United Kingdom

Wales

This direct swap card from my Welsh friend Bryony is of Clytha Hill, near Abergaenny, Wales.  I love the beautiful purple color of the plants on the hillside!

Russia

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Tyumen, Russia.

This card depcits a street in the early 20th century of Tyumen, Russia's first outpost in Siberia, established in 1586.

Olga, the send, is also one of the few people to mention that my postcrossing user name (tediousandbrief) is a reference to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Merry and tragical! tedious and brief! 

   That is, hot ice and wondrous strange snow. 

    How shall we find the concord of this discord? 

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream 

- Act V, Scene 1, lines 58-60

Czech Republic

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Vranov nad Dyjí

This card shows the castle of Vranov nad Dyjí

Russia

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A card celebrating the 400th year Romonov Dynasty of Russia.  Photographed is Tsar Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, his wife, and their five children ( Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei).  

This would mean that the photo was from around 1913.  The entire family was brutally murdered by Bolshevik forces on July 17, 1918 near Yekaterinburg.  

Russia

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Russian Letter B

This postcard features a drawn letter "B" from the alphabet.  The card is one of only two postcards that user timmmi has sent from Postcrossing.

Taiwan

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Fun Taiwan

This card of Taiwan includes on the back how to write my first name, "Chicago," the word "cat," and the statement "Failure is the mother of success" in Chinese on the back!

Poland

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Gliwice

This card shows various parts of the city Gliwice located in southern Poland.

Estonia

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Kotowice

This card of Katowice, Poland was sent from Estonia.  

Estonia

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Gorlice

This card of Gorlice, Poland in southern Poland was sent from Estonia.

Estonia

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Husky Dog Safari

This card from Estonia is one of three cards that this user sent me!