Trier Postcrossing meetup 27 - 29.05.2016

Hello folks! Sorry I've been away on a break. Been reading everyday and

enjoying the small break from postcards. I haven't written a card in some time

but my mail box is never empty :) So today I start with this lovely meetup card

Anne, who never forgets me when she travels. Sent from the recent Triet meetup on

27 - 29 May 2016 and with the Europa CEPT 2016 Think Green stamp! thank you !

Sent: 30 May 2016    Received: 8 June 2016   Travelled: 9 days

Keep Calm and Let's Meet Up

Thanks to dearest Dini for sending me this awesome Keep Calm

and meetup card ^_^

Sent: 7 May 2016    Received: 26 May 2016  Travelled: 19 days

Leida meetup

Thanks to Antoni for the Meetup card!

love the colourful drawing of Lleida! and the amazing postmark!

Sent: 7 May 2016   Received: 20 May 2016    Travelled: 13 days

1st International Black Forest Postcrossing Meeting

Weeee!!!! There's nothing like a surprise meetup card from Triberg

sent by dear Anne! Love this card as it shows even the blackforest cake,

a nice old wooden clock house and some rubber ducks! oh yes the waterfall

is nice too :p

Sent: 18 April 2016   Received: 4 May 2016   Travelled: 16 days

Bogor meetup

Wow another meetup card to my mailbox!

Thanks to Dini for the Bogor Postcrossing meetup card!

Love the colourfulness of the card^_^

Sent: 18 March 2016   Received: 29 April 2016   Travelled: 42 days

Lali Riddle: Can you find the doll with the flower?

Thanks to Catherine for this awesome card for my small

Lali collection and also for the meetup signatures from the 

Nantes Postcrossing meetup on 16th April 2016 ^_^

Sent: 16 April 2016    Received: 29 April 2016   Travelled: 13 days

As long as there are postmen life will have zest!

A meetup card from Selangor with an amazing design, thanks to

Honeysha for this postcard with the quote and also the catchy

printed pseudo stamped from the sender, that way you won't confuse

on who the sender is if you know more than one of the signatories :p

Sent:  20 April 2016   Received: 27 April 2016   Travelled: 7 days

San Diego meetup

Thanks to Nancy for the meetup card swap!

Sent: 02 April 2016   Received: 15 April 2016   Travelled: 13 days

Tomsk meetup

Seems that Russian postcrossers are very active! Here's

a meetup card from Tomsk sent official through Postcrossing!

Sent: 13 March 2016    Received: 29 March 2016   Travelled: 16 days

Sweden meetup

Yay my first meetup card from Sweden. Thanks to Karin for the swap!

In the cards you can see the local Vikings giving the Little Mail Carriers

from Postcrossing a tour! Such a novel idea :D

Sent: 15 March 2016    Received: 29 March 2016   Travelled: 14 days

Catania

 

Catania  is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the Province of Catania, and is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.
Catania is known for its historical earthquakes, having been destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169, another in 1693, and several volcanic eruptions from the neighboring Mount Etna, the most violent of which was in 1669.
Catania has had a long and eventful history, having been founded in the 8th century BC. In 1434, the first university in Sicily was founded in the city. In the 14th century and into the Renaissance period, Catania was one of Italy's most important cultural, artistic, and political centers.
Source: Wikipedia

Thanks to Salvatore for the meetup card from Catania!

Sent: 8 March 2016   Received: 21 March 2016   Travelled: 13 days

First Train meetup in the world!

Yay another meetup card from Romania, this time from 

inside the train, such a novel meetup and happy to get a

copy of this card :)

Sent: 29 February 2016    Received: 21 March 2016   Travelled: 21 days

Hefei Meetup

Yay! Another China meetup card, this time coming from Hefei!

Interesting way of signing too as everyone takes a turn in writing 

a line. Thanks to Caiyuan for the swap! Although it's strange that

a piece of paper was glued over the original stamps, I was told that

the first postmark was incorrect and the post office did a replacement :o

Sent: 4 February 2016    Received: 16 March 2016   Travelled: 41 days

Sydney Meetup

Special thanks to Dennis who sends this Meetup card from Sydney!

Sent: 28 February 2016   Received: 15 March 2016   Travelled: 16 days

RO-meetup Bucharest

Thanks to Ovidiu for the Bucharest meetup card!

Sent: 10 February 2016   Received: 7 March 2016   Travelled: 26 days

Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw

The Palace of Culture and Science is a notable high-rise building in Warsaw, Poland. It is seat of various companies, public institutions, such as cinemas, theaters, libraries, sports clubs, universities (including Collegium Civitas), scientific institutions and authorities of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Constructed in 1955, it was designed by Soviet architect Lev Rudnev in "Seven Sisters" style and was inspired by Polish historicism and American art deco high-rise buildings.

The Palace of Culture and Science is the tallest building in Poland, the seventh tallest building in the European Union and in a Top-20 in the Europe. It is 231 metres  tall, including the structural 43-metre high spire.

The building was originally known as the Joseph Stalin Palace of Culture and Science, but in the wake of destalinization the dedication to Stalin was revoked.Stalin's name was removed from the interior lobby and one of the building's sculptures.

Source: Wikipedia

Thanks to Ivica from Serbia who sends this card with Chris from Warsaw!

All smiles :D

Sent:12 February 2016    Received: 23 February 2016   Travelled: 11 days

8th Official Czech meetup

Thanks to Katerina for this meetup card swap :D

Sent: 1 February 2016   Received: 15 February 2016   Travelled: 14 days

Smomensk meetup 2016

Thanks to Zinaida for this surprise meetup card from Postcrossing 

and a wonderful cat card :D

Sent:   Received:   Travelled:

Singapore meetup 2016

Yay! a great meetup card from Singapore, thank you Eddie!

Sent: 3 February 2016   Received: 18 February 2016   Travelled: 15 days

A Famosa

A Famosa is a Portuguese fortress located in Malacca, Malaysia. It is among the oldest surviving European architectural remains in south east Asia. The Porta de Santiago, a small gate house, is the only part of the fortress which still remains today.

The name is often mispronounced /eɪ/ Famosa, even among Malaysians, as though the Portuguese definite article a were the English letter A. A more authentic pronunciation would be /ɑː/ Famosa.

In 1511, a Portuguese fleet arrived under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque. His forces attacked and defeated the armies of the Malacca Sultanate. Moving quickly to consolidate his gains, Albuquerque had the fortress built around a natural hill near the sea. Albuquerque believed that Malacca would become an important port linking Portugal to the Spice Route in China. At this time other Portuguese were establishing outposts in such places as Macau, China and Goa, India to create a string of friendly ports for ships heading to Ming China and returning home to Portugal.

Source: Wikipedia

Thanks to KKHor for the meetup card from Malacca!

Sent: 5 December 2015  Received: 10 December 2015   Travelled: