Watery Wednesday: happy belated birthday

Congratulations to the beautiful country of Switzerland, which celebrated its birthday on August 1. It's been a long time since the year 1291, so long that it staggers the imagination of a Canadian whose country is less than 200 years old. Way to go, Switzerland, 720 years! We love you.

In honor of the delightful people we met, and the wonderful country we saw for the first time this year, I'm posting three "watery" pictures my husband captured as we rode the Glacier Express train from Zermatt to St. Moritz in April.

The first shows a small river or large creek in spring flood. The next features a big hole in a mountain (one of the Swiss Alps), with a bit of water trickling from it, and the third shows a waterfall nearby.

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Photos by Richard Schear, April, 2011

My World was in a few places for a few weeks

The Netherlands
March, 2011
Ten days aboard the Viking Pride, with Viking River Cruises.
Left, Hoorn.
Right, Kinderdijk.

Belgium

Left, in Brugge.

Right, here I am at the Atomium in Brussels.

France

Left, Marseille.


Right, Paris.













April, 2011
The south of France
We rented a condo at Malibu Village (right) in Canet-en-Roussillon. For day-trips we took a bus to Perpignan train station.
From our bus stop (above), we could see Mount Canigou in the Pyrenees.



In the very south of France, we visited Collioure, where the artist Matisse found inspiration.

© Photos by Kay Davies and Richard Schear    

Switzerland
Left and right, St. Moritz, the terminus for the Glacier Express train.

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Watery scenes, seen in the Swiss Alps

The last in a week of posting from our April adventure in the Swiss Alps.
Hope you haven't been bored!

The scenes above were shot earlier this year from the train going through the Swiss Alps.
The photos below were taken in St. Moritz, the terminus of the Glacier Express luxury train, during our March/April European vacation.

© Photos by Richard Schear, April, 2011    

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SkyWatching from a train in the Swiss Alps

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© Photos by Richard Schear, April, 2011    

Almost at the last minute before our March and April trip to Europe, Dick surprised me with the idea of a train through the Swiss Alps. Having already booked a Eurail pass through RailEurope, he decided an additional charge for the luxurious Glacier Express would be worth it, and it was! After a night in St. Moritz, we took another train down from the mountains, and changed for Zurich.