DE-616047

A wonderful snowy scene from Germany! Almost looks unreal doesn't it?? Also lovely stamps. I wish I knew what they said...haha. One looks like a very modern building..or perhaps they both have something to deal with the Jahre Deutsches Museum??

FI-828966

A wonderful Christmas card from Finland. I thought it was funny..though I must admit, I don't totally get it...haha. Also the stamp is beautiful! So many wonderful stamps out there. I love looking at them almost as much as the cards themselves.

CN-210438

I believe this is my first card from China!! Very nice. I love cards that just kinda run off into the distance and make you wonder what is out there.

Forgive me for posting almost the entire back, but I thought it was very cool!! Not only the stamps, but also the fact that there is a label with the Chinese writing on it. Very cool indeed! =)

NL-357249

Just another silly animal card! Haha. Though I have to admit with everything that is happening in the Gulf this card made me a little sad. Mainly cause I was thinking about all the animals that are being affected by the spill. Sometimes it is easy to forget cause it isn't directly affecting me. Though in some ways it is.

FI-822092

This card makes me smile. I am not sure which curse word the English equivalent is but it must be a bad one. Haha. It seems so forceful. I wish I knew how to pronounce it. haha. Oh well. =)

The stamp was rather neat too. It is different cause usually I get the heart/world stamp and not something cool like this. I wish we had cool stamps like this in the US.

RU-163531

Another card from Russia. I like this one because it looks like an optical allusion. Although, the place looks lovely, it also kinda looks cold. I think this is because there is so much marble and metal.

I have seen stamps like this before, though I wasnt sure if they were the same ones I had seen...or just similar. So I decided to post them anyway. =)

DE-607046

Another lovely card! I really enjoy the maps. Sometimes they can be quite helpful in determining where the card came from. But sometimes they are just nice to look at. Also another nice stamp of a flower. Not really sure of what kind it is, but still lovely.

NL-349920

One of my favorites! I really enjoy the cards that say "Greetings from...". Also I really have an appreciation for cards that show a countries flag. I love to compare them to our own. And think about whether other countries hold their flags to such high standards as we do here in the US. The stamp on this one was much like others I have gotten from the Netherlands, so I do not feel the need to repost them. =)

FI-796075

A wonderful card from Finland! Kind of odd...but it is still pretty nice. Kinda makes you think doesnt it? I wonder what possessed the photographer to take this picture..and then what intrigued someone so much that they decided to make it into a postcard.

I love the stamp. A little elf or gnome sitting among some foliage. Haven't seen any like that before.

JP-108407

Another beautiful card from Japan! Personally I think waterfalls are the bee's knees..so this postcard is one of my favs. I hope to see places like this at some point. Also I thought it was interesting, she wrote on the back of the card vertically...even though the picture was horizontal. haha. Anyway, the stamps are nice, one is a Bee... and the other is ( I believe) a crane. Both are lovely.

TR-35405

A postcard from TURKEY! Woohoo! I liked that this card was a black and white. There is something about black and white photography that makes me happy. (though personally I rarely shoot in B&W)... The stamp on this one is..well...non-existent cause It was metered by the postal service. Although, there were these nice "Turkiye" stickers on it...which makes me wonder if they mean "Airmail"? haha.

RU-148916

A wonderful postcard from Russia! I love the scene on the front. The building is just so beautiful. Also the stamps on the back. I really enjoy their shape. I really wish the US Postal service would make odd shaped stamps too!

NL-341353

A wonderful card from the Netherlands! I thought this was sooo cute! Astrid told me that Dutch people will have these creatures in their yards. Well, we have them in our yards as well! haha. Though really these creatures look more like 2 of the 7 dwarfs than gnomes. But still a very cute card.

Also, the stamp. It is one I have seen before, but I think it is just lovely as well. The earth shaped like a heart. Perfect.

JP-107432

A wonderfully cute postcard sent to me from Japan! I love the creatures on the front, they are rather simplistic, yet cute. Also the stamps are nice as well. Though I wish the postmark was more clearly visible. =)

UA-27455

A great promo card that I received from Ukraine! I loved the violin on the front. I have always wanted to know how to play violin. The postmark clearly reads "Ukraine" which is nice cause I wasn't sure at first as to where it had come from. The stamp is nice too! I really wish I knew what the front says...oh well.

US-659076

A postcard from stateside! Portland, Oregon. It looks wonderful from the looks of this card. Haha. The view of Mt. Hood is nice! I bet there is good hiking there. So lets see...this is the second state from the US...only 48 more to go ( not including territories). The postmark and stamp are much the same as on the one from Boston..but why not post the backs too anyway?

NL-333100

Another wonderful postcard from the Netherlands. This one is very simple, yet still just as lovely as the others. I like that it is really a postcard of about 4 colors. Or well, I guess I should say shades. But regardless, I thought it was a nice composition. But my favorite part of this card was the stamps on the back side! They are comics! I wish she had translated what it said for me. Oh well. It is still enjoyable.

FI-789833

Pocket watches from Finland! This card made me smile soooo much. I happen to find pocket watches incredibly fascinating. The card description says, "I found the secret of time in Lapland." Which is funny enough...however, Minna translated the front for me. It says, "Oh no! I forgot my watch!" Haha. Very funny and it did make me laugh. She also mentioned the ash from the volcano and how it might affect the travel of the card. Though I got it without too much delay. The stamp is incredibly cute! It is a carrot! But I believe she added the hat and eyebrows and such, though still a very nice stamp. haha

NL-313222

Postcard from the Netherlands!! I absolutely love this one cause it is a "bundle of famous Dutch tulips." Marianne sent them to me cause she knew this would be one of the first cards of my collection. The colors were pretty amazing. And I mean really, how could you not want to smile after seeing this card? The stamps were pretty neat as well. And you can clearly see the Rotterdam postmark.

RU-135547

RUSSIA! Woohoo! The postcrossing continues! Max sent me this postcard of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. And also the monument to the Russian Emperor Alexander II. This card was rather unique in that I have never seen long ones before. Perhaps cause we dont use them in the states? Or perhaps I am just a newbie at postcards. haha. Anyway, like I have said before I love the architecture! Oh and just look at the stamps and postmarks! They are almost as beautiful as the stamps themselves.