събота, 4 октомври 2008 г.

A private swap from Maribor, the 2nd biggest city in Slovenia



There are two churches, the one on the middle left - from 14th century, the old part of the city and the main square.

The main post office square in Sao Paulo



My second card from Sao Paulo. I like the stamps! Also this is the first thing connected to postoffices I receive :) I like very much the drawing also.

Constanca also has a blog about her postcards - http://postaisdecaes.blogspot.com
You can see from her blog she is fond of dogs - she has postcards with dogs from everywhere, some of them very cute :). My friend Desi will be very happy when she see the blog - she is fond of dogs too :)

петък, 3 октомври 2008 г.

Monte Carlo


The harbour

Nice view from Monte Carlo


Pleаse, don't think I have postcards only from Malta! ;)

четвъртък, 2 октомври 2008 г.

My last postcard from Malta - a multiview card Prehistoric Temples of Malta and Gozoo











The temples are:
1. Hagar Qim
2. Hagar Qim again - closer look
3. Mnajdra
4. Mnajdra again
5. Tarxien
6. Tarxien
7. Ggantija (in Gozo)

The prehistoric relics on the back cover are (from the top left - clockwise:
1. Ensemble of figurines from the Xaghra Stone Circle
2. Block from the Tarxien Temples
3. Statue of the "Sleeping Lady"
4. Fossil rcovered from Ghar Dalam
5. The Venus of Malta
6. The freestanding statue of a deity

The Maltese islands


An old handcarved stone balcony in Mdina.

The Azzure Window ot Qawra

Gozo island.

Crucifix


This is the monumental crucifix of Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio.

Memorial tablet from St. John's Cathedral


Memorial tablet of Baron Fra Wolfgang Philip von Guttenberg, Bailiff of Brandenburg. Fra means "brother". The bigger part of the floor of the cathedral is covered with these tablets with various pictures linked to death from manu different kind of stones - the tombstones of the knights of the Maltese Order.

FUMUS, HUMUS, SUMUS ET CINIS EST NOSTRA ULTIMA FINIS - the inscription
И don't know latin but this means something like "smoke, earth,(I haven't an idea wath could mean sumus) and ash is our final end". If somebody knows the words plese, help me with translation :)

St. John's cathedral


Here are some vault paintings from the cathedral by Mattia Preti (1613-1699)- the Knight of Calabria.

St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valetta


This is a view of the choir and internal East facade of St. John's with the twin organs. There are a lot of original works of Caravaggio in the oratory of the cathedral. It's quite impressing to see them :)

вторник, 30 септември 2008 г.

понеделник, 29 септември 2008 г.

The big EYE


This is one of my favorites add cards and is about Greece  www.visitgreece.gr. I couldn't find the site in fact, but I found some videos in YouTube. EXPLORE your senses!

Last postcard for today - Argentina





I forgot I have aranged a private swap with a girl from Argentina, it was so long ago! But in this way the surprise was full :) I even aranged private swap with anouther girl from Argentina (which I'm happy I've done because I'll have two cards from Argentina this way and I'm expecting the othe one with a lot of impatience!) I like the picture so much and especialy I'm happy that there is an explanation on its back about each picture . 

So these are the places (in order of appearence):

1. Hotel Llao Llao - Bariloche - Rio Negro
2. Mar del Plata - Buenos Aires Province
3. A field with sunflawers in la Pampa 
4. Bandera Rosario's monument - Santa Fe
5. Iguazu Waterfalls - Misiones
6. Perito Moreno glacier- Santa Cruz
7. Los Cardones National Park- Salta
8. Ushuaia - Tierra del Fuego (The land of fire - I'm not exactly sure how is the name in english)
9. El Palmar National Park- Entre Rios

The girl is from Trelew, so I'll check Trelew in the map.

A unique card from Singapore


The picture is wanderfull and I like also the little pictures on the back and the stamp. I'm always happy about different cards and new things :)