The Par Avion Postcard Blog

Hi everyone.         As you may have noticed, I haven't really posted any cards for a long while.  Between work and needing to take ...

GB-771224 Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh I got this card a while ago, but figured that toda...

Warszawa - Saxon Palace / Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Today I return to the Warsaw Uprising.  I started talking about it this year ...

Torun, Poland This card features The Leaning Tower, The Old City Town Hall, The Raftsman's Fountain, and the Panorama of the ci...

Warszawa Centrum Various images of buildings showing damage from the Warsaw Uprising.  From left to right on the top: Swietokrzyska...

Warszawa - Zamek Krolewski The Royal Castle of Warsaw.  Originally constructed from 1598 through 1619, the Royal Palace or Zamek , ...

Warszawa - Archcathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist. Located in the heart of Old Town, the Cathedral of Saint John was heav...

Warszawa - Rynek Starego Miasta Warsaw, Old Town Marketplace Today marks the 73rd anniversary of the beginning of the Warsaw Up...

One of seventeen bedrooms of the Palacio de los Chaves Mendoza has a terrace that gives a view of the rose garden and the medieval town...

Painted ceilings and walls, trompe l'oeil niches, and sculpted accessories in the dining room add to the surrealistic look of an ap...