tiistai 26. marraskuuta 2019

Cities

  Breukelen, The Netherlands

Breukelen is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. Brooklyn in New York City is named after Breukelen.

Sent by Joyce in Maarssen, Netherlands
on 4 Aug, 2016
travel time 5 days
distance travelled 1,540 km


Cities -  Le Nord, France

Nord is a department in the far north of France.
It is the country's most populous department. It also contains the metropolitan region of Lille, the fifth-largest urban area in France after Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Toulouse. 

Sent by Celine in Maubeuge, France
on 19 May, 2018
travel time 9 days
distance travelled 1,755 km


Sibiu, Roamania

Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania. Sibiu is one of the most important cultural centres of Romania and was designated the European Capital of Culture for the year 2007, along with the city of Luxembourg.

Sent by Danny in Sibiu
on 11 Mar, 2014
travel time 7 days
distance travelled 1,875 km

maanantai 25. marraskuuta 2019

Summer Memories

 Apple tree blooms.
From my family

Cornflowers

Sent by Anastasiya in Minsk, Belarus
on 20 May, 2018
travel time 8 days
distance travelled 1,028 km


 Daisy bouquet, art by Liao Ray Chin, painted by foot

Sent by Dagmar in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
on 27 Jul, 2019
travel time 9 days
distance travelled 1,195 km


Tausendschön Poppies

Sent by Anne in Leiden, The Netherlands
on 24 Jul, 2019
travel time 10 days
distance travelled 1,560 km

perjantai 22. marraskuuta 2019

Traditional clothing

The national dress of Munsala, Finland
Illustrated by Salli Parikka

Sent by Sonja in Saarijärvi, Finland
on 27 Oct, 2019
travel time 4 days
distance travelled 166 km



Dymkovo toy. 
Illustrated by Mila Losenko, Russia

Dymkovo toys, also known as the Vyatka toys or Kirov toys are moulded painted clay figures of people and animals (sometimes in the form of a pennywhistle). It is one of the old Russian folk art handicrafts, which still exists in a village of Dymkovo near Kirov. Traditionally, the Dymkovo toys are made by women.

Sent by Oleg in Bryansk, Russia
on 28 Sep, 2019
travel time 11 days
distance travelled 1,273 km


Japan Harukoma Spring Horse Dancer

Harukoma is the title of a popular song that was sung at the beginning of spring is also the name of a children's toy which was used in the early spring season.

Sent by Sachie in Kunisaki, Japan
 on 27 Jul, 2019
travel time 9 days
distance travelled 7,648 km


Ba a kababyo? ( How are you? in Padang dialect)
 Illustration of the traditional clothing in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Sent by Judika in Tangerang, Indonesi
 on 6 May, 2019
travel time 9 days
distance travelled 10,345 km


torstai 21. marraskuuta 2019

way back when....

 Panorama of Kaunas from Aleksotas, Lithuania, 1939-1940

Sent by Maria in Vilnius, Lithuania
 on 11 Mar, 2014
travel time 3 days
distance travelled 897 km


 Hong Kong, The Central District way back in the late 1920s

Sent by Zoey in Hong Kong
on 30 Nov, 2015
travel time 14 days
distance travelled 7,925 km


 Amsterdam 1896 / Jacob Olie ( 1834 -1905)

Sent by Anja in Tilburg, Netherlands
 on 7 Oct, 2014
travel time 5 days
distance travelled 1,603 km


 De Oranjeboom Windmill, Netherlands

Sent by Hilda in Hoorn, Netherlands
on 24 Sep, 2015
travel time 5 days
distance travelled 1,494 km


Square at Strastnoy Boulevard, Moscow 1928

Sent by Kuzma in Moscow, Russia
on 19 Jan, 2019
travel time 20 days
distance travelled 1,171 km

keskiviikko 20. marraskuuta 2019

Children's Rights Day

Taking care of  bunnies, 1935 



 Pouring Rain

Sent by Ans in Weesp, Netherlands
on 6 Mar, 2017
travel time 7 days
distance travelled 1,525 km


Mailboxes

Sent by Paulien in Huizen, Netherlands
on 15 Oct, 2014
travel time 10 days
distance travelled 1,530 km

tiistai 19. marraskuuta 2019

Water vehicles

 The Tax Tower in Alkmaar, the Netherlands.

Sent by Gerrit in Alkmaar, The Netherlands
on 23 Aug, 2015
travel time 8 days
distance travelled 1,497 km

The Accijnstoren, meaning tax tower, is a tower in the dutch town of Alkmaar, built in 1622. All imported goods must be presented to the tower, the usage rights that were taken were an important source of income for the city. This square bell tower is built of brick with stone bands.
The ship is former inland freighter, the type is called Tjalk.


 Pythagorion harbor on Samos island, Greece.
My Samos collection.


 Yachts on the lake Galve, Trakai, Lithuania

Sent by Lidija in Sakiai, Lithuania
on 7 Aug, 2017
travel time 7 days
distance travelled 852 km

maanantai 18. marraskuuta 2019

Bridges

Luxembourg City, Grund, bridge over Alzette river.

Sent by Lea in Luxemburg
on 28 Oct, 2014
travel time 6 days
distance travelled 1,752 km


 Castelvecchio Bridge, Verona, Italy 
My collection, bought on my vacation to Italy


Leidsegracht  seen from the Herengracht,
Leidsegracht and Herengracht are a canals in Amsterdam. The Herengracht is considered to be the most important canal in the city. 

Sent by Saskia in Rijen, Netherlands
on 11 Jun, 2015
travel time 8 days
distance travelled 1,596 km


The Tsing Ma Bridge seen at dusk, Hong Kong

Sent by Karen in Hong Kong
on 18 May, 2015
travel time 15 days
distance travelled 7,926 km