Wednesday, April 27, 2011

NETHERLANDS



Thanks mjec for the card (NL-625278).

TURKEY



My first card from Turkey.  My husband and I honeymooned in Turkey and loved it.  We spent a few days in Istanbul.  Wonderful city!  This is a night view of Sultanahmet Camii (The Sultanahmet Mosque or Blue Mosque).  Beautiful mosque.  I highly recommend visiting Turkey.  We hope to go back again someday.

Thanks akmeya for the beautiful card! (TR-60587).

Saturday, April 23, 2011

ITALY



One of my favorite cities -- Venice!  It's such a beautiful city to visit.  And the gelato is fabulous!

Thanks edo-padova for the great card (IT-131342).

ESTONIA



A great card for Easter time.

Thanks Puumari for the card (EE-99782).

FINLAND



The postcards from Finland are always so beautiful.  It makes me want to visit soon.
Thanks marjattaa for the beautiful card (FI-1053756).

SPAIN



This is an amusement park in Zaragoza.  Zaragoza is a community in Aragon.

Thanks Miria for the card (ES-111795).

CHINA


This is a photo of the Yangtze River Cableway.  Once it was used as a transportation tool but now it has been removed.

Thanks elsiejli for the card (CN-341778).

JAPAN



This is a picture of famous Japanese art "Ukiyo-e".  It is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters. It is the main artistic genre of woodblock printing in Japan.

Thanks bamuse for the card (JP-160769).

AUSTRALIA


A picture of a tasmanian devil.  I never saw one when I studied in Australia although I did see plenty of koalas and kanagroos!

Thanks Nihilsm for the card (AU-129898).

Friday, April 22, 2011

MALAYSIA




The first card is a picture of a Putra Mosque in Putrajaya, the administrative capital of Malaysia.  The seat of government was shifted in 1999 from Kuala Lumpur due to the overcrowding and congestion there. Nevertheless, Kuala Lumpur remains Malaysia's national capital.  The Putra Mosque showcases a main dome that is 36-meters in diameter.  The Five Pillars of Islam are represented by its five-tiered minaret rising 116 meters high.

The sender must have forgotten he sent me a card because I got another a week later.  The second is of Penang UNESCO World Hertiage site.  It is the inner part of the city of Georgetown in Malaysia.

Thanks for the great card (MY-61170).

NETHERLANDS



I haven't yet gotten a chance to visit Rotterdam while we've been in the Netherlands visiting family but I hope to someday.  It's the second largest city in Netherlands and the largest port in Europe.

Thanks MoonLuta for the great card (NL-615363).

TAIWAN



This is a view of Ximenting, a neighborhood and shopping district in the Wanhua District of Taipei, Taiwan.  It was the first pedestrian zone in Taiwan.

Thanks dgo830828 for the card (TW-280274).

BELARUS



A view of the Minsk railway station at night!

Thanks Mogrena for the great card (BY-162792).

GREAT BRITAIN



This card shows Market Street, Town Hall, and High Street & College St. in Stourbridge.  Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England.  Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a center of glass making. 

Thanks telleabelle for the great card (GR-215283).

BRAZIL



This is the Catedral Diocesana in Joinville.  Joinville is the largest city from the State of Santa Catania.  This church is considered a symbol of the city. 

Thanks nannypolessi for the great card (BR-145929).

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

NETHERLANDS


Great stamp and card!  This card shows touristic buildings in Zeeland, a county in Holland.  The sender of this card is from Groede, nearby Breskens and the beach, right next to the Belgium border.  In Groede there are only about 500 houses so a very small town!

Thanks Possemo for the card (NL-595010).

Monday, April 4, 2011

SPAIN



CZECH REPUBLIC


These are views of Prague.  A city I hope to visit sometime soon. Beautiful scenery!

Thanks baru03 for the great card (CZ-104030).