Abandoned

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Forgotten Boat. Photo Elena Romantseva, Russia

Sent by Dima on 15 Feb, 2015 ftom Saint Petersburg

Map Monday Arkhangelsk

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 Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

Sent by Ann on 9 Sep, 2020, from Arkhangelsk, Russia 

Travel time 130 days

 

Traditional Dolls

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Traditional Russian rag doll "Kubishka-herbalist" is full of herbs - mint, oregano, St. John's wort. If it's mash, spread around the room a nice herbal flavor. In ancient times, "Kubishka-herbalist" used to purify the air.

Sent by Victoria on 8 Oct, 2014 from Surgut, Russia 

Travel time 26 days

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Matryoshka set in a row

Sent by Olesya on 9 Dec, 2014 from Chernushka, Russia

Travel time 15 days

 

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

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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

Five random cities

 

National Palace of Sintra, Portugal

The Palace of Sintra, also called Town Palace, is located in the town of Sintra, in the Lisbon District of Portugal. It is a present-day historic house museum.

It is the best-preserved medieval royal residence in Portugal, being inhabited more or less continuously from at least the early 15th century to the late 19th century. It is a significant tourist attraction, and is part of the cultural landscape of Sintra, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Wikipedia)

Received on 26 May, 2017

Sent by my friens Soili, Portugal

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Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, Russia

The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. Between the first half of 1700s and early 1920s it served as a prison for political criminals. It has been a museum since 1924. (Wikipedia)

Received on 13 Sep, 2017

Sent by Irina (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

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Vladivostok, Russia

Campus and seafront of Far Easern Federal University (FEFU) 

Received on 1 Dec, 2017

Sent by Sergey (Vladivostok)

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Plaza Gonzalez Arratia, Toluca, Mexico

Received on 15 Aug, 2014

Sent by Fernanda (Toluca)

Moscow

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Moscow. Northern River Station

Sent by Oleg on 12 Jan, 2021 from Kratovo, Russia

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Moscow, International Business Center | Skyscraper  City

Sent by Helen on 19 Aug, 2019 from Korolev, Russia

 

Sunday Churches

 Happy Sunday morning

FB-swap Finnish Churches

Turku city and Turku Cathedral

Received on Jul, 2021

Sent by Sari (Kokkola, Finland)

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Church of Saint Saint Ildefonso, Porto, Portugal

Received on 26 Mar, 2015 

Sent by Elsa (Santa Mariada Feira, Portugal)

St.Petersburg, Church of the Spilled Blood, 1883-1907

 Architects: Alfred Parland, Archimandrite Ignaty

Received on Jul, 2013

Sent by my daughter and her friends on their trip to Saint Petersburg. 

City views

Porto, A Ribeira. Portugal

Photo Miguel Valle de Figueiredo 2001

Sent by my friend Soili on 14 Jun, 2016 (Paço de Arcos)

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Rügen, Binz

Binz is the largest seaside resort on the German island of Rügen.

Sent by Angela on 14 Aug, 2014 ( Bundel, Germany)

Received on 20 Aug, 2014

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Barnaul, Russia

Barnaul is the largest city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob Rivers in the West Siberian Plain.  Barnaul the 21st largest city in Russia and the fourth largest in the Siberian Federal District.

Sent by Sergey on 10 Apr, 2017 ( Novosibirsk, Russia)

Received on 19 Apr, 2017

 

Children

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Photo by Tanya Trishina

Received on 28 Jan, 2015

Sent by Alina, Barnaul, Russia

FB-swap Children

Just a little snow doesn’t bother a friend.

Received on 17 Oct, 2020

Sent by Tuovi (Tampere, Finland)

Happy Christmas Time

Brita as Idun. Art by Carl Larsson (Swedish)

Received on 27 Dec, 2021

Sent by Maija (Helsinki, Finland)

FB-swap

Art by Jenny Nyström (Swedish)

Received on Dec, 2021

Sent by Sassa (Turku , Finland)

 

Moscow winter

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Moscow, Russia

Old 1900s. Lubyanka Square

Received on 8 Aug, 2013

Sent by Olga (Saint Petersburg)

Moscow. USSR. 

Vladimir Lenin's monument in the Kremlin (sculptor V. Pinchuk, S. Speransky)

Received on Feb, 1978

Sent by our family friends

 

Sunday Churches

 Good Sunday morning from Russian medieval towns

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Smolensk - Assumption Cathedral 

Vladimir- The Cathedral Church of the Assumption

Ryazan- Church of The Transfiguration of Our Saviour on Your

Sergiyev Posad - Holy Trinity Church

Received on 24 Apr, 2014

Sent by Maxim (Fryazino, Russia)

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Arnhem, Netherlands

St. Eusebius church,  Rhine river and Jon Frost bridge

Received on 20Nov, 2015

Sent by Sanne ( Wageringen, Netherlands)  

Animals in winter

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Nature of Russia

Natural System of the Wrangel Island Reserve

Muskoxen at the Mamontovaya River

Received on 13 Jan, 2020

Sent by Anna ( Novokuznetsk, Russia)

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North American Wildlife

Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) Photo Daniel Fox

Received on 16 Jun, 2016

Sent by Cathy ( Tampa, Florida )

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Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

A winter storm blankets Taos Pueblo

Photo David Stoecklein

Received on 20 May, 2016 

Sent by Sam-Quito (New Mexico)

Sheeps in snow

Sent by Angela from Germany 

Winter sports

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Ice fun on the outer Alster

Hamburg, Germany

Received on 13 Jan, 2017

Sent by Stephi (Insbruck, Austria)

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Sochi, «Laura» Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center

Received on 12 Nov. 2013

Sent by Vlad (Korov, Russia) 

Wilderness calling

Art by Johanna Lumme (Finnish)

Christmas card sent by my friend on December 2020

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Skating birds

Received on 30 Jan, 2020

Set by Regina (Tartu, Estonia) 

Happy Epiphany

 

Snowy peaks

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Yushan, Nantou, Taiwan

Yu Shan or Yushan, also known as Mount Jade, Jade Mountain, or Mount Yu is the highest mountain in Taiwan at 3,952 m (12,966 ft) above sea level, giving Taiwan the 4th-highest maximum elevation of any island in the world. It is the highest point in the western Pacific region outside of the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Received on 19 Oct, 2015

Sent by Elsie ( Taichung, Taiwan)

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The Giant Mountains, Krkonoše or Karkonosze are a mountain range located in the north of the Czech Republic and the south-west of Poland, part of the Sudetes mountain system .

Received on 22 Dec, 2018 

Sent by Arnošt ( Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Repiblic) 

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Oregon - Mt.Bachelor

Mount Bachelor is a stratovolcano atop a shield volcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range of central Oregon. Named Mount Bachelor because it stands apart from the nearby Three Sisters.

received on 21 Sep, 2017

sent by Kalani ( Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.) 

 

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Wetterstein Mountains

The Wetterstein mountains, colloquially called Wetterstein, is a mountain group in the Northern Limestone Alps within the Eastern Alps.

Received on 4 Jan, 2019

Sent by Tina ( Kirchlenger, Germany)

 Yukigeshik, Yamanashi

Sent by Xia on 26 Aug. 2021 from Tokyo

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Happy New Year from Russia

Received on 4 Dec, 2022

Sent by Dimitry (Moscow, Russia)

 

Christmas goodies

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Christmas Cake by Yulia Plenkina

Received on 1 Feb, 2021

Sent by Julia (Bielsk Bodlaski, Poland)

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Happines and Joy for the New Year

Received on 25 Jan 2021

Sent by Fedor ( Naberezhny Chelny, Russia ) 

Glögg  (Mulled Wine)

Glögg, gløgg or glögi (Danish: gløgg, Norwegian: gløgg, Swedish: glögg, Icelandic: glögg, Faroese: gløgg, Finnish: glögi, Estonian: glögi) is a spiced, usually alcoholic, mulled wine or spirit. It is a traditional Nordic drink during winter, especially around Christmas.

St. Lucia Saffron Buns

Swedish Christmas time favorite, saffron infused S shaped sweet buns, for St. Lucia Day.

Lucia buns recipe here 

Autumn colors

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Autumn colors

Received on 18 Nov, 2020 

Sent by Iris ( Saarbrücken, Germany )

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Colorful path

Received 15 Jan, 2013

Sent by Maureen (Hakodate, Japan )

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Deer. Autumn morning 

Received on 15 Oct, 2018

Sent by Anna ( Zima, Russia )k

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Orange Fox, Illustration Anna Petrova (Russian)

Received on 1 Apr, 2014

Sent by Olga (Moscow, Russia))

A gorgeous red fox looks at you.

Photo Jari Nieminen ( Finnish )

Received on 22 Jun, 2013

Sent by my ♥ grandson ♥