it must be red...

Red

Classic Fire Engine Photo: Udo Paulittz (1981 Duisburg Germany)

travel time 4 days
distance travelled 1,494 km
sent by Jeroen in Hoorn, Netherlands

Kaffee Karosse coffee service, Iserlohn, Germany

travel time 5 days
distance travelled 1,527 km
sent by Conny in Hagen, Germany

"Pastels" by Alison Shaw 2011

travel time 20 days
distance travelled 2,113 km
sent by Sasha in Ufa, Russia

Advent Calendar Day 6.- Blue and White

 Happy 99th Birthday Finland! 

Fall Colors

Fall is upon us. The air is turning crisp and foliage is taking on beautiful golden, red  and orange hues. 

 Autumn in a misty valley

This beautiful autumn card comes from Maria in Hannover, Germany

Distance: 1,359 km

Travel time: 8 days

 Colorful Schwarzwald comes from Gisella in Hof, Germany

Distance: 1,503 km

Travel time: 4 days

" A Rye Field"  1878 by Ivan Shiskin comes from Alina in Moscow, Russia

Distance: 1,171 km

Travel time: 31 days


And then finally this super exquisite, my favorite! - Autumn Light, Photo: Bernhard Bügging

This beautiful card comes from Verena in Hannover, Germany
Distance: 1,355 km
Travel time: 6 days


This is my entry to Maria's  "Postcards for The Weekend" on her "Connections to the World-blog" and the theme for this week is Fall.

Colorful Thailand

Bo Sang, umbrella village 

This card came from Audrey in Toulouse, France

Distance: 2,510 km

Travel time: 26 days

Bo Sang is a village in San Kamphaeng district in the outskirts of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. It is known for its handmade umbrellas and parasols, which are brightly coloured, and often decorated with floral motifs. Festivals are held every year and numerous decorated craft shops and stores exist along the main street in the village in the Lanna Thai style. 

 Buddha statue in Wat Si Chum temple, Sukhothai Historical Park

Received from Liliya in St. Petersburg, Russia

Distance: 515 km

Travel time: 22 days

The Sukhothai Historical Park covers the ruins of Sukhothai, literally "Dawn of Happiness", capital of the Sukhothai Kingdom in the 13th and 14th centuries, in what is now Northern Thailand. It is located near the modern city of Sukhothai, capital of the province with the same name.

Wat Si Chum has a massive mandapa in the middle of the complex which was built in the late 14th century by King Maha Thammaracha II. Inside the mandapa, there is a huge 11 meters wide and 15 meters high seated Buddha image called "Phra Achana"

Colorful Philippines

The Masskara Festival is a festival held each year in October  in Bacolod, Philippines. The Masskara (a combination of the English word “mass” and the Spanish “kara,” meaning “face”) is a Festival that started in the early 1980s, when world prices for sugar plummeted; and Bacolod City, the country’s sugar capital, was hit by a major crisis. The city government and artists banded together to find ways to lift the people’s spirits (not to mention their deteriorating economy), so they decided to throw a party!

My friend Mikko lives part of the year in Bacolod  and this card is from him. 

Colorful Portugal

These colorful postcards comes from my friend Soili in Paço de Arcos, Portugal.

Decorated Barcelos rooster - symbol of Portugal

Soili's artworks showing street views in her hometown Paço de Arcos.

 This is my post for Beth's  Postcard Friendship Friday, more postcards there.

Colorful Greece

Mascha from Germany spent her vacation in Crete  and she bought a lot of postcards because they were very beautiful and really cheap. I do the same:)

Distance: 1,612 km

Travel time: 7 days

Authentic Greece by Georges Meis

Indian Sadhu

Maanantaiaamuna palasimme aurinkoiselta Kreetan saarelta. Iltapäivällä haimme postista kahden viikon lehdet ja kortit - ja  matka jatkuu....Seuraavaksi voisin lähteä Intiaan, etsimään rauhaa, mystiikkaa tai sadhuja, asketismiin sitoutuneita pyhiä miehiä.

Received on: 16 Sep, 2013

Distance: 5,318 km (3,304 miles)

Travel time: 24 days

I received this colorful card showing Indian Sadhus - the holy men from India.

Thank you Amit!

Greek colours