Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England and is one of only eight members of the English Core Cities Group.

Whilst the City of Nottingham unitary authority has a historically tightly drawn boundary which accounts for its relatively small population of 288,700, the wider Nottingham Urban Area has a population of 667,000 and is the seventh-largest urban area in the United Kingdom, ranking between those of Liverpool and Sheffield.[2]

Nottingham is famed for its links with the Robin Hood legend and, during the Industrial Revolution, obtained worldwide recognition for its lace-making industry. It was granted its city charter as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria in 1897 and has since been officially titled the City of Nottingham

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Istana Nurul Iman - Brunei
The Istana Nurul Iman palace is the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah. The palace is located on a leafy, riverside sprawl of hills on the banks of the Brunei River directly south of Brunei's capital, Bandar Seri Begawan, no more than a few miles outside the city center. Its name is taken from Arabic, meaning Palace of the Light of Faith. It is the largest residential palace in the world and the world's largest residence of any type. It was designed by Leandro V. Locsin, the National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture, and built by the Filipino firm, Ayala International.

Map card Germany

Upper Middle Rhine Valley
The 65km-stretch of the Middle Rhine Valley, with its castles, historic towns and vineyards, graphically illustrates the long history of human involvement with a dramatic and varied natural landscape. It is intimately associated with history and legend and for centuries has exercised a powerful influence on writers, artists and composers.

Duck in danger

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Kenting National Park is a national park located in the Hengchun Peninsular of Pingtung County, Taiwan, covering Hengchun, Checheng and Manjhou Townships. Established on January 1, 1984, it is Taiwan's oldest and southernmost national park, covering the southernmost area of the Taiwan island. Administered by the Executive Yuan's Ministry of the Interior, this national park is well-known for its tropical climate and sunshine, scenic mountain and beach, the Spring Scream rock-band festival held in every March, and has long been one of the most favorite resort places in Taiwan.

Illustrated card from China

Triglav National Park is a national park located in Slovenia. It was named after mount Triglav, a national symbol of Slovenia.

Triglav is situated almost in the middle of the national park. From it the valleys spread out radially, supplying water to two large river systems having their sources in the Julian Alps: the Soča and the Sava, flowing to the Adriatic and Black Sea, respectively.

Prague - The Vltava River - The Lesser Town - The Prague Castle

Spring Play by Kaarina Kaila

Puerto Rico - The biggest and best and most easily accessible system is The Rio Camuy Cave Park near Lares, which was discovered in 1958. Operated by the Administracion de Terrenos, the extensive system of passageways has been mapped for 7 miles, although not yet all of it is open to the public. The capacity is 1,500 visitors per day.


Pantanal Matogrossense- The Pantanal Conservation Complex consists of a cluster of four protected areas with a total area of 187,818 ha. Located in western central Brazil at the south-west corner of the State of Mato Grosso, the site represents 1.3% of Brazil's Pantanal region, one of the world's largest freshwater wetland ecosystems. The headwaters of the region's two major river systems, the Cuiabá and the Paraguay rivers, are located here, and the abundance and diversity of its vegetation and animal life are spectacular.

Iguaçu National Park - The park shares with Iguazú National Park in Argentina one of the world’s largest and most impressive waterfalls, extending over some 2,700 m. It is home to many rare and endangered species of flora and fauna, among them the giant otter and the giant anteater. The clouds of spray produced by the waterfall are conducive to the growth of lush vegetation.

The Pettson and Findus

Finland, Cloud Berry
The Cricket and the mole.Janosch (real name Horst Eckert) (born March 11, 1931) is one of the best-known German artists and children's book authors. He was born in Hindenburg (now Zabrze, Poland) in Upper Silesia. He told in interview that he is Silesian and it is his nationality

Vietnam, Hoi-An. Hội An is a small city on the coast of the South China Sea in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is located in Quảng Nam province and is home to approximately 120,000 inhabitants.

In 1999, the old town was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO as a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15th to 19th centuries, with buildings that display a unique blend of local and foreign influences.Hội An is a small city on the coast of the South China Sea in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is located in Quảng Nam province and is home to approximately 120,000 inhabitants.

In 1999, the old town was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO as a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15th to 19th centuries, with buildings that display a unique blend of local and foreign influences.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

China. The Yungang Grottoes are ancient Buddhist temple grottoes near the city of Datong in the Chinese province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient sculptural sites of China. The others are Longmen and Mogao.

The site is located about 16 km south-west of the city, in the valley of the Shi Li river at the base of the Wuzhou Shan mountains. The grottoes were mainly constructed in the period between 460-525 AD during the Northern Wei dynasty. They are an outstanding example of the Chinese stone carvings from the 5th and 6th centuries. All together the site is composed of 252 grottoes with more than 51,000 Buddha statues and statuettes. In 2001, the Yungang Grottoes were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site The Yungang Grottoes is considered by UNESCO a "masterpiece of early Chinese Buddhist cave art represent the successful fusion of Buddhist religious symbolic art from south and central Asia with Chinese cultural traditions, starting in the 5th century CE under Imperial auspices.

Received a lot of cards today! First Finland:
The Netherlands

Italy

Germany

Zweden

Portugal

Finland and Germany

Skyline of Frankfurt

Helsinki in Finland

More cards and tea!

I received five cards today! The first one is from a Round Robins on the forum with Tea. I received tea and a card from Turkey! I really really like this! I love to drink tea and this is a great way to taste tea from all over the world from you very own couch!

This card I won in a lottery! It´s from Finland and I think it is great.

This card is also from the forum, a black and white tag.

And two official postcrossing postcards. The first one is from Canada and the second one from the USA! Both very nice!

Israel and Finland

I received two more cards today. This is so much fun! The first one is from Isreal, Jeruzalem.

The second one is again from Finland, but also very beautiful!

Two new cards

Today after I came home I found two cards! The first one is from Japan, this cards shows the Himeji Castle, this castle is in Hyogo prefecture. This castle is world heritage. I received this card with the Europe-Asia Tag.

This card is an official postcrossing card FI-592233. So it is from Finland. It is a card of the sauna's in Finland. You take a bunch of birch twigs into the sauna and gently beat yourself. It emits a nice smell. Back in the old days it was to believed to have healing powers.

Ou jee! Fiilis vain paranee!!!

Today I received my very first postcard from postcrossing. It is from a 17 year old girl from Finland! Wow this is so much fun! Ow and if anyone can tell me what the text on the cards means, please let me know!

I know that the text means "Oh yeah! The feeling just keeps getting better!".