Tibetan folklore (I)

A traditional Tibetan celebration. Trade with Chiu-Chiu.

Meeting in Lake Päijänne - Finland

This great postcard of Garfield came from a Postcrossing Meeting at Lake Päijänne, Finland, on 02/07/2011. It was sent by "dollart"

US-1136362 - Missouri

US-1136362 sent by "bcortelyou"

"Missouri: The beautiful scene offers a nostalgic glimpse of the past."

Casemates - Luxembourg

"Dollart" stopped by Luxembourg. She says that in 9 years not much have changed.

"The first tunnels for the underground defences below the old castle were dug out during the Spanish period in 1644. Extensions were made by the French engineer Vauban under Louis XIV in 1684 but it was from 1737 to 1746 that the Austrians completed the extraordinary complex of underground passages and galleries known as the casemates. With a total length of 23 km (14 mi) and depths of up to 40 m (131 ft), they accommodated 50 canons and a garrison of 1,200 men. In addition, they had underground facilities for housing equipment and horses as well as workshops, kitchens, bakeries and slaughterhouses. When the surface fortifications were dismantled in 1875, most of the underground defences remained largely untouched, 17 km (11 mi) of passageways remaining. In 1994, the casemates were added to the list of UNESCO's world heritage sites, attracting some 100,000 visitors a year.

In 1933, the Bock casemates were opened to the public. During the Second World War, they were used as a bomb shelter able to accommodate up to 35,000 people. Renovation work and repairs were undertaken in 2008–2009 including the opening up of the mine galleries which contained explosives able to blow up part of the Bock in case of need." In: Wikipedia

Rhine Falls - Switzerland

I love waterfalls and the sound of the water falling down... A few weeks ago I got a two more cards showing the Rhine Falls (Rhinefall) in Switzerland

sent by azzurri

sent by seemeith

The Fountain of Trevi - Italy

This one was sent from Belarus by Kate. This spot is beautiful! I miss Italy...

"The Trevi Fountain is a fountain in the Trevi rione in Rome, Italy. Standing 26 metres (85.3 feet) high and 20 metres (65.6 feet) wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world.

The fountain at the junction of three roads (tre vie) marks the terminal point of the "modern" Acqua Vergine, the revived Aqua Virgo, one of the ancient aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome. In 19 BC, supposedly with the help of a virgin, Roman technicians located a source of pure water some 13 km (8.1 mi) from the city. (This scene is presented on the present fountain's façade.) However, the eventual indirect route of the aqueduct made its length some 22 km (14 mi). This Aqua Virgo led the water into the Baths of Agrippa. It served Rome for more than four hundred years. The coup de grâce for the urban life of late classical Rome came when the Goth besiegers in 537/38 broke the aqueducts. Medieval Romans were reduced to drawing water from polluted wells and the Tiber River, which was also used as a sewer.

The Roman custom of building a handsome fountain at the endpoint of an aqueduct that brought water to Rome was revived in the 15th century, with the Renaissance. In 1453, Pope Nicholas V finished mending the Acqua Vergine aqueduct and built a simple basin, designed by the humanist architect Leon Battista Alberti, to herald the water's arrival." In: Wikipedia

The Battle of Chesma - Russia

This card is a gift from "dashaxrus" and shows a painting by Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900) called "The Battle of Chesma on the 25-26 of June, 1770".

Wikipedia and other websites say that this battle occurred on 5-7 of July...

"The naval Battle of Chesma took place on 5 -7 July 1770 near and in Çeşme (Chesme or Chesma) Bay, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. It was a part of the Orlov Revolt of 1769, a precursor to the later Greek War of Independence (1821-29), and the first of a number of disastrous fleet battles for the Ottomans against Russia." In: Wikipedia

Postcrossing Meeting in Tomar - Portugal

Every year, we celebrate the Postcrossing Anniversary with a meeting. This year, the Postcrossing 6th anniversary was celebrated in Tomar on 16/07. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to go there, but I received 3 postcards:

From geminiscp: Festa dos Tabuleiros (Tabuleiros Festival)

From PilotOne: Festa dos Tabuleiros (Tabuleiros Festival)

From leninha: São João Baptista Church

Map card of the West Indies

"9teen87", a friend that I met at the Postcrossing Meeting in Cologne, sent this amazing map postcard of The West Indies, a short-lived Federation composed by the British colonies at the Caribbean.


"The West Indies Federation, also known as the Federation of the West Indies, was a short-lived Caribbean federation that existed from January 3, 1958, to May 31, 1962. It consisted of several Caribbean colonies of the United Kingdom. The expressed intention of the Federation was to create a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state—possibly similar to the Canadian Confederation, Australian Federation, or Central African Federation; however, before that could happen, the Federation collapsed due to internal political conflicts.

[…]The West Indies Federation (or just West Indies) consisted of around 24 main inhabited islands and approximately 220–230 minor offshore islands, islets and cays (some inhabited, some uninhabited). The largest island was Jamaica, located in the far northwest of the Federation. To the southeast lay the second largest island, Trinidad, followed by Barbados (in terms of population), located at the eastern extremity of the Federation.

The Federation spanned across all the island groupings in the Caribbean:

1)The Greater Antilles: Jamaica and the Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands

2)The Lesser Antilles:

a)Barbados, east of the Windward Islands

b)Leeward Islands: Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, and Montserrat

c)Windward Islands: Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada

d)Trinidad and Tobago

[…]Historically "West Indian" nations The Bahamas, Bermuda, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, and Guyana opted not to join because they believed that their future lay with association with North America (for both the Bahamas and Bermuda), Central America, the United States Virgin Islands, and South America respectively." In: Wikipedia

Gemini - Portugal

"Gracinha" wasn't able to go to the meeting in Monsaraz, so she sent everyone a postcard with a draw made by Giordano with their astrological sign! Mine is Gemini.