Russia - 4 february 2012

That day I got a second postcard, too, this time from Russia. It's showing the river Vologda and the Kremlin's square.

On the card was the following little poem:

Dame Trot and her cat
sat down for a chat;
The dame sat down on this side
and puss sat down on that.
Puss, says the Dame,
can you catch a rat
or mouse in the dark
Purr, says the cat.

Russia - 11 january 2012

As I love rubber ducks, I was very happy to receive this card from Russia, as well as the stamps on it! I think the hare was new to me...

Russia - 4 august 2011

This card is called ' The Three Princesses of the Underground Kingdom', painted by Victor Vasnetsov 1879-1881. It's being showed in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. It's a really cool card. Quite mysterious.

The stamps are showing a fox, the Kreml and an apparently famous russian person, but I must admit that I don't recognize him at all. Some help here?

Russia - 6 june 2011

This card is showing the Borodinsky bridge in Moscow, Russia. I have never been to Russia, so I can't tell if the architechture is typical for this country. Maybe somebody here knows?

I really enjoyed the stamps, too, The first one is showing a boy readin a book, the second one is some kind of church, I'd guess. My Russian is too rusty to identify it all. :)

Russia - 14 may 2011

This awesome Disney card arrived from Moscow, Russia. Isn't it awesome? I really enjoyed it, as I totally love Disney (and the Snow White movie, as a matter of fact). It was printed in 1998, but you can apparently still buy it there.

It travelled 26 days. The stamps weren't taht bad, either. The Kreml-one I already new, but the tiger was one I haven't seen before, probably as it was printed 2005 if I got it right.

Russia - 18th of april 2011

I know, I know, it's been way too long for me to blog but I seriously hadn't got the time. As I received this wonderful postcrossing card from Tomsk today, I couldn't keep it to myself (not that I received any nice mail at all the past weeks, just bills. -.- ).




It is showing a Russian-German culture centre that used to be the house of a merchant in the city of Tomsk.

Plus the stamps are lovely!

Russia - 13th of december 2010

Today I found this lovely card from St. Petersburg, Russia in my mail. It came along with a beautiful quote by Aleksandr Pushkin.

"The snow below the bluish skies,

Like a majestic carpet lies,

And in the light of day it shimmers.

The woods are dusky. Through the frost

The greenish fir-trees are exposed;

And under ice, a river glitters."

- A. Pushkin

I also enjoyed the stamps! They are showing a viaduct and the river 'Matsesta', I think. My Russian has become a bit rusty, I fear.

USA / Turkey / Russia - 4th of april 2010

The first of the three cards came from the USA, showing Crater Lake National Park. It must be such a beautiful place!



(I just realised I cut off half the card when scanning it. Oops. Well, you know what it looks like now anyway. The stamps is quite familiar, though. ;)




The card from Izmir is a picture that is a bit older but that's why it's even more lovely! It's showing tren station there. Unfortunately I can't say at which time. And sorry for the messed up scan. Somehow the scanner didn't want to!



On the stamp you can see Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.



The third card came from Russia, showing a typical Russian tree - the birch. The postcrosser also wrote a poem of A. Pushkin on the card for me. It was one about love.



And I have to say that I love those stamps. They are showing Moscow's and Astrachan's Kreml.

Russia - 26th of august 2010

I came home late yesterday and then I found this nice card from Russia. It shows the Ivan the Great Belfry and Belltower in Moscow according to the card.



And look at those cool stamps!