Map Monday

Romantic Neckar valley

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travel time 6 days

distance travelled 1,709 km

sent by Klaus, Backnang, Germany

Moselle River

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travel time 6 days

distance travelled 1,512 km

set by Susanne, Dortmund, Germany

The Moselle valley is one of Germany's most beautiful river valleys. 

Map Monday

Illinois, State Sovereignty National Union

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travel time 10 days

distance travelled 7,299 km

sent by Frank,  Carterville, Illinois

Illinois Sightseeing
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travel time 9 days

distance travelled 6,918 km

sent by Brayden,  Minooka, Illinois

Chicago

Illinois. Chicago Theatre

travel time 13 days

distance travelled 6,832 km

sent by Cynthia, Chicago. U.S.A.

The Chicago Theatre (built in 1921) is a breath-taking National Landmark in downtown Chicago hosting hundreds of concerts, comedians, theatrical productions and special events every year. 

Romantic Germany

Heidelberg Romanticism. Palace courtyard in a 19th century depiction.

Direct swap from 

Heidelberg Romantics, poets of the second phase of Romanticism in Germany, who were centred in Heidelberg about 1806. Their leaders were Clemens Brentano, Achim von Arnim, and Joseph von Görres. 

 Detmold -a beautiful city

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travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,424 km

set by Annie, Germany

Statues

King Mycerinus (Mykerinos, Menakaure) between Goddess Hathor and the Goddess of a Province, Egypt.The statue was found in the valley temple of Mycerinus at Giza. 

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travel time 45 days

distance travelled 3,693 km

sent by Rouwaida from Cairo 

Menkaure was an ancient Egyptian king (pharaoh) of the 4th dynasty during the Old Kingdomis , also well known under his Hellenized name Mykerinos.  Menkaure became famous for his tomb, the Pyramid of Menkaure, at Giza and his beautiful statue triads, showing the king together with his wives Rekhetre and Khamerernebty

  

Reliquary Bust of Saint Mabille. 14th. century, Musee Of Cluny. Paris

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travel time 9 days

distance travelled 1,951 km.

sent by Thierry from Paris

Statue of Hittite King Suppiluliuma  II, Hatay

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New Hatay Archeology Museum, Turkey

sent by Erdem Deniz from Antalya

Suppiluliuma II was the last known king of the New Kingdom of the Hittite Empire, ruling c. 1207–1178 BC.  The statue was found in 2011 excavation in Tell Tayinat. Dr. Harrison who is head of the excavation said the statue was probably damaged and buried during an Assyrian invasion of Suppiluliuma’s kingdom in 858 B.C. Tell Tayinat, a large low-lying mound, is located 35 kilometres east of Antakya,  along the Antakya-Aleppo road.

Happy Easter

 DE-7810144

travel time 4 days

distance travelled 1,588 km

sent by Prudence,  Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Old Russian Easter postcard

 RU-7120574

travel time 12 days

distance travelled 538 km

sent by Irina, St. Petersburg, Russia

Illustration Silke Leffler

DE-7958548

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,601 km

sent by Marisa, Bonn, Germany

Colorful Easter eggs

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travel time 7 days
distance travelled 1,455 km
sent by Corinne, Czech Republic

Spring flowers

Springtime in the park

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travel time 6 days

distance travelled 1,577 km

sent by Bregje from Venlo

Spring Greetings from Keukenhof -  The Garden of Europe

Direct swaps sent by Monica from  Amsterdam

Paradise Meadow, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington U.S.A.

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travel time 10 days

distance travelled 7,231 km

sent by Colleen, Spokane, Washington

Wishing you all a sunny weekend!

Children in art

Franziska Hedwig Wussin, 13 years old, 1716

Jan Kupecký (1667 –1740) 

The National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

My postcard collection - Baroque painting in Bohemia

Jan Kupecký (Johann Kupetzky) was a Czech and Slovak portrait painter during the baroque.

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 Girl with a Pearl Earring

Johannes Vermeer (1632 – 1675)

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,466 km

sent by Gerrie from Ommen

Johannes Vermeer  was a Dutch Baroque Period painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Vermeer worked slowly and with great care, and frequently used very expensive pigments. He is particularly renowned for his masterly treatment and use of light in his work. Girl with a Pearl Earring considered a Vermeer masterpiece In 2006, the Dutch public selected it as the most beautiful painting in the Netherlands.

 Girl with Pigtails, 1918, Amedeo Modigliani.

Daughter. Jose Venturelli (1924-1988) Chile

Portraits of Women

"Portrait of My Sister Cristina" 1928

Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954) 

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travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,228 km

seny by Angelika from Hamburg

Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacán, Mexico City, and is considered one of Mexico’s greatest artists. She began painting after she was severely injured in a bus accident. Kahlo later became politically active and married fellow communist artist Diego Rivera in 1929.

"Boyarynya"

 Konstantin Makovsky  (1839 —1915)

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travel time 23 days

distance travelled 1,009 km

sent by Tatjana from Tver

Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky (1839 — 1915) was an influential Russian painter, affiliated with the "Peredvizhniki (Wanderers)". Many of his historical paintings showed an idealized view of Russian life of prior centuries. He is often considered a representative of Academic art.

Woman Delegate 1927

 G. G. Ryazhsky

RU-3286756
travel time 11 days

distance travelled 1,113 km

sent by Marina fromYaroslav

Georgy Ryazhsky (1895-1952)  was a famous Soviet painter

Major works from 1917 to the 1970s.

Portrait of Princess Zinaida Yusupova, 1902
Valentin Serov (1865-1911)

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travel time 9 days
distance travelled 538 km
sent by Denis from Saint Petersburg

Portrait of Elizabeth Tucher, 1499.
 Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) Germany

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travel time 8 days
distance travelled 1,601 km

 Albrecht Dürer was a painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in communication with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 he was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I. Dürer is commemorated by both the Lutheran and Episcopal Churches.

Portraits of Men

Petr Brandl (1668-1735) 

Portrait of a Mining Official , about 1728 

The National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

My postcard collection - Baroque painting in Bohemia

Petr Brandl was one of the main representatives of the Baroque in Bohemia.

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 Rembrandt (1606-1669)

Portrait of an old man, 1654

travel time 20 days

distance travelled 1,183 km

sent by Irina from Moscow

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was  one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish: 1577 - 1640)

Head of a Franciscan Friar Circa 1615

 Rubens, Paintings from the Hermitage Collection

 Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist. He is considered the most influential artist of Flemish Baroque tradition.

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Orest Kiprensky. (1782-1836)

Portrait of Alexander Pushkin.  1827

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 2,369 km

sent by Anastasia from Chelyabinsk

Orest Adamovich Kiprensky was a leading Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism. His most familiar work is probably his portrait of Alexander Pushkin (1827), which prompted the poet to remark that "the mirror flatters me".

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The Huanghe River (part#1)
Li Zijian (1954-) China
travel time 17 days
distance travelled 8,018 km
sent by Emily from Taipei

Sunday bike ride

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Dutch Crown Bicycles

sent by Rosie from Canberra

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Kynoch Cycles Poster, 1923

A Ride In The Countryside

Unknown designers

sent by Elsa from Coimbra

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The revenge or country guard
travel time 15 days
distance travelled 1,695 km
sent by Martine, Belgium

Cherry Blossoms, Washington D.C.

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The Cherry Blossoms and Jefferson Memorial

 travel time 13 days

distance travelled 6,648 km 

sent by Jan,  Washington D.C.

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Japanese cherry trees planted along the Potomac River, Washington D.C.
travel time 13 days
distance travelled 6,467 km
sent by Anastasia, Marlton, New Jersey

Wishing you all a sunny weekend!

Today's mail

 Classroom. Photo Christopher Lefebure, France

French language lesson
Ranskan kielen oppitunti

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 172 km

Received 16 Nov, 2017

Sent by Merja, Finland

 Niagara Falls.  Majestetic Canadian Horseshoe Falls

Horseshoe Falls, also known as Canadian Falls, is the largest of the three waterfalls which collectively form Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the Canada-US Border.

Niagaran putoukset on kolmen vesiputouksen muodostama ryhmä Niagarajoessa, Yhdysvaltojen ja Kanadan rajalla itäisessä Pohjois-Amerikassa. Putouksista suurin eli Horseshoe Falls on jaettu maiden kesken, kaksi muuta ovat Yhdysvaltain puolella.

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 6,371 km

 Received 16 Nov, 2017

Sent by Diana, Canada

Venetsianov Alexei (1780-1847 ) Reapers. Elonkorjaajat 1820

Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov was a Russian painter, renowned for his paintings devoted to peasant life and ordinary people.

Aleksei Gavrilovitš Venetsianov oli venäläinen taidemaalari, joka on parhaiten tunnettu hänen talonpoikaiselämää ja tavallisia ihmisiä kuvaavista teoksistaan.

Received 16 Nov, 2017

travel time 9 days

distance travelled 8,104 km

Sent by Gala, U.S.A

Wartburg castle in winter. Eisenach, Germany

The Wartburg is a castle originally built in the Middle Ages. It is situated on a 410 meters precipice to the southwest of, and overlooking the town of Eisenach, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. In 1999, UNESCO added Wartburg Castle to the World Heritage List.

Wartburgin linna on eräs Saksan kuuluisimmista keskiaikaisista linnoista. Se sijaitsee Thüringenissa Eisenachin kaupungissa 410 metrin korkuisella kukkulalla. Wartburgin linna valittiin vuonna 1999 Unescon maailmanperintökohteeksi.

travel time 4 days

distance travelled 1,825 km

Received 16 Nov, 2017

Sent by Dagmar, Germany

Denmark

 Copenhagen Amager Square, shopping street

 Amager Square, today part of the Strøget pedestrian zone, is often described as the most central square in central Copenhagen. It is also one of the oldest, taking its name from the Amager farmers who in the Middle Ages came into town to sell their produce at the site.

Sent by Elysaveta in Kiev, Ukraine

 North Zealand - Danish Riviera by Martin Schwartz

Martin Schwartz (born in 1974) is a contemporary Danish illustrator and graphic designer located in Copenhagen, Denmark. His series of city prints pay tribute to the variety of buildings that can be found in every city. 

Sent by Thomas in Copenhagen

The Royal Family, Denmark

 Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik,  Crown Prince Frederik and crown Princess Mary.

Iceland

Warm in their winter coats.

 These horses seem to smile as they wait for summer time and easier grazing. 

Received from Thorey, Reykjavik
Distance: 2,167 km
Travel time: 6 days

View to the east over the pond in downtown Reykjavik. 

The National Gallery of Iceland and Frikirkjan church are just across the street from the pond. The spire of Hallgrimskirkja church can be seen in the background. 

Received from Mandy, she spent her autumn vacation in Iceland.