its astonishing landscape of mountains, gorges, Alpine forests, crystal streams surging down craggy hillsides and peaceful valleys below. Well, here I was and eager to get started seeing sights and experiencing the country I’d visited only in my imagination. So, why this feeling of anxiety and unease? Could it be that as I gazed skyward at the sheer height of the Alps surrounding me, a little voice inside said,