This is another one of the old postcards in my collection from way back in 1996 from Appenzell, Switzerland. I’ve actually got a couple from here that I’ll post but this was the first one in the series that I received.

All of of my Switzerland collection were sent to me by Deanna who spent a summer with a family in the town of Appenzell.

She writes

“I live in the country, overlooking the town of Appenzell. It’s so nice here! My room looks out onto the Alps and I can see Austria from the property.”

It sounds like she’s actually describing the pictures on the front of the card, not a real place she could be staying. Maybe she was feeling a little guilty about living in the picturesque Swiss countryside and tried to make me feel better by adding,

“We don’t have a T.V. so I’ve been reading a lot. Please videotape some of the Olympics for me.”

Hah, so it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. While she was living in scenic Appenzellerland I was wasting away in front of the TV watching the Atlanta Olympic games. Come to think of it, I did tape the Olympics but those tapes have been long gone now.

After all these years I never actually known where exactly in Switzerland Appenzell was but Google quickly answered that question for me. However, one link lead to another and I found myself checking out the official Appenzell web site and I have to tell you it they make it seem like their town comes right out of the pages of Heidi.

“This is the home of happy hens, contented cows and placid pigs.”

I don’t think your going to find many towns that describe themselves that way.