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05.11.2013

According to postcrossing site this card took 46 days to reach me but actually it was sent on October 26th or 16th - the stamp is not very clear, so it travelled not this long.
Anyway, it's an interesting story about this card: In 1914 a canadian Lt. Harry Colebourn purchased this bear. She was named Winnie after his hometown Winnipeg, Manitoba. Then the bear was moved to the London Zoo and her name was changed to Winnie the Pooh. A.A. Milne based his stories on this bear.
I had no idea about this story. Thank you Meg for the card!


01.10.2013

Russia

This card shows St. Petersburg in Russia in 1913. Look how people dressed and there are no cars at the street. I love watching retro photos, imagining what a life looked like back then.
You can see a view of Yekaterininsky Canal from the Kazan Bridge towards the Church of the Savior on the Blood.
Thank you Anna for this great card!



Portugal

Today my mailbox was very happy - got 6 cards at once!
I'll start from 2 cards from Portugal, they came from Joao.

This one is from Porto, famous for its wine production. It shows the boat called Rabelo that was used to carry the wine barrels down the river.


This one is from Algarve, looks a very beautiful place:

20.10.2010

Cute lama in the car. The card was printed in France but I received it from Germany. Thank you Maggy!

24.08.2010

This card is from Maureen from Illinois, USA. She said that this card reminds her of her dog that peeks exactly like this when they come home. Cute dog :))

13.06.2010

Chocolate balls

Such a pretty glass jars with chocolate balls (well, that's what I think it is) in one of them. Btw, chocolate balls are one of my favorite desserts. Thanks to Wilma from the Netherlands!

16.04.2010

Books

As you may know books and reading are my passion. There is no day I go to bed without reading at least few pages from my current book. So I was very happy to receive this postcard :) Thanks to Gabriela from Germany!