Eleven more!

This adorable postcard is from Alaska!

This is from a woman in Alaska who did a direct swap with me...she had already sent some great postcards, but saw this one and sent it to us too!  I love the bear cubs smile as it rests on this log...it's mom watches for fish in a nearby stream!!  Too cute!

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This next card is from India!

It's Mumbai, the most populous city in India.  It was formally know as Bombay.  It is also the 2nd most populous city in the world with a population of 14 million!

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 The next card is from Uruguay!

The picture is of Solis Theatre in Montevideo.  It is the most important and ancient theatre in Montevideo.  It was inaugurated in 1856 with the opera "Ernani" by Guiseppe Verdi.

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This one is from Trinidad & Tobago!

It shows The Abbey on Mt. St. Benedict in Trinidad.

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Next up, Macao!

The picture shows Mount Fortress, built in

1617-26 during the heydays of Dutch-Portuguese conflict for supremacy in the South China Sea.

It has been declared UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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The next postcard is from Russia!

Metro Station in Moscow.  The Metro line spans almost the entire Russian capital, is the world's second most heavily used metro system after the Tokyo's twin subway. Opened in 1935, it is well known for the ornate design of many of its stations, which contain outstanding examples of socialist realist art.

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Next stop.....France!

From Paris, France, L'Arc de Triomphe....The triumphal arch honors those who fought for France, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. On the inside and the top of the arc there are all of the names of generals and wars fought. Underneath is the tomb of the unknown soldier from World War I.

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Our next postcard comes from Finland!

This rabbit is white, because it is winter!  In summer it turns brown!

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This one is a special card for Jack from his friend Ludovic in Switzerland!

Jack and Ludovic have excanged a couple of cards...he's a little boy who is doing postcrossing with his dad!

I love the steam trains, and think it's pretty neat that there are sunflowers on the front! :)

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A very pretty scenic card from Russia!

Lake Baikal is the deepest freshwater lake in the world. 

It's beautiful with the mountains in the background! 

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Last up for today, a postcard from Suriname!

It's an aerial view of Paramaribo, the capital city of The Republic of Suriname!

 

Ten more!

In the last couple of days we have received ten more postcards!! This is so exciting, I don't think a day has gone by where at least one postcard wasn't in our mailbox!

First up....Switzerland!

This is from a young boy name Ludovic...

Like Jack and I, this little guy is collecting postcards from all over the world with his dad!  This picture is Delemont City in the french talking part of Switzerland!

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This card is from Algeria...it's a mapcard, showing northern Algeria and the main riches of each location!

The woman who sent it loves the Fennec Fox...it's so cute with it's huge ears!!  See him in the area labeled Laghouat??  I like him too!

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The next postcard is from China, and it shows Chongqing, in the central business district.  The young lady who sent it is a high school student and lives in Chongqing.  The postcard also says Happy New Year in the upper right hand corner!

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Our next postcard came from Belize....it's from a Taiwanese young man who is volunteering for the Belize government!  It's a picture of Belize City, former capital and home to a fascinating blend of cultures.

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Next up, Germany!  It's got many pictures from the country, with a picture right in the middle of one of the most famous castles there, Castle Neurchwanstein!  It's beautiful!

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The next 2 are from Tasmania!  The first one shows the Tasmanian Brush Tail Possum...the woman who sent it said she has about seven of them living underneath her house!  They are nocturnal, so they have a habit of having races on her deck in the middle of the night!

The other one has a mom and joey Wallaby!  The picture was taken at a park near where she lives!

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Our next card is from India. It shows a tea plantation in Munnar Hills, Kerala.

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Another one from China, this one shows Yellow Mountain.  It says there is a 'rock monkey' gazing at a sea of clouds....I think I can see it over on the left, but I'm not too sure!

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Our only postcard that came today is so cute, it's from Germany...it has a boar on the front, digging his nose in the mud...

it says "lebensqualitat ist eine Geschmacksfrage!"

It means "The quality of life is a matter of taste!"  I think that's very true!

The woman who sent it works at the postoffice and is able to get some really great stamps...one of the three stamps on it is about 3" x 5"!!!  It's a picture of historical race cars, and it's very colorful!  Jack loved the picture of the boar AND the stamps!!