Saturday Dreaming

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Morning in Paris

Sent by Alexandra on 11 Jan 2020 from Selopugino, Russia  (-35 ° C )

Travel time 19 days

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Perfumes and colors south France

Sent by Blue on 25 Aug,2021 from Chuzelles, France ( + 25° C )

Travel time 12 days

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Greek village street 

Sent by Mattias on 25 Mae, 2016 from Hoyerswerda, Germany

Travel time 9 days

Greek Islands, Typical street view 

Sent by my sister-in-law on 24 Nov 2020 from Djursholm, Sweden

She also misses her travels to Greece

Käännöstulokset

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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

 

Quiet Streets

 Calpe, Spain.

Calpe is a coastal town in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea.

Sent byAndrea in Valencia, Spain

 on 3 Sep, 2019

travel time 13 days

distance travelled 2,988 km

received on 16 Sep, 2019 

Ibiza, Baleares, Detail of the "de la Peña" quarter.

Sent by Antoni in Lleida, Spain

on 12 May, 2014

travel time 14 days

distance travelled 2,738 km

received on 26 May, 2014

Warsaw - Old Town - Kamienne Schodki Alley

Sent by Meg in Sanok, Poland

 on 1 Sep, 2015

travel time 20 days

distance travelled 1,459 km

received on 21 Sep, 2015 

Street views

Palma de Mallorca,  Night view, Cathedral, Mallorca, Spain

Sent by Yasmin,Argentina,  travel ID in Mallorca, Spain

on 7 Mar, 2020

travel time 6 days

distance travelled 2,883 km

13 Mar, 2020 received on

Helsinki Stories. Photo Unto Laitila 1965

Sent by Tellu in Lohja, Finland

on 28 Feb, 2020

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 292 km

 received on 4 Mar, 2020

Street view, sunset

Sent by Hendrik in Oberhausen, Germany 

 on 18 Aug, 2019

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 1,536 km

received on 28 Aug, 2019 

Voronezh, Russia

Sent by Irina in Voronezh, Russia

 on 27 Jul, 2019

travel time 34 days

distance travelled 1,594 km

received on 30 Aug, 2019 

Three Randoms Part 5.

Calle Mequinez, Puerto de la Cruz, Teneriffe, Canary Islands, Spain
Our favorite street
sent by me to us both :)
29.3. 2019

 This card was sent from Taiwan by Dima
sent on 27 Jul, 2019
travel time 12 days
The text on the card is a big mystery for me :)

Riegelhaus in Unterstammheim, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland
sent by Merlin in Zug, Switzerland
sent on 28 Oct, 2014
travel time 6 days

The Riegelhaus [half-timbered house] has a supporting framework made of timber. In addition to its supporting function, the timber-frame structure also has an ancillary decorative purpose. The gaps were, for the most part, infilled with a clay-wood composite or bricks. Half-timbering was one of the predominant methods of construction from the High Middle Ages up to the 19th century.

Chania Streets

Walking on the streets and alleys of the old town of Chania you can admire the buildings decorated with colorful flowers and plants or relax on a cosy cafe. Many of these buildings are homes, others house shops, stores, bars, cafes and restaurants. Several, mostly Venetian mansions, have been converted into hotels, while other buildings have been converted into museums and venues that host cultural exhibitions. 

And of course Grandmas :) 

  My favorite city! 

Postcards for the weekend 39: Traditional street scene

Gastown, Vancouver

 Gastown Steam Clock, Vancouver

From richardlater in Vancouver

Distance: 7,219 km

Travel time: 6 days

A steam clock is a clock which is fully or partially powered by a steam engine. Only a few functioning steam clocks exist, most designed and built by Canadian horologist Raymond Saunders for display in urban public spaces. One working steam clock is located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Gastown on Vancouverin vanhin kaupunginosa ja sen tunnetuin ja kuvatuin nähtävyys on vanha höyrykello. Kellon sunnitteli ja rakensi kanadalinen horologi Raymond Saunders, samanlaisia kelloja on vain muutama koko maailmassa. 

If you like to know more  click here .

Street Views

Beautiful street view from Saint Paul de Vence

Received from Veronique in Lille, France

Distance: 1,749 km

Travel time: 15 days

Saint-Paul or Saint-Paul-de-Vence is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. One of the oldest medieval towns on the French Riviera. Saint-Paul de Vence has long been a haven of the famous. During the 1960s, it was frequented by French actors Yves Montand, Simone Signoret and Lino Ventura, and poet Jacques Prévert. 

Saint-Paul is also well known for the artists who have lived there, such as Jacques Raverat, Gwen Raverat and Marc Chagall and more recently the couple Bernard-Henri Lévy and Arielle Dombasle. Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman has a home there. American writer James Baldwin died there in 1987. British actor Donald Pleasence died there in 1995.

Another beautiful street view from France.

Received from Gaby & Chris in Alsace

Distance: 1,909 km

Travel time: 19 days

Alsace is the region which borders Switzerland to the south and Germany to the east. Alsace has its own distinct identity, language, cuisine, history and architecture – part French, part German, 100% Alsatian. Here you'll find candy-coloured towns and villages with timbered houses with red geraniums, gently rolling countryside, striped with vines, 

Prague dawn and night

Prague, Charles Bridge and Old Town Towers

If you arrive at dawn, you'll beat the crowds of tourists and enjoy a glorious sunrise.

This card came from Martinek in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

 Distance: 1,489 km

Travel time: 5 days

Irena in Prague sent this card showing a view of Melantrichova Street. 

Melantrichova is one of Prague’s oldest and picturesque thoroughfares and it is also one of the city’s main tourist routes.

Nice stamp with a special Postcrossing cancellation mark.

Distance: 1,479 km

Travel time: 19 days

Street views

Magnificent flower street in Alsace, France from Jean-Jacques

He wrote that Alsace is the most beautiful area of his country - I believe him.

Back Street, St. Ives, Cornwall, Great Britain.  Carol lives in St. Ives and she  found this genuine old postcard from an antique shop and it suits perfectly for my " narrow streets with old houses"- collection:)

Butchery Lane, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom from Laura

Butchery Lane is a narrow shopping road in Canterbury city centre

 and one of Laura's favourites.

Petersilienstraße, Lübeck, Germany
Greetings from my sister and her family from an old Hanseatic City of Lübeck.
Lübeck's  medieval centre was declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1987.

Calle de Obispo, Barcelona, Spain
From our daughter. She wrote that yesterday she walked on this street
 and after that she had to climb 96 steps to her friend's apartment, quite tough.

Russia

 Katya sent me three beautiful cards and the first one is showing  a view from  Kosh-Agachsky region in Altai - wide valley surrounded by mountain ranges.

 The second shows a beautiful street view in Wooden Irkutsk.  I really admire that great carpenter work - magnificent wooden decorations.

And the third one is from the Golden Ring of Russia, an old church with onion domes 

The Golden Ring ( Золото́е кольцо́) is a ring of cities northeast of Moscow. They formerly comprised the region known as Zalesye. These ancient towns, which also played a significant role in the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church, preserve the memory of the most important and significant events in Russian history. The towns have been called "open air museums" and feature unique monuments of Russian architecture of the 12th–18th centuries, including kremlins, monasteries, cathedrals, and churches. These towns are among the most picturesque in Russia and prominently feature Russia's famous onion domes.

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Asya lives in Siberia and from her I got this card: A bridge over the Ob River. 

 She writes that for a long time it was the only way of communication with the " Big Land" as they called the European part of Russia. 

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An other bridge across a river came from Liza, she also lives  in Siberia, in the city of Tomsk. There is no information about the river in the card, perhaps it is Ob again or maybe its the tributary Tom, anyway - quite a wide river.

Russia

29 Aug, 2013 

Valaam. The Cross Island, St. Nicholas skete, The Curch of St. Nicholas 

Anton Pietarista lähetti kortin Valamon Ristisaaresta. Pyhän Nikolaoksen (Nikolain) skiitta sijaitsee saaressa Valamon luostariin menevän vesireitin varrella, luostarilahden suulla.

Anton myös kysyi: Arvaa mikä....)

Guess "What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years"

17 Sep, 2013
 Wooden Irkutsk

Lovely, old wooden houses with beautiful window decorations, a carpenter's masterpiece.
Thank you Tatyana 

Minä olen ilmeisesti perinyt jostakin erikoisen "vanhojentalojen geenin ".  Jo aivan nuorena ihailin vanhoja, punaisia, harmaita ja ränsistyneitäkin puutaloja. Halusin sellaisen itselleni joskus isona  ja sainkin, vanhan, punaisen ja vähän ränsistyneen. Tatyana Moskovasta oli ilmeisesti lukenut profiiliani tarkasti  ( I like narrow streets with old houses :), hän lähetti minulle tämän viehättävän katunäkymän Irkutskista. Ikkunakoristeet talossa  ovat upeat,  irkutskilaisen puusepän taidonnäyte. Suosikkikortti!

 8 Oct, 2013 
The  Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood , St. Petersburg. This marvelous Russian-style church was built on the spot where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in March 1881.

Mariya lähetti kortin Pietarista.  Kortissa on ehkä kuuluisin kaupungin nähtävyys: Verikirkko tai Kristuksen ylösnousemuksen katedraali, joka rakennettiin tsaari Aleksanteri II:n muistoksi paikalle, jolla hänet salamurhattiin vuonna 1881.

16 Oct, 2013 

Building of Administration of the Tyumen region and monument of Lenin.

Tyumen area is one of the largest regions in Russia. It is more than 8,4% of the area of Russia, which equivalent to territory of Germany, France, Italy, Grat Britain, all together. 

Ludmila asuu Tyumenissa, Siperiassa ja lähetti kortin kotikaupungistaan. Hän kertoo, että Leniniä arvostetaan Tyumenin alueella edelleen ja patsaat ovat vieläkin kunniapaikoillaan hallintorakennusten edessä.

18 Oct, 2013 

Yelabuga, Russia

On the right The Savior Cathedral bell tower, on the left the Cathedral of Transfiguration

Julia asuu Kazanissa, Tatarstanin pääkaupungissa ja hän lähetti  kauniin kortin Yelabugasta, joka on vanha kaupunki Tatarstanissa. Kuvassa oikealla näkyy Vapahtajan katedraalin kellotorni ja kadun päässä Kirkastumisen katedraali.

31 Oct, 2013

Moscow:  State Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno"

Dmitry lähetti kauniin puistokuvan Moskovasta. Puisto on hänen lempipaikkansa ja sillä on erityinen merkitys, vuosi sitten Dmitry juhli häitään Tsaritsynon puistossa. Onnea hääpäivälle!

 1 Nov, 2013 

Elizaveta Bem Postcards

"Alphabet" Series 

Jester 

Boem, (1843-1914) was a talented Russian graphic artist. Born in St. Petersburg, her family moved to Yaroslavl when she was 6 years old. One of her art teachers was Ivan Kramskoi, the influential Russian painter and critic. Her many postcard series were very successful and one of the most well-known is "The Russian Alphabet".

Taas uusi tuttavuus venäläisistä taiteilijoista, ja Elenan lähettämä kortti kyllä piristi marraskuun ensimmäisen päivän harmautta. Toinen suosikkikortti!



Kazan, Tatarstan, Venäjä

Profit house of  E.G. Voronkov and A.G Kalyagin 

1st half of XIX century, reconstructed in 1862, 1913 - 1915.

Received on: 14 Mar, 2013

Distance: 1,693 km (1,052 miles)

Travel time: 33 days

I received this postcard from Kapitalina who lives in Kazan city in Russia. She writes that Kazan is very beautiful with many historical buildings an famous places.

Kazan is the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan and the third capital of Russia. Vladimir Lenin, Leo Tolstoy, and Rudolph Nureyev all have lived here. With a population of about 1.3 million (2011 census), rich history, deep culture and strong economic influence, Kazan hold the title of "The Third Capital of Russia" . 

 Located between Europe an Asia, having both Russian and Tatar populations, Kazan peacefully blends Muslim and Christian cultures, over half of the city's population is of Tatar ethnicity. Tatar influences, including the Muslim religion, are strong in this city. There are also many other religions represented in Kazan. for example, in the city center there are is a synagogue and new catholic church. 

Å is for Åbo ( Turku )

 The City of Turku was founded in 1229. 

 Finland's first university was founded in Turku in 1640, even though the number of inhabitants in the city was not very large at that time. The staple town charter (the right to conduct foreign trade) guaranteed, however, that trading was brisk.

In 1827, a large section of Turku was dramatically destroyed in a fire. The burnt city needed an altogether new town plan, which was drawn up by C. L. Engel the following year

Luostarinmäki the Handicrafts Museum.

The area of the museum was the only old residential area left in 1940, when the museum was opened. The location was the largest area to completely survive the Great Fire of Turku. Contemporary handicraft items are presented. The museum received the Golden Apple international tourism award as the only site in Scandinavia in 1984.

The Turku Market Hall, completed in 1896.

The Market Hall, which extends the length of an entire block,

was designed by architect Gustaf Nyström.



Restaurant Samppalinna – a part of the vibrant Turku history since 1832 –

is a spectacular wooden villa with terraces located on the banks of the River Aura.

Turku ( Åbo ) was my home town from 1970 to 1976.