Ruhr District

A multiview postcard Ruhr district, which -as Guido informs me- is European Culture Capital 2010 [DE-718528].

Manchester

This postcard was sent to me by James from United Kingdom via postcrossing [UK-173046].

People on this postcard seem so relaxed...wish I could join them for some beer ;)

Guia Lighthouse, Macau

Another private swap, this time with Agnes from Macau, China. On the back of the postcards says: "Guia Lighthouse was designed by a localborn Portuguese Carlos Vincent de Rocha. Completed on 24 September 1865 it is the oldest lighthouse in the Far East and has never ceased to be operational since built."

I really like the stamps :)

HMAS Sydney

Whenever I receive a postcard of a city or of a monument, I search the Internet for information and history. As Debbie from Australia, who sent it to me, wrote, this memorial has a very sad story.

HMAS Sydney was a ship of the Royal Australian Navy. During the World War II it came across a German ship named Kormoran. After a long battle, HMAS Sydney was sank taking with her 645 sailors.

Sun Shiny in Greece

Some friends were on vacation a few days ago at Amorgos Island. They decided to write me a few words on this beautiful postcard :)

Wish I was with them!!

Hokkaido | Japan

This wonderful postcard was sent to me by Chiriro via postcrossing [JP-129413]. It is Hakodate Hokkaido, which is located in northern Japan.

Hokkaido actually means North sea circuit and is the second largest island of Japan. Hakodate is a city and port located in Southern Hokkaido.

Sardegna | Italy

 

Enrico sent this via postcrossing.
[IT-105272]

Sardegna is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. 

Vaasa, Finland

Peppina sent this to me via postcrossing from Vaasa [FI-912874]. As Peppina writes, Vaasa is an over 400 years old town in Finland!

Over the years, Vaasa has changed its name several times, due to alternative spellings, political decisions and language condition changes. At first it was called Mustasaari or Mussor after the village where it was founded in 1606, but just a few years later the name was changed to Wasa to honor the royal Swedish lineage. The city was known as Wasa between 1606 and 1855, Nikolaistad (Swedish) and Nikolainkaupunki (Finnish) between 1855 and 1917, Vasa (Swedish) and Vaasa (Finnish) beginning from 1917, with the Finnish name being the primary name from ca 1930 when Finnish speakers became the majority in the city. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa]

Chech Republic

This one came from Czech Republic. Eva sent it to me via postcrossing [CZ-75250]! As you can see, it is a mini czech-dictionary :P

I'm back :)

After a few days away, today I found in my mail box seven postcards! Four of them came via postcrossing [from Chech Republic, Italy, Finland and Japan], two were private swaps and one was sent to me by some very dear friends!What a happy moment!!I had a really difficult day, but these cards put a smile in my face!

Ok...enough with the talking..I'll start uploading them right now :)