Roztocze

More beauty. This is Roztocze, a range of hills in Poland and Ukraine threaded through with a river which I think is the Wieprz River. Part of the range in Poland is a National Park. There are many mammal species living there (all my favourites) as well as more than 190 species of bird as well as adorable little Polish ponies!

There are many reasons I love this card. First the white border; most South African postcards have white borders and I find them very attractive. Then the nice font; a quick way to ruin a good card is to use an inappropriate or ugly font. Thirdly the picture is just gorgeous for many reasons. Lastly it came from Poland, which must be one of my favourite European countries!

A Beautiful World

I know the world is beautiful but somehow I am always astonished by just how wonderful it is. Isn't this picture amazing? This is Masuria in north eastern Poland, a place famed for it's 2000 lakes.

A Polish Hare

A Hare photographed by Jan Walencik, a photographer and nature documentary maker. I have quite a few postcards with his photography and they are wonderful. I love this one!

Lovely stamps featuring Red Deer and a Wildcat.

Postcards via Walltype

I am really chuffed with this card I received from Haruki in Belgium. She also used two awesome stamps, one featuring penguins and the other Largo Winch, a Belgian comic book character who looks very James Bond and who I had never heard of. This must be remedied! This card was posted on the 21st so it traveled for 8 days (or maybe less since the post box wasn't cleared on the 27th or 28th) and 9320 kilometers or 5792 miles or 5033 nautical miles.

Isn't this beautiful? Annick in France bought this card when she was on holiday in Spain. It was also posted on the 21st but traveled 9176 kilometers or 5702 miles or 4955 nautical miles.

Kris B writes that she sent me this card because I like UNESCO sites and Lady Liberty is deemed such by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. I think she is also the greatest monument in the world and very inspiring. It was posted on the 20th and traveled 13298 kilometers or 8264 miles or 7180 nautical miles.

This is from Maick (MIkeymike) in the Netherlands. We did a private swap. He used a lion stamp on his card from a stamp sheet about South Africa.

A self made card from Dini who took this photo of wooden shoes (Klompen in Dutch, clogs to the rest of us) in the region of Limburg. The artwork is amazing! It was posted on the 19th and traveled 9460 kilometers or 5879 miles or 5108 nautical miles

A lovely shaped card from Agniescka in Poland showing Ustron, a resort town about 70km from where she lives. I must say that the river scene looks very much like the Drakensburg so I think it is beautiful. This card was posted on the 19th and traveled 8943 kilometers or 5557 miles or 4829 nautical miles. Agniescka also used two lovely stamps and I am especially partial to the one that shows a house that belonged to Dwor w Janowcu k. Pulaw (I assume ^_~)