我們來到列支登士坦,一個實行獨立君主製的小侯國。到達的時候天上下著雨,濕潤的街道反射著光亮,首都瓦杜斯鮮花盛開,給人以幽靜雅美的感覺。列支登士坦以郵票著名,地上三步一張郵票,五步一個方連,七步則是一個整套,集郵的兒子一定喜歡這條大街。
瓦杜斯的市政大廳用磚頭砌成,像上了釉一般粉嫩的奶黃色。靜謐的廣場像是一個世外桃源,我與女兒迷失於其中不想走了。
市政大廳正麵
市政大廳背麵
市政大廳邊上的磚牆
磚牆邊上的小樹林,讓我感受到東方的道元素,不知怎地,我想起了射雕中的桃花島。
有時候真是非常矛盾,周圍的景色太美了,需要多花些時間欣賞,但是前麵有著更多美好的未知。我拽著女兒繼續前行,在途中一起讚美鮮花盛開的教堂,驚歎透明三棱鏡反射的彩色街景。
然後真的沒有時間了,我們必須往回走了。
來到列支登士坦總得買幾張郵票吧,七轉八拐彎,還問了一個英俊小夥子,總算摸到了郵局的大門。郵局小姐拿出了郵票本子,我翻看了一下,很是失望。
郵局小姐抱歉地解釋,“郵局隻出售普通郵票,買紀念郵票需要去集郵公司。”
沒有時間,沒有可能,隻能放棄集郵公司了。就地取材吧,我挑了四種最漂亮的花色,各要了一個方連。郵局不收信用卡,還好我有歐元,讓郵局小姐將法郎克換算成歐元。
“十元。”
我嚇了一跳,就這麽幾張普通郵票要十歐?轉念一想,過了這村就沒有這店了,還是買吧。
郵局小姐收了錢,將郵票放進一個信封給我。
我的眼睛一亮,這個信封真漂亮,正反麵都印著郵票,十歐值了。
我們繼續前行,進入了奧地利。
來到因斯布魯克的Wiltener大教堂,這個教堂還有一個美麗的名字:四大支柱的聖母(Our Lady of the four pillars)。
大教堂的背麵是雄偉的阿爾卑斯山。
大教堂的裏麵是華麗的裝潢。
大教堂的對麵是滑雪場,曾經於1964年、1976年舉辦過兩屆冬季奧運會。
黃金屋頂是因斯布魯克的一個地標,位於老城的中央廣場。這是一個三層樓的陽台屋頂,用2657塊鍍金銅瓦蓋成。黃金屋頂建於1500年,是為了紀念皇帝馬克西米連一世的第二次婚姻,成為皇帝夫婦觀看廣場比賽的包廂。為了不疏遠第一次婚姻的盟友,皇帝在陽台上的兩邊畫了兩個妻子,並且將自己的畫像放在中間,表明自己一碗水端得四平八穩。
其實黃金屋頂需要一點距離來欣賞的,背麵是雲霧繚繞的阿爾卑斯山,前麵是四通八達的街道,每一條街道都有自己的特色,亦或色澤明豔,亦或造型別致。我們走了一個方陣,細細品味小街小巷的古雅,晃晃悠悠地又回到了原地。
奧地利的物價指數較低,我第一次感到了荷包的份量。單球冰激淩隻要1.25歐,終於享受到了隨意購物的快感。
如同女兒迷上天鵝那樣,我迷上了奧地利,山景優美,曆史悠久,有模有樣的古城,淳樸憨厚的民風,合理的物價,品質的生活,奧地利令我神往不已。
我們繼續趕路,窗外是綿延不斷的阿爾卑斯山。導遊指著一處崇山峻嶺說,那是一個希特勒非常喜歡的地方,為了慶祝他的50歲生日,在Mooslahnerkopf 山頭上建了一座茶室。我趕緊按下了相機的快門,那麽的巧,車窗上有一個標記,看起來像是山頭上的一輪黑日。
17 day trip – day 7Lichtenstein: three out of five
Lichtenstein is a very small country in Europe, near Switzerland. I had a short stop there in Vadus. One of the most memorable places there (for me) is the water arch. It's a strange-looking rectangular wall that has an opening that you can walk into. At least, that's what it looks like from the outside. Inside, however, you can see that the wall is hollow. At one corner, a jet of water shoots out that creates an arch made of water. Another memorable spot is the yellow brick road, a part of the street made of light yellow bricks. It's much shorter than the one in Oz, though. The last one is the post office, which is on the yellow brick road. My mom bought some stamps to give to other people.
Austria: five out of five
Now I finally know how annoying it is to not understand the official language of the country you're in. In Austria, the official language is German. At a supermarket, I was helping my mom buy food, and we couldn't even tell if the food was cooked or raw. I judged by how it looked, but got one package wrong. I had said that it was cooked, but it wasn't. (Humph!) While on the streets, I ate some ice cream. It was green apple. There were a lot of street performers. One even had a dog as part of the act.
For today, I still won't put the average score. Too sleepy.