From Ukraine



Received on: 6 Aug, 2013

Distance: 1,445 km (898 miles)

Travel time: 7 days

My very first postcrossing Beatles  came from Nina, great add for my collection. Thank you Nina!

Kiev



Received on: 21 Jun, 2013

Distance: 1,891 km (1,175 miles)

Travel time: 14 days

Katya from Kiev sent this card showing the beautiful church of St. Andrew in its old and new look



The church of St. Andrew was designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli and built in the mid-18th century.

St. Andrew's Church is regarded as one of the most beautiful buildings in Kiev and an important landmark.

Next two weeks I'm on holiday.
You'll soon find out where :)

Cheetah, South Africa

Received on: 25 Jun, 2013

Distance: 9,860 km (6,127 miles)

Travel time: 93 days

Cheetah cubs (Acinonyx Jubatus)

My very first card from South-Africa. Thank you Antoinette for this super cute card!

These young cheetah will grow to be the fastest of all land animals. Two or three cubs in a litter is considered the norm.



St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia

St. Petersburg

Received on: 20 Jul, 2013
Distance: 1,216 km (756 miles)
Travel time: 31 days

Katya lives near Moscow and she picked her card from my favourite list, a card of Emperor Nicholas II,  Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and children Grand duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia and Tsesarevich Alexis.
OTMA in the card was the autograph of Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. As OTMA, they jointly gave gifts and signed their correspondence.

Received on: 17 Jul, 2013
Distance: 2,106 km (1,309 miles)
Travel time: 31 days
Emperor Nicholas II and his family members in front of Winter Palace in 1906.

Julia is a student from Ufa but now she lives in St. Petersburg and she likes her town very much because it has wonderful museums, parks, roofs it is just amazing.

 Moscow

Received on: 6 Aug, 2013

Distance: 520 km (323 miles)

Travel time: 15 days

Lubyanka Square and Chapel of St. Panteleimon.

Olga sent this old card of Lubyanka square which is better known for former KGB- building.

Received on: 8 May, 2013
Distance: 1,155 km (718 miles)
Travel time: 16 days
Kremlin,  late 19th  and early  20th century

Alina Lives in Moscow and she sent this old view card of Kremlin.
Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow.
Over the centuries, the Kremlin had become the center of Russian state, political and spiritual life. By the late 19th - early 20th century Kremlin was a shining monument to Russia’s history, statehood and culture, and the symbol of Moscow as the first capital of the Russian empire.

Netherlands

Received on: 21 Jun, 2013

Distance: 1,512 km (940 miles)

Travel time: 8 days

In June Yvon sent greetings from Netherlands. It was still cold and rainy and she thought the spring forgot to come.  I hope she enjoyed  the sun and summer heat later.

Received on: 26 Jul, 2013

Distance: 1,478 km (918 miles)

Travel time: 4 days

Bert lives in Holland near German boarder and on his way to German he often sees this beautiful Irsee church, former Benedictine abbey church, now the parish church of Virgin Mary and St. Peter and Paul.



Received on: 27 Jun, 2013
Distance: 1,501 km (933 miles)
Travel time: 4 days

Hennie lives in a small town  called Olst.  I think it was getting warmer in Netherlands because Hennie offers refreshing cool drink, perhaps ice tea. Thank you Hennie, I like it! 

Vilnius, Lithuania


Received on: 24 Jul, 2013
Distance: 899 km (559 miles)
Travel time: 7 days
A bird's-eye view of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania Dailininke

Egle lives in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The card is showing the Palace of the Grand Dukes. painted by Vilija Maciulyte (2008).  In July, 2013 the palace opened its south and east wings to the public and it is definitely worth a visit.

Riga, Latvia

The House of Blackheads in Riga 1925

Received on: 30 Jul, 2013

Distance: 638 km (396 miles)

Travel time: 8 days

Madara from Riga sent this old city view from old town Riga. 

The original building was erected during the first third of the 14th century for the Brotherhood of Blackheads, a guild for unmarried German merchants in Riga. Major works were done in the years 1580 and 1886, adding most of the ornaments.  It was destroyed in 1941 and its ruins were completely demolished by the Soviets in 1948, but it finally rose from the ashes in the late 1990s.

Japan

 



Received on: 24 Jul, 2013

Distance: 7,738 km (4,808 miles)

Travel time: 7 days

This card is from Tomoko, Japan showing a lovely lady in traditional Japanase dress, kimono. The kimono is the most popular of the traditional clothes.  There are different types of kimono for different occasions and seasons, including those worn by men. Other than those worn daily by some older people or performers of traditional arts, kimono are a much less common sight these days but are still widely worn on special occasions such as weddings and graduation ceremonies.