Including Money And Postage: Air mail postage from Europe to America is rather expensive, especially because the Continental (not the British) weight limit for the mini-num postage is usually 5 grams, which is hardly more than one-sixth of in ounce, which means one thin sheet of paper in a thin envelope. The ninimum postage, furthermore, is often as much as our American 15-cent :harge for the much heavier half-ounce letter by air to Europe. So it costs nore to send mail by air to the States than from the States.
The Rock has a life of its own, most of its inhabitants still using the Spanish language, though British occupation has been continuous for 250 years and everything of an official nature, including money and postage stamps, is as British as London. It can delight those who don't expect too much of it and can disappoint those who do. Main Street is a dull British-colonial street and its hotels, though clean, are just as dull. You'll probably want to escape this street and engage accommodations at the modern and handsomely located Rock Hotel, a little way out on Europa Road, or perhaps you'll stay at the charming garden hotel called Reina Cristina, at Algeciras, on Spanish soil across the bay. It is only half an hour distant by ferry.
Liechtenstein is tied economically, meaning in customs, currency and the like, to Switzerland, and therefore enjoys the soundest money in the world, but it prints its own interesting postage stamps and makes a fine profit from each new series. The local language is German. Connections with everywhere are good, since it lies on the main rail route (Orient Express, etc.) from Paris through Zurich to Innsbruck, Salzburg and Vienna.
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