Verzasca River, Switzerland

I keep forgetting that this postcard is from Switzerland.  Without googling any of the place names on the postcard, only a gray square containing a white cross would suggest that it came from Switzerland.  Of course, I didn't notice the Swiss flag in its grayscale mode so I had to google Ticino.

I received this postcard from Andy through the Water RR Group 189.  He says that the Verzasca River is quite "wild" but there are some parts (like the one shown on this postcard) that are calm.  Some people go bathing here in the summer despite the danger.

Italian is the sole language in Ticino, the southernmost canton in Switzerland

The postcard came with this stamp:

The Red Kite is a rare species endemic to the Western Palearctic region in Europe