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November 30, 2011
0056 UNITED STATES (Oregon) – The Fairy Falls
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Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, became the 33rd state of the union on February 14, 1859 (and the 3r...
November 29, 2011
0055 JERSEY (Island of Jersey) - La Corbière Lighthouse
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Jersey , officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is one of the British Crown dependencies (as also Guernsey and Isle of Man ), and form,...
November 28, 2011
0054 CANADA (Alberta) - A 190 meters height torch
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If the previous post was dedicated to the Milad Tower , the sixth tallest tower in the world, now I will write a few lines about the Ca...
November 27, 2011
0053 IRAN (Tehran Ostān) – Milad Tower
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When I received this postcard I wondered if is home-made and who sent it to me, because on the back is written only a first name. To the fi...
November 26, 2011
0052 IRELAND (Leinster) - Brú na Bóinne, Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (UNESCO WHS)
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The celts whom the Romans found in the Great Britain 2000 years ago knew almost nothing about the numerous henges, meghalits and oth...
November 25, 2011
0051 NETHERLANDS (Netherlands / Gelderland) - The Nijmegen railway bridge
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Much could be said about Nijmegen, city located in the east of the Netherlands, near the German border, on the Waal river (the main dis...
November 24, 2011
0050 FINLAND (Uusimaa) - Nicholas's I cathedral and the statue of Alexander II
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The third postcard that I received from Finland shows the same building as the second one , namely Helsinki Cathedral, about that I wrote a...
November 23, 2011
0049 BELGIUM (East Flanders) - Saint Bavo Cathedral - part of The historic medieval core or 'tank' of Ghent, and the two abbeys that are to its origin (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)
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"Until the 13th century Ghent was the biggest city in Europe after Paris ; it was bigger than London , Cologne or Moscow ",...
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0867 SINGAPORE (Central Region) - Singapore Flyer
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0867 One of the 28 capsules of Singapore Flyer Singapore Flyer , opened in 2008, was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world (165...
November 21, 2011
0048 AUSTRALIA (New South Wales) - Disaster Bay and Green Cape Lightstation
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"Disaster Bay is in the beautiful Ben Boyd National Park wilderness area of far south coast of New South Wales. The Bay is the sit...
0047 VIETNAM – Fish cages, fish traps, bamboo and Vovinam
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When I saw for the first time this picture, I didn't realize what is. I saw only a huge and mobile bundle of merchandise, which I...
November 20, 2011
0046 ICELAND - Young and restless islands
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If here I shared with you a postcard illustrating a little more quiet area of Iceland, behold now I come with a volcano that erupt...
November 19, 2011
0045 PAKISTAN (Gilgit-Baltistan) - Central Karakorum National Park (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)
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0045 Rakaposhi mountain Eric Shipton , the distinguished British Himalayan mountaineer (1907-1977), called the Hunza valley ...
November 18, 2011
0044 CANADA (Ontario) - The colors of autumn in High Park in Toronto
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"In Canada the autumn is the most beautiful season", sais Pompilian, the friend who sent me this postcard. And it seems that...
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November 17, 2011
0043 UKRAINE (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) - A pleasure tram in the ballistic missile city
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For me, as inhabitant of Ploieşti , Dnipropetrovsk has a special significance, because this city of Ukraine , administrative center of...
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November 16, 2011
0042 UNITED STATES (Oklahoma) - Oklahoma City downtown skyscrapers
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Utah , the first state in the USA from which I received a postcard, was the 45th admitted in the Union, and the coincidence makes th...
November 13, 2011
0038 SPAIN (Murcia) - The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary in Murcia
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The third postcard received from Spain by me is also from the region of Murcia , but this time from the capital of the region...
0037 NETHERLANDS - A mill in the moonlight
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A windmill that has close its sails like a butterfly the wings and went to sleep, guarded by the shiny penny of the full moon and by th...
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November 12, 2011
0035 BELARUS (Minsk City) - A red church in a country still red
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This red church is called quite so, Red Church , and is located in the center of Minsk , capital of Belarus . From the photos I’ve seen...
November 11, 2011
0034 ICELAND - A geothermal Hell
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Volcanoes, glaciers and geysers, Vikings, Njáls saga , Irish monks, Althing, Björk and Sigur Rós, but also its rapid transformation fro...
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