Thursday, December 27, 2018

#206 : Pretoria, South Africa

Today's incoming postcard received from Christa in Pretoria, South Africa. 
This is my first postcard from South Africa.. I like it so much! 

Pretoria (Tshwane), in Gauteng Province, is the administrative
capital of South Africa. Known as "Jacaranda City" for its thousands of
jacaranda trees, it's also home to universities and government
buildings. The semicircular Union Buildings encompass the president's
offices and hosted Nelson Mandela's inauguration. Nearby is the
Voortrekker Monument, honouring 19th-century Afrikaans settlers from the
Cape Colony. - wikipedia


Postcard from South Africa




Stamp of South Africa







#205 : Bais City, Philippine



I received this postcard from Alronaka in
Bais City, Philippine. She lives in an island where a YouTubers called one of therr beaches "The Maldives of the Philippine." It's called the sandbar and it vanishes during high tide. 






Manjuyod White Sandbar, Bais City in Philippine




Stamp of Philippine







Thursday, December 20, 2018

#204 : Smolensk, Russia

This lovely postcard received from my dear friend, Irina in Smolensk, Russia..
Such a generous friend. She sent me this postcard in conjunction of Christmas and New Year 2019.

Postcard from Russia

This postcard shows a typical Russian view during winter..


Stamps from Russia

#203 : Ljubljana, Slovenia

I received this postcard from Tanja in Ljubljana, Slovenia.  She loves mail and hasve been into penpalling since her teens. Some of her penpals have become her friends. Beside writing letters she likes sending and receiving lovely cards as well even that she does not collect neither cards nor stamps.
She is a mountain lover and likes reading during her free time.

Postcard from Slovenia

Stamps of Slovenia

#202 : Taipei, Taiwan


I received this postcard from Hui in Taipei,Taiwan. He likes reading, tasting cuisines and travel. Sometimes he rides bicycle in Taipei. He loves pop music, so often admire singers in concert. 








Postcard from Taipei Taiwan




Stamp of Taiwan









#201 : St Petersburg, Russia

I received this postcard from Elena in St. Petersburg, Russia.
She is 25 years old. She have a cat living at home. She like to dance Irish dancing in her spare time.

Postcard from St Petersburg Russia

This postcard shows The White Nights, The Palace Bridge..

Stamp of Russia

#200 : Texas, USA

This postcard received from Mike in Texas, USA. He is 64 years old married with two children (35 and 33) one grandson and granddaughter. He is a cancer survivor. He has been a stamp, card and cover collector for many years. His wife is 38 years refers to him as her personal "stick in the mud".

This postcard shows Disney's the Lion King - Zazu rebukes Scar for missing Simba's presentation ceremony as Scar's lunch sneaks away to safety.

Disney's The Lion King

Stamps of USA


Monday, December 10, 2018

#199 : Ontario, Canada

This postcard received from Irena in Ontario, Canada. She is fifties, grew up in Czechoslovakia and she lived in Canada over 37 years now. She likes history, geography, music, movies and the outdoors.  This postcard shows interesting places in Canada from East to West.

Postcard of Canada

Postcard from Ontario Canada




Stamps of Canada


Saturday, December 8, 2018

#198 : St. Petersburg, Russia



This postcard from Alana in Russia.






Postcard of St. Petersburg, Russia




Stamps of Russia





#197 : Mönchengladbach, Germany



This postcard from Michael.He lives in Mönchengladbach in western Germany. He is a teacher of Mathematics and Physics.

He really love the idea of receiving mail from across the world (and of course to send mail across the world).  One of his hobbies is collecting stamps. 






Postcard from Germany




Stamp of Germany





#196 : Oxford, United Kingdom

This postcard received from Sandy. He is an English teacher in Reading. He is forties. His hobbies include a new love of lindyhop (swing) dancing, reading and writing poetry and watching movies. He has a broad taste in music - a constant favourite is Iron Maiden, but he also love Mahler, Mozart and jazz and folk. He said life's too short to have boundaries. If he likes it, he'll listen to it.

Postcard from Oxford, United Kingdom

Stamp of United Kingdom

#195 : Moscow, Russia



This postcard received from Valyusha in Moscow, Russia. She likes collecting postcards showing beacons, cats and dogs, cartoons.






Postcard from Moscow Russia




Stamps of Russia





#194 : Viseu, Portugal

This postcard received from Miguel. He lives in Viseu, a town in the center of Portugal.

Postcard from Portugal

Stamps of Portugal


#193 : Bangkok, Thailand

Postcard received from Jade. She lives in Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand. She likes to visit Chiang Rai.

Postcard of Thailand

Stamps of Thailand


#192 : Huzhou, China

Postcard from Zhouzi in China. He is an elementary Chinese teacher.
His hometown in Huzhou. Huzhou is a small but peaceful city.

Postcard from China

Stamps of China

#191 : Alabama, USA

Postcard from Edgar in Alabama, USA. He is a postcard collector. He also has collection of US postage stamps, first day covers, U.S. coins and postcards. He looking forward to adding to his postcard collection. 

Postcard from Alabama USA

Stamps of USA


#190 : Montana, USA

Postcard from Mona. She married with 3 adult children and 1 granddaughter. She lives in south central Montana with her husband. Her husband is from the area they live in, but he was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in northeastern Pennsylvania. Mona is a Spanish teacher at the high school in her town. She likes gardening, both vegetables and flowers, crochet, embroider and  cross stitching. She enjoy sharing what she has made with others. She also likes baking. She plays clarinet and piano during church services every week.

Postcard from Montana

This postcard shows Great Falls in Montana such as Black Eagle Falls, Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center and Giant Springs State Park. 


#189 : Kazan, Russia

This postcard received from Ludmila. She lives in a wonderful city of Kazan, the people of her city more than 1 million inhabitants. She works as a teacher.

Peak Ine in Dombai, Caucasus, Russia

Stamps of Russia


#188 : North Carolina, USA

This postcard received from Amy in North Carolina, USA. She is married and the mother of a college student and an entomologist. She works full time as a consultant pharmacist. She currently have 4 dogs (one border collie, one hound mix, two miniature dachshunds). Her family loves to camp and hike. Her favorite hobby is Letterboxing with geocaching and munzees thrown in. She also involved in Quest Scouts.

Her dreams is, to one day own a winery. 

Postcard show Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Stamp of USA

At 4,8000 feet, the Chimney Tops provide a commanding view of Mt. LeConte and the valley of the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River. The very popular two-mile-long trail to the Chimneys is one of the steepest in the park.

Friday, December 7, 2018

#187 : Coastal Region, Belgium



This postcard received from Anita. She is married to John. They have a dog called Bingo (they adopted him from Spain). They also have a cat called Swiebertje (they found him in their basement) and 3 chicken in the yard. Both of them are born in the Netherlands and in 2001 they moved to Belgium. She like to read thrillers, watching tv and play a game on my pc. She likes blue color.






Postcard from Belgium




Stamp of Belgium





#186 : Missouri, USA



This postcard received from Amy. She grew up having pen pals.
She has 2 cats, Neko - A Lynx Point Siamese and Poopy - A Norwegian Forest Cat







Postcard from Missouri USA




Stamp of USA





Thursday, November 22, 2018

#185 : Holland, Netherlands



This postcard received from Cornelia in Netherlands. She is married with 2 kids. She lives with her two grand children. She loves reading, knitting and make her own clothes.
Walking in nature make her very happy.






Postcard from Holland




Stamps of Nederland





Friday, November 16, 2018

#184 : Sofia, Bulgaria



This postcard received from Hristina in Sofia - the capital of Bulgaria.
She is a philologist, married with a already grown up son.
She loves reading, traveling, sightseeing, going on trips.
She loves the leisure time spent with her friends chatting over a glass of wine or a cup of coffee. 





This postcard represent some of beautiful places in Bulgaria.






Postcard from Bulgaria




Stamps of Bulgaria





#183 : Oldenburg, Germany



This postcard received from Holger.  He has married and lives in a former farmhouse in a village near Hildesheim in Germany. He is a teacher of Maths and Ethics.






Schöne Gruße aus Oldenburg in Oldenburg




Stamps of Germany





Wednesday, October 31, 2018

#182 : Smolensk, Russia



Another postcard received from Irina. 


This postcard in conjunction of FIFA 2018 in Russia.






Postcard from Smolensk, Russia




Stamps of Russia





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