Birds

Western Capercallie on a mating place

Sent by Stepan from Belarus

The Eurasian eagle-owl (bubo bubo)

Sent by Prakashraj from Shennai, India

Great Egret 

Hortobagy National Park,Hungary UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sent by Joanna on 25 Feb, 2023 from Wroclaw, Poland

 

Five Capital Cities

Stockholm, Sweden

Sent by my niece on 27, Feb, 2019

Riga, Latvia

The Latvian National Opera

Sent by Camila on 2 Jun, 2019 from Riga

Paris, France

Louvre Museum

Sent by "no name"  on 18, Sep, 2020 from Jining, China

Budaperst, Hungary

Sent by Suvi on 28 Aug, 1996 from Budapest

Prague, Czech Republic

Prague Corners

Sent by my sister on 12 Sep, 1994 from Prague

 

Buildings

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The Wm. McKinley Monument and Buffalo City Hall. Lake Erie in the background

Sent by Maria on 10 Aug 2018 from Buffalo, New York

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Hot Springs Observation Tower, Hot Spring National Park,  Arkansas. U,S.A.

Sent by Terry on 11 Mar, 2014 from Arkansas

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Gateway of India, Mumbai

Sent by Jonathan on 26 Sep 2018 from Mumbai

Postcrossing Direct Swap

Parliament, Hungary, Budapest, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sent by Dana on 21 Jan 2016 from Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A.

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Old farmhouse in Lozère, France

Sent by Catherine on 24 Sep, 2014 from Auchel, France

Museum "Altfriesisches Haus"in Keitum, Germany. Photo Siegfried Layda

Sent by Andrea on 29 Dec, 2022 from Bremen , Germany

Buildings

Milan, Italy

Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery

My collection from my travels

 

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Alcsúti Arboretum, Hungary

Sent by Krisztina on 13 Dec 2021 from Budapest

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Greetings from Plauen, Getrmany

View of old town hall on the Altmark

Sent by Klaus on 20 Mar, 2021 from Plauen

 

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Würzburg Residence with Court Garden, Germany

Sent by Steffi on 7 Aug, 2022 from Nuremberg

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Antonin Palace, built in 11822- 1824

Sent by Bartoz on 20 Mar 2016 from Poznan, Poland

Mysłowice, Ulica Starokościelna

Sent by Natalia on 5 Mar, 2018 from Wroclaw 

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Postcrosing  Meetup, Vienna, Austria

Villa Hemes, Vienna

 Sent by Ute on 12  Mar, 2022 from Vienna, Austria

How to survive November? Send postcards or write a letter

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Illustration Yana Fefelova

Received  on 4 Feb, 2018

sent by Lucy (Melitopol, Ukraine)

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Greetings from 17th Hungarian postcrossing meet-up. 
Received on 15 Mar, 2019

Sent by Anett (Budapest, Hungary)

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Mail box from China

Received on 1 Mar, 2019

Sent by  Amy ( Guangzhou, China )

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Post boxes. Photo Miglė Geniušytė

Received on 12 Nov. 2020

Sent by Rasa (Vilnius, Lithuania)

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A letter for you.

Received on 19 Mar, 2020

Sent by Alina (Cottbus, Germany)

 

Multiviews

Cape Town - South Africa

Sent by Anet in Cape Town

sent on 4 Apr, 2019

travel time 21 days

Greetings from Lake Balaton 

Sent by our family friend on her vacation to Hungary

Welcome to Ukraine
Beautiful places to visit

Sent by Tanya in Melitopol
sent on 3 Mar, 2014
travel time 8 days

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Finland celebrates 100 years of independence in 2017

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From Margarida, Portugal

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From Ester, Hungary

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From Saskia, Belgium

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From Amie, Poland

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Hungary, Budapest

  

Fisherman's Bastion

Well-known for the wonderful panoramic views it provides of the city of Budapest, the castle-like Fisherman's Bastion was built in 1905, mainly for decorative purposes.

From kitekaktusz

Distance: 1,748 km

Travel time: 6 days

Parliament Building, built in 1885-1904

The Hungarian Parliament Building  also known as the Parliament of Budapest for being located in that city, is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination of Budapest. It lies in Lajos Kossuth Square, on the bank of the Danube. It is currently the largest building in Hungary and still the highest building in Budapest. Wikipedia

From Dena

Károly Reich, Tale illustration

I found some lost and forgotten cards when I was cleaning one of my mystery boxes. In spring 2000 we made a trip to beautiful Budapest and I bought these cute cards  from there. Károly Reich's expressive and  colorful  Slavic style cards are a full of small lovely details. Most of his illustrations picture traditional Hungarian peasant life with folklore elements and animals like  foxes, cats, pigs, cows, horses, and birds.

Károly Reich, ( 8 August 1922 – 7 September 1988 )  was a Hungarian artist, best known for his children's book illustrations and for his original draughtsmanship. His illustrations were popular among Hungarian children throughout his 40-year career, during which he illustrated around 500 books. 

H is for Hungary

We spent my 50th birthday in Budapest. This card I sent to my mother. " We have been walking all day long on the banks of Danube. This is a lovely city with beautiful buildings, although the Danube isn't  Blue anymore, but the weather is sunny and warm. "

And I really fell in love to Budapest.

The Parliament was built between 1885 and 1902, at the time the largest parliamentary building in the world. The building has a length of 268 meters and is 118 meters wide. The parliament house contains more than 20 km staircase, and 691 rooms. The elegant dome has a height of 69 meters. The main style of the building is neo-gothic with renaissance influences, but the base ground plan is Baroque. 

 Budapest's Chain Bridge and Castle Hill at night.

The Chain Bridge was the first permanent stone-bridge connecting Pest and Buda, and only the second permanent crossing on the whole length of the river Danube. It is one of the symbolic buildings of Budapest, the most widely known bridge of the Hungarian capital.

The Castle Hill contains Budapest's most important medieval monuments and museums. It is the premier sight in the capital with its great views and so many things to see as The Royal Palace, Matthias Church,  Fisherman's Bastion and lovely little shops and cafees.

We had my birthday celebration here.

Perhaps we had  gulasch or pörkölt, paprikas and palacsinta-pancakes.

Kárpátia Restaurant is one of the oldest Budapest restaurants, a city landmark since 1877. 

 In 1987 Budapest was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List for the cultural and architectural significance of the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue.