Innsbruck to Luzcern

We spent a day in the Olympic city, Innsbruck, Austria. On the way we visited the Swarovski factory outlet. Innsbruck is an interesting place with a major focus on winter sports.
On the way to Switzerland we stopped for lunch in Vaduz, Lectenstein, another small, independent country whose main industry is tax evasion. Like San Marino the place is crawling with Russian neveau riche, the new instant billionaires who have discovered capitalism, self indulgence, and Rolex but are yet to discover deorderant.
We spent two nights in Lake Luzcern, a beautiful lakeside city high in the Tyrolian Alps, where the main industry is wrist watches. I priced a Rolex and an Omega then settled for a Timex. At $88,000 a Rolex should be able to cook and clean in addition to telling time.
Next we visited Mount Titlis, honest to God, Titlis! It is a ski resort a few miles out of town where the beautiful
people go to be seen. To get to the top you must travel on three seperate cable cars, the third of which rotates!
The top is a dizzing 10,000feet.
Our last stop is Amsterdam then we head for London for a flight home on Thursday.


Americans again:

There is an American lady in our group who never ceases to entertain me. She has travelled extensively but
you would never know it. She complained that postage was so expensive in Europe, she brought her own stamps from home. When we were in Paris the guide explained that the Arc d' Triompe serves as the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier and that the French Army conducts a service there every evening at 6. My American
friend remarked at this that "his family must be so proud!"