Memorial to the Defenders of Moskow

To my father, mother and sister 6.11.1975 from family friends

Moskovan puolustajien monumentti on suuren isänmaallisen sodan Moskovan taistelussa kuolleiden muistoksi rakennettu muistomerkkikompleksi. Muistomerkki valmistui vuonna 1974. Muistomerkin betoninen obeliski on 42 metriä korkea ja se kuvaa kolmea tyyliteltyä kiväärin pistintä. Muistomerkki alueeseen kuuluu, myös 27 metriä korkea Kunnian kukula, joukkohautakumpu, johon haudattiin ensimmäiset uhrit jo vuonna 1941

Memorial to the Defenders of Moscow

This memorial is dedicated to the Russian defenders of Moscow, during the Battle of Moscow and is built on the spot where the first Russian soldiers were buried in mass grave in the winter 1941. The 42 meters high bayonet shaped concrete memorial symbolize the riffle. It stands on a mass grave known as " Hill of Glory" which rises to a height of 27 meters. 



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Fountain Friendship of Nations

Kansojen ystävyys-suihkulähde

5.9.1988 from my sister.

The People’s Friendship Fountain (also known as Friendship of Nations) on Moscow features 16 gilded statues of maidens in their national costumes, representing all the Soviet Union Republics. The fountain is framed by an octahedral bowl of red granite with a surface area of 4,000 square meters. The fountain is serviced by a complex system of eight powerful pumps that can shoot 1,200 liters of

water from 800 jets to the height of 24 meters per second.

Notre Dame of Paris and the Parvis

Recieved on: 25 Jan, 2013

Distance: 1,577 km (980 miles)

Travel time: 12 days

 On Jan 25th I got a postcard of Notre Dame of Paris and the Parvis.
Thank you Reinhold from Kempen, Germany
I love these postcards from 50s and  60s . 

Notre Dame Pariisi on kaupungin gotiikan tyylisuuntaan rakennettu katedraali, ja yksi maailman kuuluisimmista kirkoista, jossa esimerkiksi Napoleon kruunattiin keisariksi. Notre Dame, eli koko nimeltään Notre Dame de Paris, rakennettin vuosina 1163-1345, ja sijaitsee paikalla, jossa sijaitsi Pariisin ensimmäinen kirkko, Saint Etienne basilika.

Notre Dame de Paris, also known as Notre Dame Cathedral or simply Notre Dame,

 is a historic Roman Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It was build between 1163 -1345.



1000 Jahre Buer

St. Marien-Hospital 1916


Recieved on: 28 Jan, 2013
Distance: 1,538 km (956 miles)
Travel time: 11 days

Thank you Christina from Germany

Christina starts her card with a small trip throug the region:
"We have no more mines but soccer in big stadiums,
industrial culture, green spaces from mine dumps,
zoos and about 5 million people.
Culinary we are easily satisfied,
currywurst and fries plus a cold beer,
maybe the current Bundesliga results for dessert."


 Buer is the largest suburb of Gelsenkirchen.



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The Fox and The Thrush

Recieved on: 25 Jan, 2013
Distance: 520 km (323 miles)
Travel time: 16 days

Thank you Gennadiy from Saint Petersburg.

 This card is a picture from Russian folktale: The  Fox and The Thrush
Illustration by R.I. and E.A. Ogorodnikov

The story tells about a greedy fox and a wise thrush.


The fox saw the dogs and ran away from them. But the dogs were following her.
The scared fox took off running as far as her legs could carry her.

And the point of this story is of course: Stupidity is always punished!



Näytä suurempi kartta

Name Day

This card I got from Aunt-Irja on my name day year 1955.

Finns celebrate their name days (Finnish nimipäivä, Swedish namnsdag) according to their given name  on the date given by the calendar published by the University of Helsinki Almanac Office (Almanakkatoimisto). Every day except new Year's Day, Christmas Day and Febryary 29 is a name day. For each day there are names in both Finnish and Swedish.

A card to my brother Jaakko ( Jacob, James ) from our cousin Heikki ( Henry ).

Many traditional beliefs attach to various name days, especially involving the weather and the appropriate times to perform seasonal agricultural tasks such as planting some particular crop. For example there is a saying that "Jaakko (James) casts a cold rock into the water", meaning that on Jaakko's day, the 25th of July, the waters start getting colder, which is not far from true on average.

The seven days from July 18 to 24th, being all women's name days, are known as the women's week. It is popularly believed to be an especially rainy week, and this is to some extent supported by statistics, as late July and early August are the rainiest time of the year in Finland.

On November 25 it is Kaisa's ( Kathy, Kate ) day and it should be mild weather because it forecasts mild winter and good harvest for the next year. It also forecasts beautiful weather until Christmas. On the other hand if it's cold on Kaisa's day it will be raining on Christmas.

This is my entry for Postcard Friendship Friday hosted on Beth Niquette's blog, The Best Hearts are Crunchy. Just click the button under.



Numerokuvat # 023

23.1.1990 saimme naapurilta terveiset Madeiralta.  

Kortissa Camara de Lobos-Madeira

ja Cabo Girao, maailman (toiseksi?) korkein rantajyrkänne.

23. 6. 1999 lähetimme tyttären kanssa kotimiehille  kortin Pargasta.

Hotellinomistajan nimi oli taas Yannis,

ja satamassa vaihteeksi hiljaista,

koska satamapoliisi piti tiukasti vahtia.

Edellispäivänä merikapteenit eivät oikein

tahtoneet päästä sopuun liikennesäännöistä.

Lisää numeroita täältä.