A beautiful aerial view of the capital of Maryland.
Friday, December 28, 2012
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Russia
It looks awesome! I just don't want to know how long it took to assemble the coffee beans... lol!
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Czech Republic
A Skoda 706 RTO bus
built in 1967 with a PO 01 trailer (Polish fabrication, built in 1972) during a
short stop in Kokasice, Plzen county.
Russia
Awesome portrait of a Russian countrywoman in traditional clothes, and beautiful stamps. Bol'shoe spasibo, Alla!
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Malta
Another envelope full of great postcards from Brian.
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The Neolithic temples
of Hagar Qim. They are a UNESCO world heritage site, together with other
Neolithic temples one finds in Malta.
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Maltese buses. I was
excited to find out they look exactly like a Swiss “Postauto”, or postal car,
or buses to remote areas, where they sometimes still are used to transport
mail. I remember once having helped to load up mail bags on a route near Davos,
in the canton of Graubünden, in the southeast of Switzerland. Since July 2011,
the Maltese buses have been substituted by more modern buses operated by
Arriva. The old buses are missed a lot by tourists and some of them have been
kept as tourist attraction for sightseeing. In Switzerland, the buses have been
substituted by more modern ones as well but the color scheme has been kept.
Their famous characteristic horn is heard less and less often though. The best
chances to hear one are on mountain roads or if you happen to be on a bus with
a school class on their yearly traditional trip. An enthusiastic “Tüü-taa-too,
Postautoo!” often follows the sound of the horn. The last time I heard the horn
was in the late 1990s on a steep, winding mountain road in the Entlebuch area
of Lucerne, central Switzerland.
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A cartoon of Maltese traditional costumes surrounded by
various historic sites.
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St John’s
Co-Cathedral, Valletta. It was built by the knights of St. John and is full of
artistic treasures including the Beheading of St. John by Caravaggio.
Left: A general view
of the splendid interior of St. John’s.
Top right: The Chapel
of the Langue of Aragon.
Bottom right: The
monument to Grandmaster Emmanuel Pinto (1741-1773) by Roman sculptor Vincenzo
Paccetti in the Chapel of Castille et Leon.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Malta
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Aerial view of
Valletta, Malta’s capital. Marsamxetto Harbour (left) and Grand Harbour (right)
The Great Siege
Memorial (Fallen Soldier) with Fort Ricasoli in the background, from the side
of Valletta
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The valley of Xlendi,
in Gozo
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Wied iz-Zurrieq, a sea
inlet at the bottom of a valley
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Many thanks to Brian for another envelope full of great postcards!
Friday, October 19, 2012
China
Card description: The giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, is one of the world’s rarest mammals. It is found in the wild in remote mountainous regions in central China. The giant panda has distinctive markings on its coat and relies on bamboo for its diet. To learn more about pandas, log onto pandas.si.edu. (Card is from the Washington, DC zoo)
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Secondhand postcards: France
The upper postcard was stamped on September 1st, 1959 (which makes it the oldest stamped postcard in my collection), in Bourmont and shows a street view of Neufchâteau. I don't collect black and white postcards but bought this one due to my special fondness for France.
The lower postcard (mint) shows a panoramic view of the Iles du Frioul near Marseille.
Friday, October 12, 2012
United States
Another Southern Pecan Pie card, this time from South Carolina. Thank you very much Carol!
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