Lost in Time Project - Part 1

Lost in Time - Part 1

Hi Steemians! I am so excited to share Part 1 of my new project with you all! As I mentioned in the introduction post it is a project of re-discovering lost photographs on film slides and sharing them with the World! I have been given a large collection of slides that would have just gone in the bin from family and I just couldn't bare the thought of someone's memories just being thrown away. That's where I came up with the idea of this project so I hope you enjoy these amazing photographs that would otherwise have been "lost in time"!

Pilatus

The first collection of slides that I have managed to scan and save onto digital are from a trip our old relatives made to Switzerland in 1988 (before we were even born!). Luckily they have labelled all the slides perfectly so we can see exactly where they were and what they saw! Some of the sights are just breathtaking! These first slides are from the trip they made up the Pilatus mountain near Lucerne in Switzerland. Composed of 3 peaks the Pilatus mountain's highest peak is 2,128 m and is reached by the World's steepest cog wheel railway! Which it looks like they want on! Let's start the journey here!

The views must have been breathtaking! I am not keen on heights at all so looking at these photos makes me feel a little ill!!

The flowers they found were so pretty as well! The blue one if a blue gentian.

Reaching the top! The views are stunning, almost like you are looking across over the clouds! Here there are views of the Hotel and Restaurant at the top of the cog railway, how amazing would it be to stay in this hotel and wake up to these views in the morning! With views of the peak Esel in the background.

The very top of the railway these are the views they had, completely breathtaking!

Jungfrau

This next little selection is from their trip up the Jungfrau mountain near Bern, clearly they liked going up mountains, and I can totally see why! In 1912 the Jungfrau railway opened which goes up the mountain and into the Jungfrau tunnel THROUGH the mountain too! It is the highest railway in Europe at 3,454m and is one of Switzerland's most visited tourist attractions!

Here you can see where the train goes into the tunnel! Amazing!

The views from the top of Jungfrau are just amazing, those snowy mountains and glaciers are just so beautiful! It really makes me want to go and see it for myself!

Exploring Lucerne

I loved these photographs of Lucerne, I have always wanted to go to Switzerland and it's amazing to discover these photographs and kind of explore it through them! One of my favourites sites they saw was the Lucerne Chapel Bridge, known in Switzerland as Kapellbrücke. It is unique as it contains a number of paintings dating back to the 17th century. It is one of the best examples of a surviving truss bridge and a great tourist attraction! They clearly really loved it as they took a lot of photographs and came back at night to get an evening shot too!

Below are views of the Jesuit Church which looks beautiful! It was built in 1667 and was the first large baroque church built in the Alps. I loved how there are some little boats in the frame, they obviously had a really good eye for composition!

Lucerne Boat Ride

After venturing the mountains they then went for a boat ride. It looked very busy but the views looked so pretty with all the Swiss houses up the mountains and the lovely churches and unusual buildings that they saw along the way!

I hope you have enjoyed this trip to Switzerland! It's such a shame to think that if I hadn't of taken these slides they would have just gone in the bin! I still have a lot to go through and am excited to see where they went next and share with you all!

- Verity x
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