Waterfalls

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Krkonoše - Mumlavsky - waterfall

Mumlava waterfall is to be found on the river Mumlava. It belongs among the most popular touristic places in western part of the National park. 

Sent by Andrea on 17 Mar, 2015 from, Hradek Karlove 

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Julian Alps, Slovenia, Kozjak Fall

Photo Marko Pintaric

Sent by Majda on 16 Feb, 2015 from Ljubljana, Slovakia 

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Summer, Buachaille Etive Mor, Glencoe, The Highlands of Scotland

Sent by Nick on 15 Oct, 2014 from Glasgow.

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Tocco Falls, Georgia U.S.A.

At 186 feet high, Toccoa Falls is one of the tallest (taller than Niagara Falls) freefalling waterfalls east of the Mississippi. 

Sent by Hank on 12 May 2017 from Marietta, Georgia  U.S.A. 

Kuerlinkka Waterfalls, Kolari, Finland

Sent by my aunt on 29 Sep, 1970

 

Buildings

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Entrance to Xuanwu Lake Park through Xuanwu Gate, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

Received on 28 May, 2019

Sent by Ashley (Wuhan, China)

 

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Vladivostok Fortress no. 7. 

Vladivostok Fortress is a system of fortifications built from 1889 to 1918 in Vladivostok, Russia, and the surrounding area.

Received on 13 Sep, 2021

Sent by Alexander (Vladivostok, Russia)

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The Catherine Palace is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), 30 km south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars.

Received on 17 Mar, 2015

Sent by Anna, (Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Town Hall with museum, Kranj, Slovenia

Received on 6 Sep, 2021

Sent by Franci(Kranj, Slovenia

 

Wednesday's Randoms

Randomly picked postcards....

Piran, Istria, Slovenia

Sent by Zala, Anja and David in Ljubljana, Slovenia

 on 13 Sep, 2017

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,908 km

21 Sep, 2017 received on

 Rotunda. 

Aquarelle by Alexander Volya

Sent by Oleg in Vologda, Russia 

on 13 Sep, 2017

travel time 26 days

distance travelled 1,035 km

9 Oct, 2017 received on

Recycling

Sent by Tamara in Dronten, Netherlands

on 26 Oct, 2014

travel time 4 days

distance travelled 1,468 km

30 Oct, 2014 received on

Arthur and the golden rope. Illustration by Joe Todd-Stanton

Sent by Sabine in Gattendorf, Germany
on 9 Aug, 2018
travel time 4 days
distance travelled 1,500 km
13 Aug, 2018 received on

Art today

Edward Hopper.  Hills, South Truro, 1930 sent by Michael in Herford, Germany

Edward Hopper (1882 – 1967) was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While he was most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Both in his urban and rural scenes, his spare and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern American life.

 Ivana Kobilca (1861- 1926), Woman Drinking Coffee, 1888 sent by Alenka in Koper, Slovenia

Ivana Kobilca is the most prominent Slovene female painter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity. She was a realist painter who studied and worked in Vienna, Munich, Paris, Sarajevo, Berlin, and Ljubljana.She mostly painted oil paintings and pastels, whereas her drawings are few.The themes include still life, portraits, genre works, allegories, and religious scenes. 

 August Macke (1887 - 1914 ). Indians, 1911 sent by Heike in Bavaria/Germany

August Macke  was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). He lived during a particularly innovative time for German art: he saw the development of the main German Expressionist movements as well as the arrival of the successive avant-garde movements which were forming in the rest of Europe.

 Hans Olde (1885-1917)  Grand duchess Caroline of Saxony Weimar, 1903 sent by Dietmas in Munich, Germany 

Johannes Wilhelm (Hans) Olde was a German painter and art school administrator.

 Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890). Bridge in the Rain (after Hiroshige) Paris, October - November 1887 sent by Amy in Manchester, England

Van Gogh admired Japanese woodcuts for their bright colours and distinctive compositions. He based this painting of a bridge in the rain on a print by the famous artist Utagawa Hiroshige. Van Gogh made the colours more intense than in the original.

 Alfons Mucha.  Window, St Vitus Cathedral, Prague from  Eliška in Prague, Czech Republic

The stained glass windows are of special to St. Vitus Cathedra and  Alfons Mucha, the Czech Art Nouveau painter, was responsible for the new stained glass windows in the north wall of the cathedral during the 20th century. 

Reflections

 Piran, the dream city

Sent by Maruša in Begunje, Slovenia

Distance: 1,936 km

Travel time: 18 days

Piran is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran on the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the three major towns of Slovenian Istria. The town has much medieval architecture, with narrow streets and compact houses. Piran is the administrative centre of the local area and one of Slovenia's major tourist attractions.

 Vitsebsk. St. Assumption Cathedral on the  mouth of river Vitba

Sent by Olesia in Navapolatsk, Belarus

Distance: 879 km

Travel time: 9 days

Vitebsk or Vitsebsk is a city in Belarus and the capital of the Vitebsk Region. Artist Marc Chagall was born in Vitsebsk in 1887.

Amsterdam Canals

Sent by Kin&John in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Distance: 1,525 km

Travel time: 5 days

Amsterdam has more than one hundred kilometers of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges.  Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings. The 17th-century canal ring area were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010 contributing to Amsterdam's fame as the "Venice of the North"

Peaceful Waters

Gorgeous mountain scenery of the Julian Alps, Slovenia

Came from Tina in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Distance: 1,908 km

Travel time: 7 days

 Austria. Alpine lake Almsee near Grünau

Private swap from Mandy

Finland, Olaf's Castle, Savonlinna

From my granddaughter on her vacation.