Friday Mail

 Owls 

Illustration Minna Lehväslaiho, Finland

Postcrossing Finland, Facebook swap
Smile and Cute

Sent by Anja in Nokia, Finland

Lipetsk State Technical University

Sent by Katya in Dankov, Russia

 on 10 Jan, 2020

travel time 49 days

distance travelled 1,449 km

received on 28 Feb, 2020 

Prague

Prague. Old Jewish Cemetery, Klausen Synagogue

sent by Jiřina in Prague, Czech Republic 

 on January 11, 2020

travel time 19 days

distance traveled 1,473 km

received on Jan 30, 2020

Monday Mail

Joyous Festivity
Gingerbread and Snowman

Sent by Alla in Samara, Russia
on 9 Dec, 2019
travel time 77 days
distance travelled 1,944 km
received on 24 Feb, 2020 

Canada

PEI Prince Edward Island

Contrasting view of PEI's rich rolling farmland and the Confederation Bridge linking the island to New Brunswick

sent by Rosie in Charlottetown, Canada

on 19 Apr, 2016

travel time 21 days

distance travelled 5,340 km

received on 10 May, 2016 

Brazil

Brazil, Stained Glass from Mercado da Cantareira - São Paulo

sent by Estela in Vinaros, Spain

on 23 Sep, 2013

travel time 6 days

distance traveled 2,864 km

 received on Sep 30, 2013

Belgium

Waves,  Belgium coast

Sent by Jo-Marie, Koksijde,  Belgium
 on 16 Apr, 2016
travel time 20 days
distance travelled 1,741 km
Received on 6 May, 2016

Art, Belarus

Collage paper author Oksana Melnichuk, 2017

sent by Alena in Minsk, Belarus

on 2 Nov, 2019

travel time 14 days

distance travelled 1,028 km

16 Nov, 2019 received on

Pottery

Typical Belarusian folk art

sent by Marianna in Gomel, Belarus

on 28 Sep, 2019

travel time 11 days

distance travelled 1,256 km

9 Oct, 2019 received on

Lighthouse Australia

Point Lowly Lighthouse near Whyalla, South Australia.

Australia has a coastline of 25,760 kilometres with over 350 lighthouses and navigational aids around the Australian coastline.

Sent by Layla in Brisbane, Australia

on December 17, 2018

travel time 18 days

distance traveled 14.747 km

received on Jan 4, 2019

Andorra

Postcards from my trip to Andorra

Meritxell is a village in Andorra, located in the parish of Canillo in the north of the country near the French border. Our Lady of Meritxell is the patron saint of Andorra.

In the village is the Basilica of Our Lady of Meritxell, which replaces the original Romanesque style sanctuary burnt down in a fire in 1972. It houses a replica of the Romanesque carving of the Virgin that was also destroyed in the fire.

Photos from my trip to Andorra 1988

Art

Diego Rivera, Mexico

The Detroit Industry Murals

Woman Holding Fruit. 1933

Sent by Ellen in Virginia U.S.A.

 on 11 Jan, 2020

travel time 19 days

distance travelled 6,805 km

The Merry Musician. Arie de Vois (1632-1680)

Dutch artist

Sent by Olga in Leiden, Holland

sent on 8 Dec, 2019

travel time 8 days

distance travelled 1,560 km

Self portrait 1887. Ilya Repin

Sent by Alena in Moscow, Russia

on 9 May, 2019

travel time 25 days

distance travelled 1,171 km

Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod, 

The view of Strelka and Rozhdestvenskaya street

Nizhny Novgorod, colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is a city in Russia and the administrative center of Volga Federal District and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. From 1932 to 1990, it was known as Gorky  after the writer Maxim Gorky, who was born there.

Sent by  Pavlik and Yelena in Knyaginino, Russia

on 6 Apr, 2014

travel time 21 days

distance travelled 1,483 km

Russia Heritage

Uzukol, Western Caucasus, UNESCO Site

Sent by Max in Anapa, Russia

 on 25 Jul, 2019

travel time 19 days

distance travelled 2,207 km

The Western Caucasus has a remarkable diversity of geology, ecosystems and species. It is of global significance as a centre of plant diversity. Along with the Virgin Komi World Heritage site, it is the only large mountain area in Europe that has not experienced significant human impact, containing extensive tracts of undisturbed mountain forests unique on the European scale.

Czech Heritage

Sent by Marcela in  Český Těšín

 on 25 Jul, 2016

travel time 17 days

distance travelled 1,452 km

Greetings from Czech Republic
Private swap from Vladimir, Prague

Sent by Ilona in Hradec Králové

on 19 Aug, 2017

travel time 11 days

distance travelled 1,436 km

Český Krumlov is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its historic centre, centred around the Český Krumlov Castle, has been a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.

Holy Trinity Column, Olomouc
Sent by Katerina in Olomouc
on 3 Jan, 2016
travel time 26 days
distance travelled 1,481 km

The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc, in the Czech Republic is a Baroque monument that was built between 1716 to 1754. The main purpose was to celebrate the Catholic Church and faith, partly caused by feeling of gratitude for ending a plague, which struck Moravia  between 1713 and 1715.The column was also understood to be an expression of local patriotism, since all artists and master craftsmen working on this monument were Olomouc citizens, and almost all depicted saints were connected with the city of Olomouc in some way.

It is the biggest Baroque sculptural group in the Czech Republic. In 2000 it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as "one of the most exceptional examples of the apogee of central European Baroque artistic expression".

Meteora

The Holy Meteora, Greece

UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Meteora is a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, second in importance only to Mount Athos. The six (of an original twenty four) monasteries are built on immense natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders that dominate the local area. It is located near the town of Kalambaka at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains. 

Our trip to Meteora 2011

Kizhi

Kizhi island, UNESCO World Heritage Site Russia

Sent by Natasha in Moscow

 on 19 Aug, 2018

travel time 15 days

distance travelled 1,149 km

Baikal

The golden Autumn, Lake Baikal, Russia
UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sent by Alexandra in Wittdün, Germany

on 24 Sep, 2016

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,187 km.

Celebrities and Famous

 Freddie Mercury (1946 – 1991) 

Freddie Mercury was a British singer, songwriter, record producer, and lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest lead singers in the history of rock music, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range.

Sent by Tatiana, Russia

 on 11 Jan, 2020

travel time 19 days

distance travelled 881 km

received on 30 Jan, 2020 

Vladimir Iljitš Lenin (1870-1924)

Russian politician, communist theorist, and founder of the Soviet Union

Lenin with a group of army officers inspecting troops of the nationwide military training service in Red Square on May 25, 1919

Sent by Larissa, Belarus

on 10 Jan, 2020

travel time 20 days

distance travelled 1,028 km

received on 30 Jan, 2020 

Arvid

Arvid Liljelund (1844 – 1899)

Tack, min lilla pia! 1882

Thanks, my little girl! 

My collection

Klockbyte 1880
Exchanging clocks

Exchange of Watches is one of Arvid Liljelund’s most important paintings on an Ostrobothnian theme. The artist made numerous summer painting excursions to the Ostrobothnian coast, which was still a cultural region unknown to the general public at that time. As his painting location in the summer of 1880, Liljelund chose to work about 30 miles south of the city of Vaasa in the settlement of Korsnäs, where the people were still known to wear colourful festive folk costumes.
more here

Sawasdee - Mailbox today

 Thai people greet people by saying "Sawasdee" (Hello).

Sent by Suraphon in samut Prakan, Thailand

received on7 Feb, 2020 

sent on 11 Jan, 2020

travel time 27 days

distance travelled 8,086 km

Antoni

The Basílica de la Sagrada Família  is a large unfinished Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Gaudí's work on the building is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Sent by Josine in Woensdrecht, The Netherlands

 on 30 Nov, 2014

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,646 km

Amedeo

Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) Portrait of Dedie Hayden, 1918

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Alice

Alice in Wonderland by Charles Folkard. The Mad Hatter's tea party 1921

Artwork from the book All Things Alice edited by Linda Sunshine.

BE- 353034

Sent by Valentina in Beveren, Flanders

on 14 Mar, 2015

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,646 km

Winter Joys

  Skiing boys by Rudolf Koivu, Finland

Feeding  friends by Rudolf Koivu, Finland

 Some Way by Reetta Isotupa-Siltanen

New Year's Mail by Irina Zeniuk

I'm back!

Dawn light San Agustin, Gran Canaria