torstai 31. maaliskuuta 2022

Bicycles and boats

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Retro Mailbox Russia
Sent by Marina on 21 Oct, 2021 from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Travel time  14 days 
 

The cyclist by Ekaterina Lukashchuk
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The Cyclist by Ekaterina Lukaschuk, Belarus
Sent by Nina on 6 Apr, 2014 from Gomel, Belarus
Travel time 18 days

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Fuji-San
In Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, the 3.776- meter Mt. Fuji is the highest point in Japan. The majestetic mountain and enchanting scenery is synonymous with Japan as well as a World Heritage site.

Sent by Naoko on 14 Jul, 2017 from Saitana, Japan
Travel time 7 days


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Cheongdam Bridge
Cheongdam Bridgeis a bridge over the Han River in Seoul, South Korea

Sent by Yunae Jo on 6 Apr, 2014 from Chungnam, South Korea
Travel time 16 days







keskiviikko 30. maaliskuuta 2022

Åland

Memorial Day for the Demilitarization and Neutralization of Åland, 30 March.

Flag of Åland
Åland Islands  is the autonomous provence of  Finland
Åland is demilitarized. This means that there must be no military presence in the province and that the islands must not be fortified. Åland is also neutralized and must be kept out of all acts of war in the event of a conflict. 


Elder by Niclas Norlund 


Elder couple at Marhällan Lighthouse by Niclas Norlund

Niclas Norlund is Finnish Postcrossing Friends Association's artist of the year 2022.

tiistai 29. maaliskuuta 2022

Trains

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A train passes the village of Loučim. Czech Republic
Sent by Eva on3 Jan 2016 from Brno, Czech Republic 
Travel time 5 days


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Shihfen Station, New Taipei City
Sent by Charles on 1 Aug, 2018 from Taipei, Taiwan
Travel time 16 days



 

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Sent by Sunny on 2 Oct, 2018 fron Taipei, Taiwan
Travel time17 days

The locomotive of N.A.Lunin, the Hero of Socialist Labour
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The locomotive of N.A.Lunin, the Hero of Socialist Labour
Sent by Natasha on 3 Jul, 2014 from Novosibirsk, Russia
Travel time 19 days

maanantai 28. maaliskuuta 2022

Map Monday

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Colorado - Centennial State
Sent by Corey on 22 Sep, 2018 from Englewood, Colorado
Travel time 11 days

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Pennsylvania - Keystone state
Sent by Jason on 26 Jan, 2018 from Austin, Texas
Travel time 15 days


sunnuntai 27. maaliskuuta 2022

Sunday Churces

Rome, Vatican, Michelangelo
The Sistine Chapel. "Last Judgement"  1541


Holy Monastery of Gonia, Kolymbari of Kissamos, Chania, Crete.
Icon: The Second Coming. Painting by Dimitriou Papadopoulou. 1792


Holy Monastery of Gonia, Kolymbari of Kissamos, Chania, Crete.
Virgin the Merciful (Middle of 17th century)


The statue of the Virgin of Candelaria –often called Our Lady of Candelaria – carries a child in one hand and a green candle in the other, representing the supposed apparition of the Virgin Mary in Tenerife.






perjantai 25. maaliskuuta 2022

Ukraine 🌻

Peace to Ukraine

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Local museum

Sent by Oleg on 12 Apr, 2015 from Krivoy Rog
Travel time 29 days

torstai 24. maaliskuuta 2022

Lviv, Ukraine 🌻

 

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Lviv workshop
Photo by Lukyan Turetsky
Sent by Elina on 6 Sep, 2014 from Kiev
Travel time 10 days


keskiviikko 23. maaliskuuta 2022

Ukraine 🌻

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Art by Kateryna Biletina 
Sent by Sergiy on 3 Oct, 2015 from Kyiv
Travel time 10 days




 

tiistai 22. maaliskuuta 2022

Ukrainian Carpathians and Hutsuls 🌻🌻

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 Hutsul lumberjack  in traditional clothes.
The Hutsuls are an Ukrainian ethnographic group usually inhabiting the western parts of the country, more precisely the Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi and Zakarpattya regions. 

Sent by Oleg on 12 Sep, 2017 from Nadvirna,Ukraine
Travel time 12 days


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 Hoverla, The Tallest Mountain In The Ukrainian Carpathians
Sent by Anastaasia on 11 Sep, 2016 from Kyiv 
Travel time 12 days



 

maanantai 21. maaliskuuta 2022

Ukraine 🌻

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Sent by Alla on 4 Sep, 2014 from Irpin, Ukraine 
travel time 18 days

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Sent by Elena on 1 Feb, 2014 from Mariupol, Ukraine





sunnuntai 20. maaliskuuta 2022

Kharkiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦



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Kharkiv. On the territory of the Holy Shroud Monastery
Sent by Andriy on 22 May 2016 from Kyiv 
Travel time 9 Days


 

lauantai 19. maaliskuuta 2022

perjantai 18. maaliskuuta 2022

Ukraine

Ruins of Chersonesos. Crimea
Direct swap from Ukraine
Sent by Lina from Dnipro


Traditional costumes from Ukraine


 

torstai 17. maaliskuuta 2022

keskiviikko 16. maaliskuuta 2022

Gloomy Clouds


Photo by Ievgeniia Lakosnyk

Sent by Diana on 11 Aug, 20154 from Ukraine
Travel time 10 days

Diana wrote about the revolution against corrupted, cruel goverment and how they were suffeting military intervention after that.  She was still hoping  better future for her country and peace to whole world.



 

tiistai 15. maaliskuuta 2022

Kyiv ♥

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Welcome to historical Kyiv from last century
Sent by Yana on 26 Aug, 2013 from Cherkasy
Travel time 21 days 
Peaceful days for a while on August 2013


Beautiful Kyiv
Building of Marinsky palace
A fragment of building on Sadova street 
Fountain in Marisky park





 

maanantai 14. maaliskuuta 2022

Lviv ♥

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St. Olha and Elisabeth Church, Lviv, Ukraine
Sent by Yulia on 8 Apr, 2015 from California, U.S.A.
Travrl time 7 days
Yulia's nativecity is Lviv in Ukraine