Korttikuja 6 / Card Alley 6

keskiviikko 6. helmikuuta 2019

Cocoa pods, Guadeloupe

GP- 1327

travel time 8 days

distance travelled 8,094 km

set by Murielle in Guadeloupe

Cocoa pods, Pod breaking, Fermentation and drying, Crushing and roasting of cocoa bean. Guadeloupe is an insular region of France located in the Leeward Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.

Music from Guadeloupe by Kassav'.
Kassav' is a Caribbean band formed in Guadeloupe in 1979. The music of Kassav is an extension of cadence-lypso or compas bands.

tiistai 5. helmikuuta 2019

Biomuseo. Panama City

Biomuseo. Panama City. Architect Frank Gehry

Sent by my son, Panama City, Panama

January 2019

Biomuseo is a museum focused on the natural history of Panama and it was designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry. This is Gehry's first design for Latin America. The design was conceived in 1999 and the museum opened in October 2014.

More his buildings here

maanantai 4. helmikuuta 2019

Igreja do Bonfim

Traditional celebration of Senhor do Bonfim.

The Church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

The church is the most famous of the Catholic churches of Salvador, in the State of Bahia, Brazil. The church is the subject of intense religious devotion by the people of Salvador and is the site of a famous celebration held every year in January (Festa do Senhor do Bonfim).

RU-6224851

travel time 30 days

distance travelled 538 km

sent by Irina in Saint Petersburg, Russia

perjantai 1. helmikuuta 2019

The Teatro Colón

The Teatro Colón (Colón Theatre) in Buenos Aires , Argentina

AR-24437

travel time 26 days

distance travelled 12,920 km

sent by Mariposa in Buenos Aires

The Teatro Colón (Colón Theatre) in Buenos Aires is one of the most important opera houses in the world. Its rich and prestigious history and its exceptional acoustics and architectural features rank it among theatres such as Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Paris Opera House, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, and the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

torstai 17. tammikuuta 2019

I Am a Cat

Japanese book from 1857. " I am a Cat" by Natsume Soseki.

Natsume Sōseki ( 1867 – 1916) was a Japanese novelist. He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, kanshi, and fairy tales. From 1984 until 2004, his portrait appeared on the front of the Japanese 1000 yen note. In Japan, he is often considered the greatest writer in modern Japanese history. He has had a profound effect on almost all important Japanese writers since.