Visual Entertainment from Near and Far
2012
I purchased this tasteful card in Zermatt – very touristy, but exciting to see the Matterhorn! There was still a lot of snow and you had to watch out for the many skiers walking around town with big skis and poles, but still fun. I went to the Matterhorn museum and saw the rope from the original summit.
Love, Allie
St Bernard dog
Pastel on Jute. Paul Klee. Bern, Switzerland
Restaurant Zeughauskeller, Zurich, Switzerland
Built in 1487, the historic, ancient arsenal of Zurich, now a typical Swiss restaurant.
Festung Furien, Museum zur Wehrgeschichte
Artillerie-Geschutzstand, 1942
Fortress Furingen, Museum zur Wehrgeschichte
The fortress was built into a mountain in 1941 (WWII). Built for defense and survival of Switzerland. Later it was used as a defense against Russia during the Cold War. It was decommissioned in the 1987.
More photos from when we visited:
Zurich, December 1982
We are dong fine so far. Paul and Bill are adjusting to learning a bit of geography, yesterday we took a city tour and a tour to Lucerne. The foto on this card is a port of one window (of five) that Chagall did in a church here at age 80! We are retracing a trip to Rigi Kulm today that we did with you 25 years ago.
Love, Bill
Actually the postcard is of the 9m tall stained glass of the North transept, created by Augusto Giacometti in 1940. But the church does also contain the five Chagall windows.
Paul Klee museum, Bern, Switzerland
Otto Baumberger Plakat, Lugano 1924
Sudschweizerisches Sonnenland Plakatsammlung Museum fur Gestaltung Zurich
Zurich 9/1972
We left K this noon at school. Some of the new bldgs. are not yet finished so she and some other jr. girls are staying in a hotel for a few days. I think she’ll like it once they all get in the swing.
The train trip was spectacular down and back from here, and Lugano looks just like this picture, snow and all. Beautiful!
Love, Dede
Freitag Shop, Zurich
Summer 2011
In 2011 I visited my brother who was living just outside Zurich, Switzerland. One of our activities was to take a trip to the recycling center. We gathered up all the (cloth) shopping bags we could find and loaded them with the glass, plastic, paper, and aluminum that had been collecting in the kitchen and headed out to the shopping center. At one end of the parking garage were large bins labeled for all the different types of items. We managed to get rid of everything although some of the pictures were a little confusing.
According to the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs:
The Swiss are champion recyclers. In 2003, 47% of all urban waste was recycled – a new Swiss record. They recycled 70% of paper, 95% of glass, 71% of plastic bottles, 85-90% of aluminum cans and 75% of tin cans.
So recycling has become a Swiss way of life.
We discovered a company called Freitag that produced purses, messenger bags, tote bags, wallets, backpacks and even iPhone sleeves all made from recycled goods. They use old truck tarpaulins, used bicycle tires, seatbelts. Every bag is hand made. Even their shop is made out of old semi containers.
The bags are a common sight across Switzerland.
Purse and wallet
Messenger bag
Postcard Buzz 