Hungarian Parliament Building

The Hungarian Parliament Building , which translates to House of the Country or House of the Nation), also known as the Parliament of Budapest for being located in that city, is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination of Budapest. It lies in Lajos Kossuth Square, on the bank of the Danube. It is currently the largest building in Hungary and still the tallest building in Budapest.

Budapest was united from three cities in 1873 and seven years later the Diet resolved to establish a new, representative Parliament Building, expressing the sovereignty of the nation. The building was planned to face the river. An international competition was held, and Imre Steindl emerged as the victor; the plans of two other competitors were later also realized in the form of the Ethnographic Museum and the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture, both of which face the Parliament Building. Construction from the winning plan was started in 1885 and the building was inaugurated on the 1000th anniversary of the country in 1896, and completed in 1904. (The architect of the building went blind before its completion.)
Source: Wikipedia

Thanks to Marc via Swapbot who sent this from the US.

The card is from a set of Unesco Postcards published by PostcardFair (US). 

Received: 20 June 2016

Bird postcard Swap

Thanks to Shirley via Swap-Bot for the Red Cardinal bird :)

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

Road to Kabul

A member of the Hezbi Islami guarding the road to 

Kabul, Aghanistan , April 1992

Thanks to Christy for the interesting postcard!

Sent: 24 May 2016   Received: 7 June 2016   Travelled: 14 days

Cat Lovers PC swap

Thanks to Gina via swap-bot for the lovely cat card!

Sent: 25 May 2016    Received: 10 June 2016    Travelled: 16 days

Cat lovers postcard swap

Thanks to Nurul via swap-bot, from the Cat Lovers Swap,

for this cute cat postcard

Sent: 29 May 2016   Received: 3 June 2016   Travelled: 5 days

Beu and Eros

by Art Speigelman ,August 25 and September 11 1997 cover

Thanks to Jessi via SwapBot for this Valentine Swap

Sent: 26 January 2016   Received: 18 February 2016   Travelled: 23 days

Charles Dickens quote

Thanks to Elizabeth via swapbot for this "Book" postcard swap.

From the "Bibliophilia 100 Literary Postcards box set.

Sent: 14 January 2016   Received: 3 February 2016   Travelled: 20 days

An in flight message

Thanks to Christine via swapbot for this Valentine.

Comes from "The little box of I Love You" published by Chronicle Books.

Sent: 25 January 2016   Received: 15 February 2016   Travelled: 21 days

Cupids for valentines

Thanks to Megan via swapbot for the Valentine

Sent: 25 January 2016   Received: 12 February   Travelled: 18 days

Black Canyon

The Black Canyon of the Colorado is the canyon on the Colorado River where Hoover Dam was built. The canyon is located on the Colorado River at the state line between Nevada and Arizona. The western wall of the gorge is in the El Dorado Mountains, and the eastern wall is in the Black Mountains of Arizona. The canyon formed about 15 million years ago during the Miocene Basin and Range uplift. Black Canyon gets its name from the black volcanic rocks that are found throughout the area.
Source: Wikipedia

Thanks to Carol via swap-bot for this great card from Colorado :)

Sent: 8 October   Received: 2 November 2015   Travelled: 25 days

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC from 1963 to the present day. The programme depicts the adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord— a space and time-travelling humanoid alien. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-travelling space ship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Accompanied by companions, the Doctor combats a variety of foes, while working to save civilisations and help people in need.
Source: Wikipedia

Hehehe thanks to SprinkleStar for this cool card of Doctor Who 

(swap-bot) I've never seen this series and I should get around to watching 

it soon as I'm running out of Sci Fi shows to watch once I catch up to 

finishing Star Trek:TNG.

Sent: 15 Oct   Received: 27 Oct 2015   Travelled: 12 days

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

The Dome of the Rock is a shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was initially completed in 691 CE at the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik during the Second Fitna. The Dome of the Rock is now one of the oldest works of Islamic architecture.It has been called "Jerusalem's most recognizable landmark".Its architecture and mosaics were patterned after nearby Byzantine churches and palaces. The octagonal plan of the structure may also have been influenced by the Byzantine Chapel of St Mary (also known as Kathisma and al-Qadismu) built between 451 and 458 on the road between Jerusalem and Bethlehem.

The site's significance stems from religious traditions regarding the rock, known as the Foundation Stone, at its heart, which bears great significance for Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

Source: Wikipedia

Thanks to Ksenia via swap-bot for this beautiful postcard and stamps!

Sent: 20 September 2015   Received: 20 October 2015   Travelled: 30 days

Mykonos

The Cyclades are a Pre-Greek island group in the Aegean Sea, southeast of mainland Greece and a former administrative prefecture of Greece. They are one of the island groups which constitute the Aegean archipelago. The name refers to the islands around (κυκλάς) the sacred island of Delos. The Cyclades is where the native Greek breed of cat (the Aegean cat) originated.

Source:Wikipedia

Thanks to Marles from swap-bot for this beautiful card of her cruise.
Sent: 5 Oct 2015    REceieved: 19 October   Travelled: 14 days

Marina Bay reflection

A beautiful mirror reflection of Marina Bay.

Thanks to swap-botter Felicia for this postcard and the beautiful stamps

and deco!

Received: 5 Oct 2015

Cafesjian's Carousel

Excerpt on back:

Cafesjian's Carousel - Saint Paul, Minnesota

Built in 1914 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, this carousel with its 

68 hand carved wooden horses delighted riders at the Minnesota State Fair

for 75 years. Community effort saved the carousel from auction in 1988. The carousel is named for its major financial donor. Volunteers operate it each summer at Saint Paul's Como Park.

Wow a nice card that came via swap-bot. Thanks to Jillyfish for this

fascinating piece of card explaining about the restoration.  

Sent: 31 August 2015   Received: 15 September 2015   Travelled: 15 days

Saw-whet Owl

The northern saw-whet owl has a round, light, white face with brown and cream streaks; they also have a dark beak and yellow eyes. They resemble the short-eared owl, because they also lack ear tufts, but are much smaller. The underparts are pale with dark shaded areas; the upper parts are brown or reddish with white spots. They are quite common, but hard to spot.

The northern saw-whet owl makes a repeated tooting whistle sound. Some say they sound like a saw being sharpened on a whetstone. They usually make these sounds to find a mate, so they can be heard more often April through June when they are looking for mates. Despite being more common in spring, they do vocalize year round.

Source:Wikipedia

Yay! another owlsome postcard for my collection!

Thanks to HelenGb from swap-bot for this card.

Sent: 31 August 2015   Received: 8 Sept 2015   Travelled: 8 days

Oktoberfest, Germany

Received this large postcard last week.

Thanks to Andrea via swap-bot for this postcard from her travels

Sent: 19 August 2015   Received: 3 Sept 2015   Travelled: 15 days

Wk 15 - Weird

"Weird is a side effect of awesome"

"I think everyone's weird. We should all celebrate our 

inviduality and not be embarassed or ashamed of it". - Johnny Depp

"I  never set out to be weird.It was always other people who

call me weird". - Frank Zapp

Thanks to RachH for the great weird quotes. Sent via swap-bot

Sent: 10 August 2015   Received: 21 August 2015   Travelled: 11 days

Maine

Canoeing at dawn

A lovely card I received via swapbot for 1 PC a week #3-Intl

Thanks Kathryn :)

Sent: 24 January 2015   Received: 5 February 2015   Travelled: 12 days

Roger Moore's Bond

Q (Desmond Lleelyn) briefs (Bond) Roger Moore) in Moonraker 1979

 

I got this awesome card of Bond for the

"Read, Reading, Want to Read Postcard Swap" on swapbot by Pammykn

On it she says she writes her reading list:

Read - An Acquaintance of Darkness by Ann Rinaldi (Young Adult Historical)

Reading - Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay (I didn't know there were book series for the Dexter tv show)

Want to Read - Wild thing by Joan Bazell.

Thanks for the reading recommendations!

Sent: 20 November 2013,   Received: 3 December 2013,   Travelled: 13 days