Germany Siegen

From Germany. Siegen old town

DE-1738623 - Official #26

From Germany depicting beautiful castle of Neuschwanstein

Serra da Estrela

Card from the Portuguese Hangman. Depicting the beautiful Serra da Estrela Mountain. Thanks Martinha :)

Mush Quote - Portugal

From Domestic mail comes a mushy quote. It stands for: ''Those who don't use their heart will remain alone''.

BR-145694 - Official #020

A view of São Paulo Citiy, Brasil. First oficial from there.

Iron Lion Zion

An old Lion postcard, coming from Brasil.

FI-1055379 - Official #019

Third official from Finland, a very nice windmill!

Camels in the Snow

Only in the variety that China is, you could see an image like this.
Wild camels walking in the snow, and ancient trees, the beautiful province of Xinjiang.

Lighthouse Maxi - FI

Liisa was nice to send me this Maxi with Aland Lighthouse on a private swap.
More info on stamp blog. Very nice card:)

CN-341804 - Official #018

An amazing official coming from China.
A greenpeace postcard showing a Polar bear. I think the way he is represented (apparently drowning) is an obvious reference to the global warming and the Polar regions Ice melting problem.

What will happen to this creatures that live over the ice? Will they be forced to swim and live in the water forever? Will they adapt to the changes on their habitats?
Or will the stupidity of the men take a big turn around this new century, and we will wake up to the problems we are causing to this universe, that will affect not only other living creatures, but ourselves as well? Besides, we are probably one of the species that are less adaptable to adverse conditions; we've learn to adapt the environments surrounding us, instead of the opposite.

Global warming and environmental issues is somewhat a recent matter in our hands. It started with the Industrial revolution and development when the steam powering was invented. Maybe we still need some time to figure it out, or maybe we're just too dumb and careless to see what's just underneath our noses, always looking ahead, too high, too far away...

Santiago Mosaic

Received from Portugal. Depicting a detail of a mosaic on Pontevedra's Monastery. 'Mosaico del Camiño de Santiago'.

Okinawa, Tropical destination

A beautiful view from Japan, as an antagonism to the sad news we've been watching lately.
Presented to me by Sumie, showing a beautiful tropical island in Okinawa, a true dream destination for all tropical lovers.

Curious Windmill

I've recently had a private swap that made me really happy. This is one of the cards Liisa sent me from Finland. Depicting a very peculiar windmill. I'm no windmill expert and probably that's why i found this windmill so uncommon and very interesting. :)
An awesome card with matching stamp, shown in my stamp blog.

Victoria Lighthouse

On another tag, an Australian sent me this very nice card with Aireys Inlet Lighthouse. Such a nice view, thank you Josh! Also he got a special cancellation depicting this same lighthouse. It seems in Australia there are a lot of touristic places where postal stations have this special cancellations for everyday use.
A really nice piece. See the rabbit stamp and the Lighthouse cancellation here.

Lamego - Portugal

A card coming from a friend from winning the portuguese Hangman.
Showing Lamego Sanctuary.

La Alhambra

I got this card shwing a Unesco from a tag. It wasn't post from Spain though. It shows an interior view of La Alhambra in Granada, Spain.

"From Russia With Love"

Lately Russia has come top 5 on my wish list of countries to visit, mostly because of the lovely postcards i've received, and cause i've been learning a lot about that nation.
This is another lovely card showing another really great monument. Seems to be the most important russian monastery - Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in Sergiyev Posad, 70 km from Moscow.
It's a compound holding great churches, cathedrals, towers and tombs. The detail on the right corner shows the Holy Spirit Church, and the Holy Fountain(?).
This huge place has been classified as UNESCO World Heritage cultural site, as of 1993.
I really want to go there some day when i visit Russia, right after Kizhi Island :))

RU-355855 - #017 Official

Got this cutest thing today!!
Coming from Russia, of course, the best things have been coming from there :)
Want to thank Diana for choosing this lovely thing to send me as an official, it made my day.
As far as i know, this is a mushroom on the Boletus genus, but not sure on the specific species.
If i had to guess, it seems to me it might be a Boletus edulis, the commonly known 'Porcini', very appreciated in gastronomy.

NL-555340 - #016 Official

Received this folding card as an official from the Netherlands.

FI-1043334 - #015 Official

Now look at this photo, it's simply breathtaking. Second official from Finland. The sender was kind enough to include some used stamps, and choosing this card that really falls under my favourites ;)