Just A Couple Of Girls

Sender: Jari-Chan
'R' is for 'Reading'

Harry Wilson Watrous (1857-1940)
"Just A Couple Of Girls", 1915

(Eh, but why did the postmark appear on this side of the postcard? Marring the beautiful pic!)

Winter Ship

Sender: Benno
Winter Ship

A Rural Winter

Sender: Catherine
A beautiful painting by naive art artist Denis Bauquier, invoking the nostalgia of rural life in his childhood days.

Aerial View of Zurich's Old Town

Sender: Schneggisabrina

Aerial view of Zurich's Old Town. A tour of the Old Town lets visitors experience Zurich's multifaceted past. 

This kind of a tour suits me just fine, so I'm making this city one of the places I must travel to :)

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Swiss Peasant Life

Sender: Rita

A painting by Babeli Giezendanner (1831–1905), a Swiss lady painter of aspects of peasant life.

Davos

Sender: Azzurri
Davos 1560m, Switzerland
Home to one of Switzerland's biggest ski-resorts

Wengen, Switzerland

Sender: Kluifje

Wengen, Switzerland: a Swiss holiday resort in the heart of the Alps.

Fishing In Autumn

Sender: Inge
Albert Manser (1937-2011), Swiss painter
"Fishing In Autumn"

Lake Zürich

Sender: Telopea
Sculpture on Lake Zürich, Switzerland

Telopea is from Australia and this postcard was bought on her recent trip to Switzerland. I wish I can visit Switzerland as I tend to see postcard perfect photos taken by friends who have been there!

Kutná Hora

Sender: Märchenfee

This is a unique card as the ID is Switzerland's. But the stamp is Germany's, posted from there. The card itself is of "Kutná Hora , the protected historical town area", a Czech Republic UNESCO site.

Märchenfee explained that she was on holiday in Czech Republic 2 months ago and bought this card there. Mmmm....but the German stamp and postal endorsement? Maybe Märchenfee also passed through Germany.

Ski tracks

Sender: Zasa
A snowy but sunny scene showing ski tracks on the hill slopes, I think...

Le Château avec le Moléson

Sender: lilibiggs

Gruyères : Le Château avec le Moléson (Castle of Gruyères)

Gruyères is a small town in the district of Gruyère, canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The medieval town is an important tourist location in the upper valley of the Saane river, and gives its name to the well-known cheese.

X'mas Lights

Sender: Heksita

A pretty street illuminated with X'mas lights and decorations :)

Aletschgletscher

Sender: Carolisha

The Aletsch Glacier is (one of many glaciers) the largest glacier in the Alps. It resulted from the accumulation and compaction of snow. Glaciers generally form where snow and ice accumulation exceeds snow and ice melt. As the snow and ice thicken it reaches a point where it begins to move due to a combination of gravity and pressure of the overlying snow and ice.The area of the Aletsch Glacier and some surrounding valleys is on the UNESCO World Heritage list, thus it is protected.

A Train Ride Not for the Squeamish

Sender: Helen

Graubünden. Schnellzug St. Moritz-Chur mit Ge 4/4 III 646+648 (SLM/BBC, 1993)

- A Schnellzug is an express train in German-speaking countries, where it refers to trains that do not stop at all stations along a line. 

- Graubünden is a mountainous district, the land of the wild mountain goat, Heidi's home, the source of the Rhine, Switzerland's biggest holiday region. 

- Chur is the capital of Graubünden. 

- St Moritz is a resort town in Graubünden. 

The train pictured in the card is crossing the Landwasser Viaduct (built in 1902), a single track six-arched curved limestone railway viaduct built over the Landwasser River. Kudos to the Swiss railway engineers of the 19th and 20th century who had to build a complex and efficient mountain railway system, along difficult mountain routes, with many bridges and tunnels needed for the trains to cross and go under. 

I really think that the viaduct is one of the most spectacular bridges I have ever seen pictured. What a breathtaking sight. But I'm feeling squeamish already as if I am in that train  because....the ground is such a loooooong way down! By the way, are the first two carriages open-topped carriages? Surely not??

Postcrossing is Fab!

Sender: masito, Switzerland
masito attended a Postcrossing International Meet-Up in Koln, Germany, on 9.4.2011 and there are more than 30 signatures on this card! :)

Swiss High Peaks

11 November 2010
LUZERN Mt Pilatus
Sender: Amala, Switzerland

"The top can be reached with the Pilatus Railway, the world’s steepest cogwheel railway from Alpnachstad, operating from May to November (depending on snow conditions), and the whole year with the aerial panorama gondolas and aerial cableways from Kriens." 

Mountain Peaks

23 September 2010
Schynige Platte, Berner Oberland, Switzerland Eiger 13026ft/Monch 13449ft/Jungfrau 13642ft 
Sender: Book, Switzerland


"The Schynige Platte is a Swiss mountain region near Wilderswil where the Shynige Platte Railway ends (at 1970 meters above sea level).In good weather conditions the summit offers spectacular views to many surrounding mountains, including Jungfrau, Eiger, Silberhorn and others, as well as Thunersee and Brienzersee."