Liechtenstein, sort of

Last June we had the pleasure of visiting Vienna at the tail end of a month in Italy. Our flights for the trip came in and out of Zürich, so we took the train from Vienna back to Zürich for our flight home.  On the way we crossed Liechtenstein. As someone who confesses to be something of a country collector, the question was should I count this as a visit to that country?

Relevant Poll: Do you count it as "having been in a country" if all you've done is ride through it without stopping?

— Andy Rivkin (@asrivkin) June 30, 2016

The masses spoke, and it was hard to argue with them.  Nevertheless, I was somewhere and figured I'd document our cross-country trip even if it only lasted for less than 10 km.  The train did actually stop for a few minutes, though there was no opportunity to get out.

I'm still figuring out how best to incorporate pictures in this blog--most of my other blogs are much more text heavy. So how about I just include some pictures below and let the captions do the talking?

See?  At least my GPS thought I was in/over/under Liechtenstein.

There was no border, and no obvious demarcation between Austria and Liechtenstein in terms of "look and feel".

I looked in vain for a flag or anything showing I was in Liechtenstein. Nothing in this industrial park-looking area.

The main built-up area on the route was near the one train station (at which we didn't stop). I believe this area (Schaan) is the 2nd-largest city in Liechtenstein, in case you need that info for pub quiz sometime.

This is perhaps the most direct proof that I was in Liechtenstein--a picture as we chugged through the train station (without stopping).

After the train station, there's a stretch before the crossing into Switzerland where a view across the main valley of the country is visible. The Castle Vaduz is seen partway up the hillside in the center of the picture. I believe the city of Vaduz, the national capital, is below that castle (and not really visible).