Merry Christmas - Portugal

"Merry Christmas" postcard sent by Cristina.

"Peace" - Portugal

Christmas postcard sent by my dentist named "Peace".

Merry Christmas to all of you!

Marmot - France

© Foto: J. Fecci - K. Auchart

At last, but not least, the last card from the Alien RR. These marvelous marmots were sent by "octabis".

"The marmots are a genus, Marmota, of squirrels. There are 14 species in this genus.

Marmots are generally large ground squirrels. Those most often referred to as marmots tend to live in mountainous areas such as the Alps, northern Apennines, Eurasian steppes, Carpathians, Tatras, and Pyrenees in Europe and northwestern Asia; the Rocky Mountains, Black Hills, Cascades, and Sierra Nevada in North America; and the Deosai Plateau in Pakistan and Ladakh in India. The groundhog, however, is also properly called a marmot, while the similarly sized but more social prairie dog is not classified in the genus Marmota but in the related genus Cynomys.

Marmots typically live in burrows (often within rockpiles, particularly in the case of the Yellow-bellied marmot), and hibernate there through the winter. Most marmots are highly social, and use loud whistles to communicate with one another, especially when alarmed.

Marmots mainly eat greens and many types of grasses, berries, lichens, mosses, roots and flowers." In: Wikipedia

Peanuts - Netherlands

© United Feature Syndicate, published by Wallmark

Another card from the Alien RR. This funny card from the Peanuts was sent from Tjitske.

Iguaçu Falls - Brazil

© Mercator do Paraná

This Hotel ("Hotel das Cataratas") has an amazing view towards the Iguaçu Falls (UNESCO world heritage site)! It really seams a great spot! From a trade with Sapic12.

LT-167763 - TV Tower

© Foto: Antanas Varanka

LT-167763 sent by "in_in"

"TV tower of Vilnius

Height - 326,7m, ferro-concret part - 190m. Observation deck and a bar "Pauksciu takas" ("Milky Way") - 165m. Mass - 25000t. Duration of building - 1974-1980."

Maid of The Mist Boat Tour - Canada

This is a river cruise that I want to make someday! It would be magnificent to see and hear the Niagara Falls from the river.

"Maid of The Mist Boat Tour

A world class attraction since 1846

The most exciting way to see Niagara Falls is aboard the world famous Maid of The Mist boat. From no other place are the Falls so magnificent."

Penguin family - Germany

© blickwinkel - F. Poelking, published by Tushita

This marvelous penguin family came from dogma7911, via Alien RR. It has a special postmark of 11-11-2011.

Matterhorn - Switzerland

© Klopfenstein

This amazing view of Matterhorn (Mt. Cervin) was sent by Grace from the Alien RR. This beautiful mountain is located at the border of Switzerland and Italy.

Sitiados - Portugal

"Sitiados", sent by pilotone

Sitiados was the name of a portuguese band from the 1990's.