{"id":91,"date":"2008-09-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mceachernfamily.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/grusse-aus-appenzell-schweiz.html"},"modified":"2008-09-15T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-15T10:00:00","slug":"grusse-aus-appenzell-schweiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mceachernfamily.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/grusse-aus-appenzell-schweiz.html","title":{"rendered":"Gr\u00fcsse aus Appenzell, Schweiz"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Appenzell,This is another one of the old postcards in my collection from way back in 1996 from Appenzell, Switzerland<\/a>. I’ve actually got a couple from here that I’ll post but this was the first one in the series that I received.<\/p>\n

All of of my Switzerland collection were sent to me by Deanna who spent a summer with a family in the town of Appenzell.<\/p>\n

She writes<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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,<\/p>\n

“We don’t have a T.V. so I’ve been reading a lot. Please videotape some of the Olympics for me.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> and I have to tell you it they make it seem like their town comes right out of the pages of Heidi.<\/p>\n

“This is the home of happy hens, contented cows and placid pigs.”<\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t think your going to find many towns that describe themselves that way.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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