Bus--yawn--ness

I did finally find another book with something about Liechstenstein, 7 smallest European countries and their secrets.   Apparently Liechstenstein is quite the business powerhouse.  The book claims the Liechtensteiners are probably the richest of all European people.  Normally, I don't care much about business, but I did like this.  The way they make it work over there is that the business headquarters are located in Liechtenstein--anything ugly like a factory or even a skyscraper is put in some other country--leaving Liechtenstein untouched and fairytale like.  Obviously this means that somebody somewhere is stuck with the ugly stuff, but I like the idea that at least somewhere in the world a people values beauty over the convenience of having your warehouse right next door.

Muehle

Little country, little blog entries I guess.  Our hike has been temporarily postponed due to crazy hot weather and some scheduling conflicts--not to mention my left knee.   Soon for sure!  When we spent a few hours in the real Liechtenstein, one of our favorite things were the giant chess and giant muehle games laid out downtown for anyone to play.   Muehle is one of those ancient games with probably a million variations--you might know it as Nine Men's Morris.  Fun game--well worth looking up.  I love it because I used to play it with my German grandmother when I was young.  It's a strategy game and I NEVER once beat Omi.   Catherine was 10 years old when we went to Liechtenstein and she impressed one of the little old ladies there when she began playing on the giant Muehle board--obviously knowing what she was doing.  As I recall she beat me too.  hey.....