Egypt
2008-10-28 09:50:00
A card from my friend Marija Dz...from her visit to Egypt
, in the year of i-dont-know-when....she brought me this card from there so there is no stamp cancellation which maybe would have helped me in the discovery...though all it takes is a short phone call to ask her, or that the next time i see her, i ask her for all the years for the trips she had been to, so i can update things here as well...
No title
2008-10-28 09:48:00
Ok...lets get childish and go back in time when i was one....
I bought this card when i was really little....I have no idea where i had bought it but i know for sure it wasnt here....the text is in Slovenian...so I might have bought it there, though i cant recall going there...the most probable option is that i may have bought it in Croatia, but i cant guarantee...anywya, if anyone has Alf postc
Serbia (03)
2008-10-27 06:21:00
This past weekend I went on a one day trip to Belgrade...well, I spent a whole day there and another 18 hours or so in travelling back and forth....which is maybe a lot for spending just one day there, but right now i couldnt afford to stay longer, and frankly, it was worth it...more than a lot
I love Belgrade, and spending some time there is always worth it...my initial reason was to attend the b
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Yugoslavia
2008-10-27 06:19:00
And to make my thrill and excitement even bigger, i also found this little gem of a card....a card with the Yugoslavian flag!! I was literally head over hills when i saw this....a real little treasure in my collection...who would have thought that I would get to have a Yugoslavian flag card? having in mind that Yugoslavia ceased to exist almost 20 years ago...Im uber-content with what I found!! Ub
Vormsi Lighthouse, Estonia
2008-10-24 02:14:00
today Ill have a nice short but thematic update...and the theme is "lighthouses"!!
I could have actually spared that Dutch lighthouse as well, but back then i didnt have the cards im gonna post today (i just had one actually) so it didnt even occur to me to make a thematic update...but now that i thought of it, i feel somewhat proud of myself :-)
The first ABSOLUTELY gorgeous card, comes from Est
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, Lighthouse
Sweden
2008-11-23 12:02:00
Yesterday, while my mum was cleaning some closets, she came across some boxes which contained stuff that belonged to my late grandmother....books, pictures, booklets, prospects, posters...and POSTCARDS!!. I already have a number of postcards that belonged to my grandmother...i dont know where this box came out from, but im certainly more than glad it did, coz there were like more or less 100 postc
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Prague, Czech Republic (04).
2008-11-23 12:01:00
I lovely Prague
view which shows the Hradčany Panorama....
Do you know that the castle which you can see on the card is actually the largest castle complex in the whole world with about 570 meters in length and an average of about 130 meters wide?. Its history stretches back to the 8th century. It's the place where the president of the Czech
Republic
lives (heh, some lucky guy!). The St. Vitus Ca
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Munich, Germany
2008-11-23 11:58:00
Some time ago I told you that I started with German classes, and i promised that with my next German card, ill give you and update of my progress...well, here we are....
I have to say for starters that i really have the desire to learn this once and for all, so thats why regardless of how tired i have been or had things to do, so far i hadnt missed a single class....coz if i do, i know it would b
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, Munich
Montana, USA (03)
2008-11-23 11:55:00
A lovely Montana
view with a text saviour on the back :)
Absaroka Mountain Range
The Absaroka Mountain Range runs perpendicular to the Beartooth Mountain range. The Beartooth range is one of the tallest mountain ranges in America, while the Absaroka Mountain range is generally shorter and rockier. Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness was established March 27, 1978.
Ohrid, Macedonia
2008-11-23 11:53:00
And in the end, something home made...
What i hate about this country is the overall disinterest in postcards production and the overall lack of stamps in the post offices since nobody uses them...once i was told that if it wasnt for me, the post offices wouldnt have what to do...and due to that issue i cant always get stamps or they are of the limited kind...but whats worse, i cant get the cards
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Kyiv, Ukraine
2008-11-19 14:44:00
Thanks to Ksenia, I can finally say that my collection of a one single Ukrainian card, has increased to 4 now :))) And that feels really great for the sake of the versatility and enrichment!!
I was struck by the beauty of the colours of the card...im a blue-against-white addict...but apart from the blue, the green and the goldish colour just feel so perfect...i dont know if its due to the su
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Japan
2008-11-19 14:42:00
Here is a map card, showing Japan
from somewhere above ....
Instead of talking something of Japan, ill post a video regarding it...and once you watch it, dont you dare complain you were in a crowded bus/train/subway! :)
I wonder one thing...if i had to go to work, and i was all dressed up, with my hair nicely done and all....what would i look like AFTER i get out of the subway??!! Dont even wanna
Hampi, India
2008-11-19 14:41:00
Here is another UNESCO card for today, showing the Stone Chariot in Hampi.
Hampi is a village located within the ruins of Vijayanagara empire, housing the Virupaksha Empire. As the village is at the original centre of Vijayanagara, it is sometimes confused with this ruined city. The Vijayanagara ruins are listed as the Group of Monuments at Hampi on the UNESCO whs.
The name "Hampi" is an angliciz
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Spain
2008-11-19 14:36:00
I dont have a particular video to post here as it was the case above with Japan...so i guess ill just give a boring factfile post :)))
Spain
is the world's 51st-largest country, bordering Portugal on the west, Gibraltar and Morroco on the south, on the northeast, along the Pyrenees it borders France and Andorra. Spain also includes the Balearic islands in the Mediterranean sea, the Canary Islands
Punkaharju, Finland
2008-11-18 14:03:00
An absolutely lovely Finnish landscape!!
Punkaharju is a narrow ridge about seven kilometres long, created from gravel deposits along the edge of the continental ice sheet, separating Lake Puruvesi and Lake Pihlajavesi. Its height varies considerably. Its most beautiful scenery can be seen from the road at the north end of the ridge, where one looks through a reddish pine forest down the p
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Frederic Chopin, Poland
2008-11-18 14:02:00
This card here shows the monument of Frédéric Chopin
, in Lazienki Park in Warsaw. I really appreciate this card coz of what it portrays....i may be a total anti-talent for music and i may not really be familiar with all the composer's and their works but i definitely admire them and the classical music as well...i dont listen to it on daily basis...but i sometimes just love to put some classical
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, Poland
Amish People, USA
2008-11-18 14:00:00
My first ever Amish
-related card!!! Im soooooooooo glad about it!
My whole interest in the Amish culture started a few years ago. At work with one group of students we had to do a text about the Amish....that was (im ashamed to admit it) my first ever contact of something related to the Amish culture...but immediately caught my attention and made me really interested in it. Why? Well....i was ama
South Africa (02)
2008-11-18 13:57:00
Ok, i think that this card is pretty self-explanatory
It sounds more like a gang-slang to me than as an official language.
South
Africa
n English has a flavour all its own, borrowing freely from Afrikaans - which is similar to Dutch and Flemish - as well as from the country's many African languages, with some words coming from colonial-era Malay and Portuguese immigrants.
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Paralia, Greece
2008-11-14 15:04:00
A card given to me (it says on the back "Im sorry i didnt send it as you wanted me to, but i feel more secure this way") by my dear friend Biljana back in 1999....well, i know by default, you expect me to speak something about a card or so...but the reason why im putting this card is coz today my dear Biljana gave birth to a baby daughter!!
I could've maybe put some card with a baby or so...but
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Salvador, Brazil
2008-11-14 15:01:00
I really like this view and the warm feeling of the card...which is really good for these cold and freezing autumn days!
This is Salvador
, with a view of the old St. Maria Fortress, built in the first half of the XVII century. Salvador is the capital of the northeastern state of Bahia, and is one of the most touristic cities in Brazil
, for its Portuguese architecture remaining fro mthe colonial a
Turkey (04)
2008-11-14 14:58:00
I would really be grateful if ANYONE could help me define this postcard....the only thing thats written on the back says: "Hurşit Şah'i maiyyetiyle gösteren minyatür"
I suppose it represents some kind of an event or tradition in Turkey
...but i would really really love to actually know what it is, so if anyone from Turkey or familiar with Turkish and the Turkish culture is reading this, can you
Zion National Park, USA
2008-11-14 14:56:00
The shape of these rocks has always been of a great interest to me...
I got this card back in 1996 from my penpal Leen Frenssen who went to the US to visit her sister who was an exchange student.
This canyon overlook trail in Zion National
Park leads to a spectacular view down pine creek to the west temple. Navajo sandstone, the cemented remnants of ancient dunes creates the intricately carved fo
Djemila, Algeria
2008-11-13 08:24:00
I think ive complained more than enough about work overload, so ill just skip it...and again a big notice to whomever has sent me a postcard...due to how things have been, and still are, im somewhat stuck in getting back to all of you upon receiving your cards, so i hope you understand if i take time with it, or if you had seen your card here already and havent been informed about my receiving it.
Arctic Circle
2008-11-13 08:23:00
Absolutely cool card!!! Love it!! Though i cant label it under one country...nor two...coz it takes much more than that :)
The Arctic
Circle
A border where the sun does not sink in the summer nor rise in the winter on its northern side - for at least one day a year. While quietly proceeding, the Arctic Circle fluctuates during its journey of 250 km one or two metres every day - swinging b
Lantau Island, Hong Kong
2008-11-13 08:15:00
This is the world's largest seated outdoor bronze Buddha, 34 metres high, sitting on a lotus base, 268 steps above Po Lin Monastery...well, according to some info I came across, it HAS been the largest prior to 2007...so it means its not anymore....sometimes you just really dont know whom to trust :)
It is located on Ngong Ping, on the Lantau Island
in Hong Kong
. It is also known as the Tian Tan
Monte Carlo, Monaco
2008-11-09 13:31:00
This card shows "Les Jardins du Casino et la Place"
Well, thats what it says...I know that "Les Jardins" would be something like "The Gardens"...Casino, is, well, Casino...and "la Place" is just a name I guess....so its something like The Gardens of the Casino :)
The Monte
Carlo
Casino is one of the most famous tourist attractions of Monaco
. The casino complex is a gambling facility which also i
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Krk, Croatia
2008-11-09 13:29:00
I have a number of postcards from Croatia
, but this is my first one coming from Krk..
Krk is the name of a Croatian town, situated on the island of Krk.
The city is ancient and among the oldest in the Adriatic. It has been continuously inhabited since Roman times and was once part of the Byzantian Theme Dalmatia after the western empire had fallen to the barbarians. Roman ruins can be seen today
Arizona, USA
2008-11-09 13:28:00
I really really love the close up of these cactuses...plus the combination of colours is just lovely..
Prickly pear cacti are found in all of the deserts of the American Southwest. The fruits of most prickly pears are edible as are the branches or pads.
(thats what the back of the card says)
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands (04)
2008-11-09 13:20:00
This night view of Amsterdam
shows the Skinny Bridge...
The famous skinny bridge across the river Amstel and opposite of the Carré Theatre is an Old Dutch design wooden bridge known as a double-swipe (balanced) bridge. Tradition relates that the bridge was named after the sisters Mager, who were supposed to live on opposite sides of the river. They are said to have had the wooden bridge built to
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Mae Hong Son, Thailand
2008-11-08 04:39:00
Before I get down to the actual update, a few things first....
for starters, im sorry for the lack of any new stuff here lately...or better said, for almost a week....time has been my worst enemy lately, and doesnt leave me the chance to do much other stuff....and with the very little time i may have, in general i feel so tired, and so emotionally down that i just cant get into doing things...you
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