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среда, 19 мая 2010 г.

London calling



It's always great to receive postcards via official postcrossing from somebody you know thanks to official forum. For example, this card came to me from Andy-Duplevista. Very colorful and cool, Thanks, Andy.

Mainz



This card - from Britta. There are a few landmarks of this town on it.

Passengers:)



Or waiters? Thanks a lot for this card, Maija!

Traditional Dutch dish



This card came to me from Marleen. On this card you can see traditional Dutch food is the traditional food served to celebrate the birth of a baby in the Netherlands, Beschuit met muisjes.
Beschuit are similar to rusks but a little softer. In the United Kingdom they are sold as Dutch crisp bakes. They are round, and are prepared by baking a small cylindrical bread, cutting it in half and baking a second time. They are spread with butter (or margarine) and the muisjes (lit. 'little mice') are sprinkled on top. These muisjes are sugared anise seeds. They are sold in a mixture of two colours: White and pink. In 1990 a new mixture was introduced: white and blue, and it has become a custom, but not a universal one, that the latter (blue) are served when a boy is born, and the former (pink) for a girl. When a child is born in to the royal House of Orange, orange muisjes are sold.
he tradition of celebrating a birth with beschuit met muisjes goes back to the 17th century. At that time the muisjes were white for a boy. Later this changed to blue. It was thought that the anise was good for the mother’s milk, that it would ease the contractions in the womb, and that it would drive away evil spirits. The name ‘muisjes’ was derived from their resemblance to the shape of a mouse, with the stem of the anise seed resembling a tail, as well as the fact that the mouse was seen as a fertility symbol. Beschuit met muisjes was originally eaten only by the upper class. The lower classes would celebrate a birth by eating white bread with sugar on top.

The only thing I don't know is what muisjes are.

понедельник, 17 мая 2010 г.

Tallinn



This awesome card came from Helle. Tallinn looks stunning! I always wanted to visit Baltic countries - Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Especially two cities - Riga and Tallinn. It's so slavic and so West European at the same time! I hope you understand what I wanted to say:)

Eggs!



These nice eggs came to me from Holland:) Thanks, Marjan! Aren't they lovely:))? I like the coloring of this card. Like a morning in the village:)

A great multiview from Germany



It's a great card from Guido, which shows a lot of nice and famous places of Berlin. I would be happy to receive cards with each one picture:)

Greece



And these are another bunch of cards from Athina. On the first card you can see traditional monastery on the Greek island Antiparos, and on the second one there are a few views of Thessaloniki - the White Tower, the Communication Tower, the statue of Alexander the Great and something else, I dunno what:) But also nice:)

New moomins



Thanks to my Facebook friend Arja-Liisa for these cards!

среда, 12 мая 2010 г.

A bunch of Danish cards





I'm glad to announce that I received my first cards from Denmark! Thanks to Per.

Willingen



And this is a card from Manuela. She loves ski jumping, just like me. On this card you can see a ski jumping hill in Willingen.
I'm very glad to receive this card, because it's pretty easy to get card with soccer stadium (or some other stadiums), but it's hard to get something related to ski jumpig. Thanks, Manuela!

Multiview from Holland



I received this colorful card from Auke. Now it would be nice to get cards with every single image on this card:)

понедельник, 26 апреля 2010 г.

Swedish Royal Family



Ta-dah! My first card from Sweden! And I'm very thankfull to Lars who sent me this card! There are King, Queen and Crownprincess.
And I'm still searching for a card with Prince William:))

And one more Stenvall!



Hey hey, my collection is growing on:) ! But still lots of work:) ! I'm very thankfull to Tarja who sent me this card! This picture called "Comparable to a religious experience" (2006).

Grenoble



It's a card from Christian. A great one! I like this kind of views, when you can see the big area. Ah, my favourite France... :)

Germany



It's a very interesting card from Tanja. I'm looking at this card and can't get is it winter, autumn or spring? Anyway, it looks very nice. Thanks, Tanja!

воскресенье, 25 апреля 2010 г.

And Inge Look!



Plus I have new Inge Look's card - this time ladies are doing wintersport:) And this card has a very, very, very-very cool stamp - the holograpic one, with an alpine skiier. My first thought was: "Whoa!" Thanks a lot, Marja!

Kaj Stenvall



Yay, new duck! My collection is growing:)) Thanks, Paula! This picture has a name "Forward!" (2008). Like this one, very... smart.

Amsterdam



I think I haven't singeview from Amsterdam yet, that's the first one. So thanks a lot to Peter for this really nice card (though bad scan isn't showing you how nice actually this card is) and one more nightview for me.

Burg Hohenzollern



It's a card from... From... Oops, I don't know the name! Anyway, thanks for the nice castle!