Innbruck(Austria) and Switzerland

Innbruck/ Vaduz/ Lucern

Since Swarovski Crystals originates from Austria, a stop by the Swarovski Crystal House was necessary. The crystal ornaments there are real cheap but I don’t fancy them so I went out of the shop early. Surprisingly, EVERYONE in the group bought some Swarovskis except me! Even Siying(fellow group mate that is the same age and school as me) bought some Christmas design Swarovski for her friend. (what a lucky friend) Now, I regret not buying… L

Near the shop was this Little Golden Roof. The roof was built by the people because the king of Austria then took quite a while to get married. Since he was such a people’s king, when he got married they decided to pull their resources together and build a golden roof for him. It was made of real gold then but during WW1, people started stealing the gold from the roof, therefore the roof now is just a restored tourist attraction.

Next stop is Vaduz, the capital city of Liechtenstein(part of Switzerland). The guide told us that the stamps there are pretty valuable so I sent a postcard to myself. Pretty weird right but that’s what everyone was doing there.

Coach ride again as we continue our journey to Lucern, Switzerland. The place was really scenic, the clear blue lake of Lucern and snow-capped mountains at the back. Sitting down by the lake, I was enjoying the cooling breeze.

Ok, enough of scenery, now back to history. Switzerland is well-known for their watches. Just to mention some Swiss brands; Rolex, Swatch and Cartier. Swiss watches are highly regarded because of its precision. Now, I am going tell you a story about how precision watch came about in Switzerland. (Precision watches originates from Switzerland)

When Emperor Constantine accepted Christ and they became the Holy Roman Empire, there were 2 kinds of Christians. The Roman Catholics and the Roman protestants. Because the Roman protestants only wanted to live for Christ, they decided to move to somewhere that they can shut the whole world out and that place is Geneva.

When they shut the whole world out, they wanted to be very precise, as they lived there only for Christ and their livelihood. Soon, they came up with precision watches and thus made a name for themselves in the world of watches.