France - Le Monêtier-les-Bains

From: Robert :)

Where: Le Monêtier-les-Bains, France

Subject:  Le Monêtier-les-Bain is the highest village of the French ski resort of Serre Chevalier at 1,500m. Le Monêtier-Les-Bains has two hot-water springs, one at 34°C and one at 38°C, and the village has been a thermal spa since Roman times. The village is on the periphery of the Ecrins National Park.  What a peaceful looking village :)  

France - Les Hautes Alpes

From: Robert :)

Where: Les Hautes - Alpes 

Subject:  Serre-Chavalier is one  the major French ski resorts. Located in the southern part of the Alps, close to the Parc National des Ecrins, in the Hautes-Alpes department of the French Alps, it enjoys a large skiing area (250 km of slopes) and very sunny weather, boasting 300 days of sunshine a year.  Serre Chevalier consists of the town of Briançon, with the villages of Chantemerle, Villeneuve, and Le Monêtier-les-Bains. I will as Robert the name of the top left church image.

Stamps:  Vancouver Olympics 2010)   

France - Paris - Eiffel Tower

From: Robert - Interpals - Just because :)

Where: Paris, France, Eiffel Tower 

Built: 1887 – 1889

Subject: The Eiffel Tower  (French: Tour Eiffel, [tuʀ ɛfɛl]) is a 19th century iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris that has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower, which is the tallest building in Paris, is the single most visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year. Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch for the 1889 World's Fair. The tower stands at 324 m (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-story building. It was the tallest structure in the world from its completion until 1930, when it was eclipsed by the Chrysler Building in New York City.

The tower has three levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to ascend either on stairs or lifts to the first and second levels. The walk to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is accessible only by lift. Both the first and second levels feature restaurants.

Stamp: 2010 Vancouver Olymipcs

France - Le Mont Saint-Michel

Julia from Germany sent me this awesome postcard of Le Mont Saint Michel. (English: Saint Michael's Mount). A place I would love to visit someday.  I have to admit I goofed when I signed up for the TAG on Postcrossing.  I did not read it closely and was thinking I was sending someone from "Another Country" a postcard.   But the TAG is to send someone a postcard of a different country then my own.  So I owe Julia another postcard. Hummm... I should have a Canadian postcard somewhere. *smirk*  Anyway.. you could image my confusion when I looked at the image and thought... 'Julia is in Germany... but this photo looks just like that one castle/convent near Normandy.... France.'  A light finally did come on eventually :)  I had looked up this location on Wiki a few weeks ago when another penpal (Robert) had a nice photo of himself horseback riding with Saint Michel in the background.  So at first I thought it was from him. 

Mont Saint Michel  is a rocky tidal island and a commune in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometer off the country's north coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches. The population of the island is 41.

In prehistoric times the bay was land. As sea levels rose erosion shaped the coastal landscape over millions of years. Several blocks of granite or granulite emerged in the bay, having resisted the wear and tear of the ocean better than the surrounding rocks. These included Lillemer, the Mont-Dol, Tombelaine (the island just to the north), and Mont Tombe, later called Mont-Saint-Michel.

William de Volpiano, the Italian architect who had built the Abbey of Fécamp in Normandy, was chosen as building contractor by Richard II of Normandy in the 11th century. He designed the Romanesque church of the abbey, daringly placing the transept crossing at the top of the mount. Many underground crypts and chapels had to be built to compensate for this weight; these formed the basis for the supportive upward structure that can be seen today. Today Mont-Saint-Michel is seen as a Gothic-style church.

There is so much more info on this:) Mont Saint Michel

One stamps is of Bernhard Grzimek a renowned zoo director, zoologist, book author, editor, and animal conservationist in postwar West-Germany.

The apple stamps is written in German but Julia wrote "Rub & Smell" and sure enough it smells like fruity :)  Thanks!