Category: Postcards

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A postcrossing post card from Teresa in Tennessee, USA.

Teresa lives in a rural farming community, not far from Reelfoot Lake, where these magnificent birds can be observed in the winter months, perching in cyprus trees, and soaring over the lake.

Thanks for the postcard, Teresa!

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A Postcrossing post card from Carlos in Portugal.

Thanks Carlos!

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A Postcrossing post card from Svenja in Germany.

The two words on the card are “Respect” in Swahili and German. It’s part of gernan campaign to encourage mutual respect. See respekt-kampagne.de for more details.

Thanks Svenja

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A Postcrossing post card from Jannett in Germany.

Janett lives in the south-east of Germany in a small village near Austria.

This is the Aurora Australis as seen in Antarctica, photographed by Robert Schwarz.

Thanks for the great postcard, Janett!

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A Postcrossing post card from Jacqueline in Lucerne in Switzerland.

Thanks, Jacqueline!

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A Postcrossing post card from Katrina in Gernany.

Katrina lives in a small town near the Baltic Sea which has the honor of having the oldest lighthouse in Germany, built in 1539.

She works in a kindergarten.

Thanks, Katrina!

Suomen Joutsen

A Postcrossing postcard from Anne in Finland.

The three masted, full rigged “Suomen Joutsen” was built in 1902. She has a steel hull and plied the trade routes between ports in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Since this was before the days of the Panama Canal, this means she frequently passed through the treacherous waters of Cape Horn on the southern tip of South America.

In 1930, the Finnish Navy purchased this beautiful ship for use as a Training Vessel.

From the mid 1950’s she was a stationery seamen’s training vessel, but in 1991 she was purchased by the city of Turku and operates as a museum.

What a beautiful grand lady of the sea. And what a gorgeous painting by Håkan Sjöström.

Thanks Anne. You made my day!