Owls

Thanks so much to Anne for this  beautiful owl postcard.

Sent for the Leap Day swap and only arriving now after 42 days wowza!

Sent: 29 February 2016   Received: 11 April 2016   Travelled: 42 days

Greetings from Luxembourg

Thanks to Jean Marc for this Cheat sheet card from Luxembourg and the beautiful stamps!

Sent: 28 Sep 2015   Received: 16 Oct   Travelled: 18 days

Keep calm and dream big

I love the message of this card so much!

A great card for my small collection of Keep Calm cards.

Thanks to Anne for this wonderful card from Luxeumbourg!

Sent: 12 August 2015   Received: 28 August 2015   Travelled: 14 days

Vianden Castle

Vianden Castle, located in Vianden in the north of Luxembourg, is one of the largest fortified castles west of the Rhine. With origins dating from the 10th century, the castle was built in the Romanesque style from the 11th to 14th centuries. Gothic transformations and trimmings were added at the end of this period. A Renaissance mansion was added in the 17th century but thereafter the castle was allowed to fall into ruins. It has, however, recently been fully restored and is open to visitors.
Set on a rocky promontory, the castle stands at a height of 310 metres, dominating the town of Vianden and overlooking the River Our about a hundred metres below. The castle and its dependent buildings have a total length of 90 metres.
The castle was built on the site of an ancient Roman castellum. The basement appears to have been a Carolingian refuge. Historically, the first Count of Vianden was mentioned in 1090. The castle continued to be the seat of the Vianden's influential counts until the beginning of the 15th century.

A great card of one of favourite themes sent by Anne and Rita, longtime postcard friends

 who met each other in their respective countries (Luxembourg and Lithuania). Really

love stories like this when pen and paper friends meet, I hope I get the chance to meet them when I travel in Europe, thanks for great meetup card!

Sent: 16 October 2014   Received: 11 November 2014   Travelled: 26 days

Luxembourg

As a representative democracy with a constitutional monarch, it is headed by a grand duke and is the world's only remaining grand duchy. Luxembourg is a developed country, with an advanced economy and the world's second highest GDP (PPP) per capita (after Qatar), according to the World Bank. Its central location has historically made it of great strategic importance to numerous powers, dating back to its founding as a Roman fortress, its hosting of a vital Frankish castle during the Early Middle Ages, and its role as a bastion for the Spanish Road between 16th and 17th centuries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg

Thank you Anne for this balloon card from Luxembourg!

 Sent: 31 Januay 2013   Received: 21 February 2013    Travelled: 21 days