Tuesday, December 20, 2016

#111 : Lübeck, Germany



 





  





Today's incoming postcard from Linda in Germany. She is a
Biostatistics student. This postcard has traveled 9,844km equal to 64
days.





This postcard shows the Hansestadt in Lübeck.
Lübeck (pronounced
[ˈlyːbɛk]) is an old city in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany close
to the Baltic Sea, and one of the major ports of Germany. On the river
Trave, it was the leading city of the Hanseatic League, and because of
its extensive Brick Gothic architecture is listed by UNESCO as a World
Heritage Site.
In 2015, it had a population of 218,523. 


Friday, December 9, 2016

#110 : Saint Petersburg, Russia






 





 





Today's incoming postcard from Ellina in Russia.

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This postcard shows the
Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor
(Russian: Исаа́киевский Собо́р) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is the
largest Russian Orthodox cathedral (sobor) in the city. It is the
largest orthodox basilica and the fourth largest (by the volume under
the cupola) cathedral in the world. It is dedicated to Saint Isaac of
Dalmatia, a patron saint of Peter the Great, who had been born on the
feast day of that saint.

Thursday, December 8, 2016

#109 : St Petersburg, Russia



 




 





Yesterday's (08.12.2016) incoming postcard received from Elena in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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The
postcard shows The Peter and Paul Cathedral (Russian: Петропавловский
собор) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral located inside the Peter and Paul
Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is the first and oldest landmark
in St. Petersburg, built between 1712 and 1733 on Zayachy Island along
the Neva River. Both the cathedral and the fortress were originally
built under Peter the Great and designed by Domenico Trezzini. The
cathedral's bell tower is the world's tallest Orthodox bell tower.


This postcard has traveled 8,731km equal to 54 days to reach me. Stamps of Russia.


Wednesday, December 7, 2016

#108 : Dmitrov, Russia



 













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This postcard shows The Kamchatka Peninsula, the Commander Islands, and Karaginsky Island constitute the Kamchatka Krai of the Russian Federation. The vast majority of the 322,079 inhabitants are ethnic Russians, but there are also about 13,000 Koryaks (2014). More than half of the population lives in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (179,526 people in 2010) and nearby Yelizovo (38,980).





The Kamchatka peninsula contains the volcanoes of Kamchatka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


Monday, December 5, 2016

#107 : New York, USA









 











Today's incoming postcard received from Chef Sharon. She is an Executive Chef in a French Bistro in New York city.





This postcard has traveled nearly 15,021km (14 days) to get to me. I really like this 3D postcard.


#106 : Tilburg, Netherlands



 








Incoming postcard from Esther in
Tilburg, Nederland. This postcard has traveled nearly 10,241km equal to 39 days to get to me.





This postcard shows Gouda (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣʌu̯daː]) is a municipality and city in the province of South Holland, the Netherlands. The city is famous for its Gouda cheese, stroopwafels, many grachten, smoking pipes, and its 15th-century city hall. Gouda's array of historic churches and other buildings makes it a very popular day trip destination.


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