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12 January 2012

Market Square, Krakow

Ana must have rung in the new year in Krakow, as this card is postmarked the second of January. I didn’t get the details; beside the amazing view, all this card contains is hugs. No matter, I’ll take them. Hopefully she’s received my own card from my own new year adventure, which started its journey to her on the same day.

Speaking of views, check out some other fine views this week at Theme Thursday.

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An amazing view from Poland, and our first foray into Theme Thursday.

30 October 2011

Views of Rio de Janeiro

Sunset at Arpoador

Cris sent me these beautiful images from around Rio de Janeiro.  This first image shows sunset at Arpoador, which is a small peninsula between Ipanema and Copacabana known for great surfing. Below we see Copacabana beach itself.

Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro

And would any group of postcards from Rio be complete without an image of Carnaval? Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait until next Easter to go.

Samba Schools at Sambodromo, Carnaval, Rio de Janeiro

Envelope and stamps from Brasil

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Some amazing views of the beaches and of Carnaval, from Cristina in Brasil.

31 July 2011

Philippines Map

This postcard was Sherwin’s second attempt to reach my mailbox; I am glad that he was ultimately successful. The card is oversized (13 cm x 17 cm), and he sent it inside a clear postcard sleeve — which leads me to believe that he sent his first postcard that way, and that the sleeve got caught up in the machinery, and that the postcard was probably devoured. The sleeve on this postcard was lucky to have made it through.

Surrounding the map on this postcard are a number of images of beautiful destinations throughout the islands. Rather than enumerate all of them, I will tell you that I especially like the second image at the top (“Colorful Ati-atihan Festival, Kalibo”) and the third image in the right-hand column (“Beautiful lagoon of El Nido, Palawan”). Wish there was a single view postcard available of that one. Sherwin is from the Bicol Region, famous for the perfect cone of the Mayon Volcano, depicted in the third image in the top row.

This card was produced by PhilippinesPostcards.com, which has some terrific Philippines e-cards available to send for free, and of course actual Philippines postcards to buy.

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A large map of the Philippine Islands, surrounded by photos from your choice of beautiful destinations.

30 April 2011

Bird’s View of Salonica

War 1914-15-16 in Orient - Salonica

Nondas sent me this interesting reproduction of a post-war (that is, World War I) card, showing the town of Thessaloniki from the air. He’s also fond of these other, modern views of his town from the air.

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A reproduction of a World War I-era card, with a bird’s-eye view of Thessaloniki, Greece.

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