Red leaves

Thanks to Sura for this beautiful owl card that flew into my mailbox. thanks for thinking of me when you saw this owl! :)
Sent: 11 March 2016   Received: 22 March 2016
Travelled: 11 days

Christmas from Slovakia

A funny surprise came in the mail the other day, right in the midst of 

Chinese New Year comes a long lost Christmas card from Slovakia!

It's been a while since I heard from Sura so I'm rather surprise that the

envelope arrived with all kinds of goodies and stickers inside. Sadly

the envelope came opened at the side with a tape over it, but it arrived!

 I guess my other envelopes from Slovakia have become lost as this is

the first one to come in over a year. Thank you Sura for the Christmas wishes :)

Sent: 1 December 2015    Received: 12 February 2016   Travelled: 73 days

Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape

The Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape is a cultural-natural landscape complex of 283.09 square kilometres in the Lednice and Valtice areas of the South Moravian Region, near Břeclav in the Czech Republic.

The Lednice-Valtice Area is registered in the list of monuments protected as World Heritage Sites (WHS) by UNESCO. It is adjacent to the Pálava Landscape Protected Area (Pálava Biosphere Reserve), a WHS registered by UNESCO several years before. The close proximity of two cultural landscapes protected by UNESCO is unique.

The House of Liechtenstein acquired a castle in Lednice in 1249, which marked the beginning of their settlement in the area. It remained the principal Liechtenstein residence for 700 years, until 1939 and World War II.

The Dukes of Liechtenstein transformed their properties into one large and designed private park between the 17th and 20th centuries. During the 19th century, the Dukes continued transforming the area as a large traditional English landscape park. The Baroque and Gothic Revival style architecture of their chateaux are married with smaller buildings and a landscape that was fashioned according to the English principles of landscape architecture.

Source: Wikipedia

Was super surprise to receive this Unesco postcard in my mailbox, from Sura and Dennis, 

my wonderful postcard friends. I met Sura in Bratislava back in 2013 when I was 

travelling through Central and Eastern Europe. ery nice to hear that my friend Dennis from 

Australia also met the kind hospitality of Sura! You both sure look like you both sure look 

like you had a blast! To postcards connecting people and wonderful friendships :)

Received: 19 November 2015    Travelled: all summer o.o

Spiš Castle

The ruins of Spiš Castle in eastern Slovakia form one of the largest castle sites in Central Europe. The castle is situated above the town of Spišské Podhradie and the village of Žehra, in the region known as Spiš . It was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1993 (together with the adjacent locations of Spišská Kapitula, Spišské Podhradie and Žehra). This is one of the biggest European castles by area (41 426 m²).

Thanks to Martin for this historical postcard of  Spiš Castle!

Sent: 30 March 2015   Received: 6 May 2015   Travelled: 36 days

Slovakia - mountain ,people,nature

 
Wow what an astonishingly beautiful card! I love how there are
many things combined into one card, the majestic snow topped mountain,
the map of Slovakia and the beautiful smiling women. Thank you Martina
this is an A++ card for the different stamps too ^_^
Sent: 3 March 2014   Received: 15 April 2014   Travelled: 43 days

Slovakia

Thanks to Alex for this winter ski view!

Sent:28 February 2014   Received: 1 April 2014   Travelled: 32 days

Castles of Czech Republic

Thank you Alex for the great card of all the castles.

Now I have to check which ones I visited and how many

more I have to go to

Sent: 31 January 2014,   Received: 17 March 2014,   Travelled: 45 days

Tatra mountains

The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra (Tatry either in Polish and in Slovak - plurale tantum), are a mountain range that form a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. They are the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains. The Tatras should be distinguished from the Low Tatras, Slovak: Nízke Tatry, which are located south of the Tatra mountains in Slovakia.

Thank you Alex for this mountain card from your trip, hope you enjoyed the outdoors!

Sent: 7 August 2013

Tatra panoramic map

 

Thank you Tony for this panaromic map of Tatra mountains, hope you enjoyed your motorcycle travels in Slovakia!

 

Sent: 9 August 2013

Received: 29 August 2013

Travelled: 20 days

Trenčín

Trenčín is an important town in western SLovakia with a rich history and a strong economy.
Trenčín's preserved old town with lovely squares and narrow streets is dominated by the impressive
Trenčín castle, one of the largest in Slovakia. This massive fort towers over the town of
Trenčín on a high rocky outcrop near the Váh river. It evolved over a time-span of seven centuries and has been an important landmark of the region.

Thank you Alex for the awesome drawing and large card, maybe one day I'll visit you :)

Sent: 22. January 2013   Received: 8 February 2013   Travelled: 17 days

Slovakia

A view with high Tatras (Slovak Paradise) - Kvacianska valley - the river Vah(Piestany) - the castle Spis - a details of the church (Odorin) - the castle Devin- nature (Vkolinec) - Banska Stiavnica - fruis - the cross of Jesus (Lipstovska Ondrasova) - Zehra - horses in village- pots-fortifications in Spis castle 

Thank you Sura for the many details of your beautiful country!

Sent: 1 December 2012   Received: 17 December 2012   Travelled: 16 days