We spent a week in St. Gallen- half in Unterterzen near Flumserberg, and the second half in St. Gallen proper. Flumserberg was fantastic. I feel like I run out of words to use to describe the natural beauty in Switzerland. In my daily life, I just say it’s very Swiss. We go to these lovely mountains with amazing views, brilliant flowers, burbling waterfalls and great trails all over Switzerland and it becomes hard to describe one in a different way than another. So far, every one we’ve been to has been incredible. And I’ve probably said that before.

While in Unterterzen, we stayed in the Marina hotel. The room was a touch small (also known as normal for Switzerland) but we had a great rooftop patio. The hotel restaurant was practically the only one in town- thankfully the food was pretty good. We did some hiking in Flumserberg. There was a an alpine floral trail and a seismic trail highlighting the Glarus Thrust. The hotel was right on the lake, and had we more time (and warmer weather) we would have been swimming.

We visited a couple castles in Liechtenstein, including the Prince’s castle. We couldn’t enter any. We also went to the abbey in St. Gallen and saw their amazing library. No pictures allowed, but it was fantastic. I’m told it’s in the top ten most beautiful libraries in the world. Cause I guess that’s a real list somewhere.