Turkey

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The god of Sun and light of the Persions, made up of 27 stone blocks.  Mount Nemrut, a UNESCO heritage site in Southern Turkey.

Thanks to my friend at The Postcard Blog for sending me this and two other Turkish cards all at once! 

USA - Indiana

As the song goes, "there's more than corn in Indiana..."

There is also wine.

  

Yum.  Wine.

USA - Washington

Seattle 

From Chanele and Val, who both introduced me to Postcrossing in the first place!

USA - Hawaii

Sunset over Hana, Maui, Hawaii

Germany

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What part of Germany is that?  

If you said, "Um...it isn't Germany!" you would be correct.

Another rare non-postcard Postcrossing card, Iguazu Waterfalls, Argentina and Brazil, mailed from Germany.

USA - Washington

CenturyLink Field, home of the Super Bowl Champions Seattle Seahawks

Thanks to Chanele!

Ukraine

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Welcome to Ukraine

The card claims that Chicago and the city Donetsk, Ukraine are "very similar."

Germany

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A cat trying to get a drink out of a faucet.  From Germany.

USA - Missouri

The Old Cathedral, Basilica of St. Louis, King

Behind the church is the famous St. Louis Arch.

Lithuania

Direct swap from Lithuania

Trakai castle, Lithuania

Belarus

Minsk, which I'm told in the card "is a very beautiful city."  It sure looks like it from this card.

Private swap from Antonio and Lora

Austria

Map of Vienna, Austria's subway system (circa 2006), as a postcard.

United Kingdom

A card of Moscow from my friend Michelle.  The card dipicts the Bell-Tower of Ivan the Great, completed in 1600.

Brazil

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Iguassu National Park, Brazil

Austria

Sigmund Freud, from the Freud Museum in Vienna, Austria

USA - Arizona

A vinage postcard of the Quality Inn hotel in Flagstaff, Arizona.  My guess from the clothes and some of the other cards I found this with that this is from the early 1970s.  

The hotel is still around and is still a Quality Inn.  However, the hotel looks a bit different.  The red lettering is now white.  The "cocktail lounge" signage is gone.  The black/grey building outside is now a pale pink and there is a more permanent fence around the poo, as seen in this photo.  

USA - Texas

A Texas cowgirl, from Chanele

USA - Hawaii

Lahina, Hawaii

I bought this card back in 1998 and now actually have it framed to remind me of my time there.

France - Happy Bastille Day

I feel silly writing that this card is of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France...because who wouldn't realize that!  The card is another from my friend Catherine.

And, as today is of course Bastille Day (Le quatorze juillet) in France, hope all who celebrate it have a wonderful day! 

France via Romania

Direct swap with allalright / Ana-Marie from Romania.

The card is of the village of Nonza, Corsica in France, where she'd spend summers with her family.  

Belgium

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Petrus Apianus, Cosmographia, 1540

Russia

Direct Swap

I love subway map cards.  This one is of St. Petersbug, Russia

Poland

A card from Elbląg, Poland from my friend Karolina.  Elbląg is in the north of Poland, near the famous port city of Gdansk.

USA - Colorado

The Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse

According to the card, this was a gift from Tajikistan to the city of Boulder, Colroado.  It looks amazing.

Apparently, if you want to visit it, it is located at 1770 13th Street in Boulder or at www.boulderteahouse.com

Thanks to Chanele and Val!

USA - New York

From the American Museum of Natural History circa 1996.

Amber: Window to the Past.  The small gecko lizard is estimated to be 23-30 million years old and held in Dominican amber.  Apparently an x-ray revealed that the lizards bones are likely intact.  The postcard goes on to explain that the leaf in the amber was "probably [chewed] by a leaf-cutter bee."

Czech Republic

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A pair of kittens, from the Czech Republic

Germany

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Greetings from Bavaria

Germany

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"Little Berlin"

USA - South Carolina

World War II-ear US recruitment poster to join the Women's Army Corps (WAC).

Charleston, South Carolina

Germany

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Bad Driburg

Greece

Direct Swap from Elena in Athens

The Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Canada

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This may actually be my first official card from Canada.  I figured it would be a good card to post on Canada Day!  The card says it is of RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) officers pose with Aboriginal People during the Calgary Stampede in 1924.

Mounties of Canada Day?  If only it also had ice hockey, curling, and Tim Hortons and it would be complete!  

Happy Canada Day!