Snowy Liechtenstein And Funky Green Toilets (Vaduz, St Anton)

6/3/05 Sunday

Woo hoo, it only cost me about $160. 20% discount for being awesome or something. Actually, I think they discount prices if you rock up late... I came in around 7:30pm. I was starting to scout out places that looked less freezing than others in case I was going to have to be a bum for the night.

Checked out the inside of the church... very nice... very churchy. Going backpacking with Jesus... now that would be cool. Think of all the nice places people have built for him around the place. Hrmm, maybe I could make a Jesus costume? Hrmm, Hell should be toasty warm.

Saw a Contiki bus in Vaduz (the capital city? (village) of Liechtenstein. I considering running over and begging them to let me on for some money.

Froze my butt of waiting for buses out of Liechtenstein and finally got the train to St Anton. I've been to Innusbruck five years ago, but wow, this place is like the picturesque big ski village I had dreamed of. Unfortunately the wall of accommodation was a sea of red LEDs, meaning that most of the 9000+ places were unavailable. I had sort of been expecting that though. I managed to book one for four nights, but it turns out it is way out of the St Anton area and in some place called St Jacob. I thought the women said bus 502, but it turns out she said line 2. Anyway, I couldn't find the bus and ended up walking. It was quite a walk... up a hill, through snow.

Here is a another trick. Stand in the middle of a road with a map looking confused... some people will start beeping at you so they can get their car past. The second car stops and winds down the window. This is it, my luck has changed. A car full of hot ski chicks looking for a single guy to join their group... alas no, some women that has lived in the area for a 35 years who offers me a ride. I was incredibly greatful, she was even running late for her game of tennis. Who said Austrians were grumpy? Lonely Planet, that's who, but there is at least one cool one. Unless she wasn't really Austrian, but she was still cool.

I think the women at the Hotel Tirolerhof tried to shist me. When I got here she tells me that she only has a double and it was going to cost me 120+ euros... that's a lot of money Billy! Dinner and breakfast was included though. I think I gave her a pretty funny look and said I'd just book one night. Then she says I can stay in some other cheaper room for 88 euros. I gotta get back to the main city where the slopes are close and the action is at. It would be nice if I could get some bloody Euros out of a stinking bank. Stupid weekends!!!!! This is seriously cutting in to my abilitity to go out and get drunk. Dinner was good though, some beef which I thought was pretty rare in Europe. I had to force it down after eating heaps of the other stuff... and then they present me with mouse! My room is behind the kitchens, so I was thinking that it wasn't too far to the EURO2000. Either that, or spew on that strange dude that slurped and kept staring at me the whole time I was there.

The EURO2000 you say? Well, that is my funky green toilet, with matching funky green sink and differently funky green everything else. There is so much funk going on in my bath room, I'm expecting a bunch of black dudes to open my door any second and head in there with some guitars and jam.

I was so impressed I took some pictures. I can even report that the EURO2000 works as expected (sorry, no pictures of it in action). It seemed to make some angry sounds afterwards, but since it is green, that can be excused.

Now, not only is the name EURO2000 on my toilet, but it is a piece of engineering genius... and not a disfunctional toilet filled with green sludge as were my initial thoughts. This marvel of a toilet has some kind of pan part with some water in it, which then get pushed towards the front where the actual disposal hole is. I'm not sure how widespread this piece of genius is... but I feel I should stop writing about it now. I better do something interesting so I don't have to talk about a toilet... even if it is a funky, green EURO2000.