Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in center Italy. The history of Perugia goes back to the Etruscan period. The city is also known as a university town, with the University of Perugia (about 34,000 students), the University for Foreigners (5,000 students), and some smaller colleges, also. There are annual festivals and events: the Eurochocolate Festival (October), the Umbria Jazz Festival, and the International Journalism Festival (in April).
Around the world in 80 postcards
My little postcards corner.
domenica 30 ottobre 2011
venerdì 28 ottobre 2011
When the postman makes my day
Today I found 12 postcards in my mailbox, I was like a child on the 25th of December lol..
The first one is from Andorra (actually mailed from Spain), it shows the Llac dels Pessons (I couldn't find any info about it). Andorra is a micro state between France and Spain and, with an area of 468 square kilometers and a population of 84082, it is the 6th smallest country in Europe. Its capital, Andorra la Vella, is the highest capital city in Europe, being at an elevation of 1023 metres. The official language is Catalan, although Spanish, Portuguese, and French are also commonly spoken.
The first one is from Andorra (actually mailed from Spain), it shows the Llac dels Pessons (I couldn't find any info about it). Andorra is a micro state between France and Spain and, with an area of 468 square kilometers and a population of 84082, it is the 6th smallest country in Europe. Its capital, Andorra la Vella, is the highest capital city in Europe, being at an elevation of 1023 metres. The official language is Catalan, although Spanish, Portuguese, and French are also commonly spoken.
Second one is from Finland and it shows some autumnal scenes.
On the back there was a lovely brail stamp..
This postcard of Póvoa de Varzim (Portugal) was sent to me from my portuguese panpal in Belgium. This town is situated around 30km north of Oporto. It is one of the few gambling areas in Portugal, and has significant textile and food industries. The town has a rich seafood cuisine, and retains ancient customs such as the writing system of siglas poveiras and the masseira farming technique.
The Bouquinistes of Paris are booksellers of used and antiquarian books who ply their trade along large sections of the banks of the Seine: on the right bank from the Pont Marie to the Quai du Louvre, and on the left bank from the Quai de la Tournelle to Quai Voltaire. The Seine is thus described as 'the only river in the world that runs between 2 bookshelves'.
Cartoon map card of Spain.. It shows the 17 Autonomous communities.
This is one is from Dresden (Germany). In the first picture there is the Zwinger, in the 2nd one the Frauenkirche, in the 3rd one the Elbpanorama and in the last one the Semperoper.
This is a painting of Alighiero Boetti called "Mappa" (the Italian for map).. it is dated 1990.
This really made my day. I LOVE it! Thank you to duplevista (Just postcard RR) that sent me this postcard from London. I love London! As you can see it shows the Tower of London and Tower Bridge.
This postcard is from The Netherlands and it shows the typical Dutch windmill. I really like it!
This one is from Andrychów, which is the largest town in Wadowice County in southern Poland. Anna, the sender, wrote on the back some basic words in Polish:
Witaj - hello
Mam na imię - my name is
Mieszkam w... - I live in..
ja - I
ty/wy - you
Again a postcard from Spain. It show the Murallas in Alcala de Henares. This is an Unesco World Heritage Site.
Thank you so much to Captain Soul who made an offer on the postcrossing forum. He's sending a free postcard from the States to everyone who asks for it. He sent me a nice postcard from New Orleans with nice stamps on the back.
These are the stamps:
Last one is from Barcelona
And it is all for today!
lunedì 24 ottobre 2011
Washington DC
These are three lovely postcards from Washington DC. Two were sent to me from a friend of mine who went there on holiday, and I received the other one in a swap in the postcrossing forum.
This is the one I got from the swap. I really love the Toy Story stamp :)
This is the one I got from the swap. I really love the Toy Story stamp :)
And I received these two from my Russian friends on holiday in the States. The second one is amazing :)
domenica 23 ottobre 2011
Delaware / New York / San Francisco / Little Rock
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered south and west by Maryland, to the east by New Jersey and to the north by Pennsylvania.
It is the second smallest state in area after Rhode Island.
Capital: Dover
Largest city: Wilmington
Times Square has been featured countless times in literature, on television, in films – including the 1980 film Times Square, which featured a punk rock/new wave soundtrack – in music videos and recently in video games. An immediately recognizable setting, Times Square has been frequently attacked and destroyed in a number of movies, including Knowing, when a solar flare destroys New York City, Deep Impact, when a tsunami created from a meteor impact destroys New York City, Stephen King's The Stand, where the intersection is overcome by total anarchy, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Films have also employed the opposite tactic, depicting the typically bustling area as eerily still, such as in Vanilla Sky, as well as the post-apocalyptic I Am Legend, in which Will Smith and his dog go hunting for deer in the deserted urban canyon.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City, United States, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet (381 meters), and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft (443.2 m) high. Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. It stood as the world's tallest building for 40 years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower was completed in 1972. Following the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, the Empire State Building once again became the tallest building in New York.
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland.The onlyconsolidated city-county in California, it encompasses a land area of about 46.9 square miles (121 km2) on the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, giving it a density of about 17,179 people per square mile (6,632 people per km2). It is the most densely settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most densely populated large city in the United States after New York City. San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 13th most populous city in the United States, with a population of 805,235 as of the 2010 Census.
Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Located near the geographic center of Arkansas, Little Rock derives its name from a small rock formation on the south bank of the Arkansas River called la Petite Roche (French: "the little rock"). The "little rock" was used by early river traffic as a landmark and became a well-known river crossing.
The postcard shows the Clinton Presidential Center, which is the presidential library of Bill Clinton. The center was established by Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and includes the Clinton Presidential Library, the offices of the Clinton Foundation, and the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. It is the thirteenth presidential library to have been completed in the United States.
This is the nice stamp that was used on this postcard.
sabato 22 ottobre 2011
Postcards from Russia
I'm going to post more posts per day until I don't post all the postcards I have so far.. So, now, it's the time for 4 postcards from Russia. Two received from the postcrossing site and two received from a friend of mine who lives in Saint Petersburg.
View of the Peter and the Paul Fortress and Kunstkammer - St. Petersburg
The Church of the Resurrection of Christ (the Saviour-on-the Spilt-blood) - St. Petersburg
The Smolny Cathedral - St. Petersburg
Recipe of Blini (Russian pancakes)
Mix 2 eggs with 1 tablespoon of white sugar and 3 cups of milk. Add 1/3 teaspoon of salt, half a cup of flour and whisk thoroughly. The flour can be sifted to remove lumpy particles.
Heat the frying pan. Lightly oil the pan or spray with cooking spray. Pour about 2 tablespoons of batter, or as much as desired, into the pan. Tilt the pan to spread the batter out evenly. When the edges look crisp and the center appears dry, slide a spatula carefully under the blin and flip it. Cook for about 1 more minute on the other side, or until lightly browned. Gently move the blin on to a plate. Place a little butter on top, and continue to stack the blini on top of each other.
To serve, spread with desired filling and roll into a tube or fold the blini twice in half to form a triangle. Blini can be served with butter, sour cream, black or red caviar, as well as fillet of sturgeon or salmon.
Let's get stated :D
In this blog I'm going to show the postcard I have in my collection. So far the collection is still small, I have only 79 postcards from around 10 countries. Well, I've just re-started my collection. I began a couple of years ago and then I stopped. This August I found the postcrossing site and I decided to join and restart my collection. In two months I've already received 21 postcards.
These are the two latest postcards I received:
Trakai Island Castle - Lithuania
Gyverinas yra grazus which means "life is beautiful" in Lithuanian.
I trabocchi - Italy
The trabocco is an old fishing machine typical of the coast of Gargano. They are spread along the coast of southern Adriatic, especially in the Italian province of Foggia, Campobasso and Chieti and also in some parts of the coast of southern Tyrrhenian sea.
These are the two latest postcards I received:
Trakai Island Castle - Lithuania
It is a Gothic style castle constructed by the Lithuanian Grand Dukes-Kęstutis and Vytautas at the end of XIV century and the first decade of 15th century.
This castle is located in Trakai, Lithuania on an Island of Lake Galvė. It is sometimes referred to as "Little Mariemburg". Trakai lies around 30 km west of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania and because of this it is a popular tourist destination.Gyverinas yra grazus which means "life is beautiful" in Lithuanian.
I trabocchi - Italy
The trabocco is an old fishing machine typical of the coast of Gargano. They are spread along the coast of southern Adriatic, especially in the Italian province of Foggia, Campobasso and Chieti and also in some parts of the coast of southern Tyrrhenian sea.
The postcard show one of this "trabucchi" in the province of Chieti, in the Abruzzo region. Nowadays, most of them are used as restaurant were people can eat fresh fish.
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