A leisurely October morning in Wiesbaden, 1911 — "Ferry" dashes off a quick note to his mother back in Vienna, announcing his happy arrival and the warm welcome he has received from Aunt Auguste, all while standing steps from the handsome stone-and-timber lower terminus of the Nerobergbahn, one of Europe's oldest water-ballast funicular railways, whose elegant arched viaduct climbs the wooded Neroberg hill behind a stately fir tree in this early real-photo-style postcard. The Nerobergbahn, opened in 1888, was a marvel of Victorian engineering and a beloved Wiesbaden landmark; the "Tages Kasse" (day ticket) sign is just visible on the station wall, a charming period detail. Franked with a single German Reich 5-pfennig green "Germania" stamp (Scott 70) and postmarked Wiesbaden 11.10.11, this mailed card is a tight little time capsule of Edwardian leisure travel.