I have never seen such plump little birds! People everywhere in Switzerland make feeding the wild birds part of their daily routine.
There are entire shops like this one devoted to the feeding and housing of wild birds.
Do they smell a rat? A common foe in Montreux makes for a delicate alliance. Even the street cats like this one are fat and healthy.
Maybe it’s the wine that makes everyone so mellow? Of course it could be the beer….
Or maybe it’s all the exercise? The Swiss like to bicycle up the Alps. I like to sit in the train and take their picture. These last shots were taken from The Glacier Express train.
Of course it could be the continuous hits of Alpine beauty.
The lucky Swiss!
Who knows what it is? Maybe it’s in the water…..
I’m heading off the train now to go eat some Rosti with Swiss cheese!
And at the request of my good blogging friend Yellowcable, I have added a late addition, Rosti with Swiss cheese, minus a bite or three taken before the photo. I can’t help it. I’m powerless over rosti.
Cheers to you from well-fed Switzerland~
Great, Cindy! Thanks much for sharing! 🙂
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Thank you for appreciating!
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🙂 Still in Switzerland? Havd safe trips!
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🙂
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What a scrappy lot! Great shot.
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Merci beaucoup~
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These are beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you more for appreciating them!
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I love Switzerland. Have visited a few times. Your pics bring it all back to me. Thanks, S x
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So glad I triggered some happy memories to you! Cheers to you and thanks~
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Einen schönen Mittwoch wünsche ich dir ganz tolle Bilder und die Landschaft wunderschön.Liebe Grüße und Freundschaft.Gislinde
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Bitte haben Sie einen wundervollen Tag Gislinde und vielen Dank! ❤
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ich danke für deinen Besuch, guten Tag für dich, Klaus
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Vielen Dank, dass Sie zu meinem Freund und hat einen großen Tag !
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These are really beautiful. Love the little birds! I’ve only ever visited in winter to ski but it looks incredible with the green landscape.
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I have never been to Switzerland in the winter, must be beautiful, but Zermatt would be crowded I imagine. Cheers to you and thanks too~
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Oh my, those birds really look well-fed! On another note, I think I’d prefer the train to the bicycle myself 🙂 Enjoy all the great food and sights!
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The lucky Swiss and lucky you!
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Thank you my friend and hope all is well with you! ❤
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Magnificient photos, makes me want to make a trip to the mountains 🙂
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Hope you do! The mountains are good for the mind and body! Cheers and gratitude~
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Beautiful pictures .. Bravo…
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Merci beaucoup and cheers to you too!
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Better to watch everything from comfort of your train seat rather than peddle up the mountainside. 😉
Very pretty scenes.
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I’m with you on this one 100%! 🙂
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a little bit of everything 🙂 cool
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So glad you enjoyed and cheers to you too!
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Your first photo (of the three birds) is one of my all time favorites of yours.
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Awwwww, very glad and thanks so much!
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Your photos remind me – whilst in Borneo a convoy of Swiss cyclists stayed over at our hotel for a couple of nights. Only the bicycle crazy Swiss would choose to cycle around a tropical country!
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Laughing, we drove over the Alps a few years ago. It is serious drive and we did it on a super sunny day. There were literally many hundreds of Swiss biking over the pass, some sections are one way. My poor husband had to do the drive, dodging these bicyclists all the way up and down. It was pretty harrowing for us. Can you imagine for them? 😉
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He he! The Swiss are a tough people for sure!
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Awesome collection … and the distance shot of the village is my fav.
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So glad! Shot through the window of a moving train so not perfect, but so beautifully Swiss! Thanks much~
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I can see how that caught your eye from the train.Then again, what tourist wouldn’t be looking out the window at the continuous reel of beauty.
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Exactly! Have a wonderful day~
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So sweet!
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Your country is very beautiful and unique than other European countries!
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Thank you! It is so beautiful, I wish I lived here! I am just visiting. So happy you like Switzerland~
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Really enjoying your travels.
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I love having you along!
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I’d pay all my money to visit such a place! So very beautiful 🙂
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Ahhhhh, how nice! And the good thing is, you don’t have to pay all your money. There are inexpensive ways to travel and see the world!
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I hope so! My bucket list of places to visit is infinite, I should start working on that. 🙂
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Good choice, you will be glad you did! 🙂
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I am so happy to see that you enjoy Switzerland!
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I LOVE Switzerland! 🙂
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Switzerland is so much for the birds, Cuz, and it’s so cheesy too. 🙂 The mountains are beautiful.
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Laughing! Just read your recent story. Beautiful Paul~
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You’d better get on your bike Cindy!!!!!
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No way!!! I just hike, lots! No biking up the alps for me! 😉
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Cindy – You are making me homesick for one of not only the most beautiful but friendliest countries in the world. Your photos are stunning my friend.
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Thank you for saying that! The Swiss and Switzerland are wonderful!
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Oh my… So jealous, especially after I saw the food! Glad you’re enjoying yourself out there Cindy! Looking forward to more pictures.
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Laughing……you are my kinda girl! The food is a big factor for me too. Thank goodness we are hiking many miles each day so I don’t gain any weight. The Swiss unlike many other countries, put scales in the guest bathrooms so I can monitor my weight. It’s doing great so far despite the rosti! 🙂
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Beautiful photographs, I particularly love the three little birds.
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They are pretty compelling aren’t they . Sweet little curious guys~
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beste Grüße und schönes Wochenende, Klaus
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Ich bin froh, dass du wie auf den Fotos! Vielen Dank und genießen Sie Ihr Wochenende!
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danke
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Beautiful images, Cindy. I’d also be on the train, although I cycling would be more beneficial. The rosti looks scrumptious. 🙂
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I would not make it up the Alps! I would have a complication and need medivac or something, so no way am I trying it. Hiking works for me! 😉
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Lovely images from the beautiful Alps! And the food…needs lots of cycling afterwards 🙂
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Laughing…….Can you imagine getting on that bike and pedaling up the Alps after eating a plate of Rosti???????
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I was thinking downhill 🙂
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Amazing pictures, Cindy. What a beautiful world 🙂 Pawkisses for a Happy Weekend 🙂 ❤
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Back to you my friend and thank yous too~
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I love birds but these cute, adorable ‘chubby’ ones are the sweetest! Cindy, I am amazed at the beauty in the shoppes, too.
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Just lovely isn’t it! Quite a magical place. Thanks so much for your kind appreciation my friend~
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My eye’s are overflowing with the gorgeous of this land. Love the chub-chub birdies and all the green vista’s. I’d live here in a heartbeat.
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We could be neighbors because I would too! If………
I didn’t have a home, children, etc…..So happy you enjoyed as I do and thanks too~
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Excellent photo story again, Cindy! Great observations.
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So appreciative of your support my friend!
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I would be powerless over that rosti too! I wonder if that’s what making those adorable little birds so plump!! 😉
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Definitely, you found the answer! No one can finish the whole pan…..so the birdies are getting it! 😉
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Alpine beauty!!!… It has blown me away. Beautiful Cindy.
Happy week ahead to you ❤
Aquileana 😀
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So happy you enjoyed my friend and thank you for you wonderful comment! Cheers back to your my friend! ❤
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You get some beautiful pictures Cindy – love the birds and the cat and Schnauzer (we use to have one of those). Also the stark contrast between the bright flowers and the dull buildings 🙂
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Awwww, thanks so much for the very kind appreciation and cheers back to you!
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You said it, nothing like the Swiss Alps ~ how lucky can they be. Such beauty ~ the busy travel schedule makes for a nice appetite too, so much better to enjoy the food! Such wonderful photos!
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Thank goodness we hike a lot or that Rosti would be adding the pounds!!! 😎
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Love your beautiful photography! Each image tells a story, each creature has a character:)
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Awwwww, that is such a lovely comment! Merci beaucoup!
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So good to see the birds cared for like that. They certainly look plump and happy those birds in your photo.
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They do don’t they!! Lucky little birdies!
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I love the idea of the wild bird shops, how nice and the pictures of the mountain scenery stir wonderful emotions.
Cheers Cindy 😀
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Awww, I am so glad and yes the wild bird some was so lovely! Cheers to you James and thank you too~
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Your photography is simply amazing! (as usual!) …that food made me hungry!
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I am so pleased you like the photos and so sorry I made you hungry!!! 😉
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I am so enjoying this trip with you. Maybe next time I can squeeze in – in a suitcase. 😉
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Deal! You are wonderful to have along! ❤
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Cindy, I love the Alps. I love the whole drive around Austria, Switzerland, Germany and France! Wish I was there with you. Excellent pictures my friend!
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I loved the drive too which we did a few years ago, this time we left the driving to the train and it was even more relaxing. You are with me in spirit and I love having you along my friend. Be well~ ❤ ❤
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Aww, you are such a beautiful soul Cindy. Thanks for letting me share a ride with you through your camera lens. Be safe, enjoy. Love, sheri
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Visa versa 2 U X 2 Sheri! ❤
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I hope you have a good time there. I did bike once across the Alps and switzerland in 2006. =)
kc
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You are a brave and very fit person! I bet it was wonderful~
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Thanks Cinty, it was a lone journey to test my endurance, and a wonderful journey =).
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Incredible and wonderful!! ❤
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I just love this!
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Awww, makes me so glad I posted it!
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Cute!!!! 🙂 Thank You for following my blog Cindy !!! 🙂 Cynthia
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You are welcome.
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