Montevideo, Uruguay

I was really excited to receive this card, since it's my first one from Uruguay and I'd say, a probably more rarer one to get. I thought this time I'd also add a few interesting facts I found about this country. Montevideo, is the capital city of Uruguay and 1.7 million people live there and its metropolitan area, out of the 3.46 million for the whole country. An estimated 94.6% of the population are mostly of European descent. Uruguay is the second smallest country in South America.
The card shows the Buceo Port, which is the Diving Port. It was named after the divers who were looking for a shipwreck treasure in the area in 1752. The sports port was inaugurated in 1939.




This card is from a Round Robin. Thank you so much to Atali, who sent me this great addition to my collection.



Also a very interesting stamp which was located on the buttom right of the card, instead of the usual top right.

PORTUGUESE POSTCROSSING MEETING

Today I received this great card from Martinha of Portugal. She went to the postcrosser's meeting last week-end in Coimbra and sent me this card from there. Wow, it's my first one from an actual postcrossing get-to-gether and with all the signatures of those who attended. I think that is really special and I thought it'd be the perfect one to post here today for PFF. Coimbra is a beautiful city and pictured here is the Portagen Square. I can just imagine Marta sitting in that very spot!
Thank you so much Marta. It was a wonderful surprise and made me very happy!




Aren't they sweet?

Since Marta also knows my love for bears, she included this mother and baby bear for me. This is Tuli, a 5 year old bear with his Mom, they live in the Lisbon Zoo. Aren't they just adorable! I love them! Thanks Marta for thinking of me, when you saw the card and sending it.:)

Pretty Map Cards

Just recently I received these two great map cards from a Round Robin.

This first one is from Germany of the 'Romantisches Maintal' meaning the romantic Main valley. It shows all the the towns along the river Main. Germany is a really beautiful country and looking at this card and each picture of the towns, it does look quite romantic and it sure would be fun to visit some of these quaint towns and just walk around and sit in a cafe and relax and enjoy the atmosphere and historical surroundings.

This one was sent by xtlera. Danke schoen!

Also some really nice stamps. I especially like the one on the left.

This one is of Lithuania showing all the different towns and places to visit in that country. I like the map cards, because you can actually get more of a feel to where the different towns are located in a country and you don't need an atlas or google it, to figure it out.

Misfortune sent me this great card. Thank you!

Also a really cool stamp. Seeing all these beautiful and different stamps makes me want to maybe start collecting them too, even though I have 'zero' knowledge of stamps as you can tell.

Plus I wouldn't want to damage the cards trying to remove them.

I found that I can keep them in an album where I can see both sides of the cards though, so I can enjoy the picture on the card, the stamp and also the message written by the sender, which is quite special too.

Yeah, more bears!

I received 2 more bear cards this week to add to my collection. I just love them! They are so great.





This little bear cub is an official from Michigan, that I received just today and this little cutie is absolutely adorable. An 8 year old boy sent this one to me. Thanks so much Colton!





Here is our new stamp for sending postcards within the US. Love that one, I wonder why? LOL

These 2 bears look like they're having a little dispute there. Maybe over some fish, or a female? Got this great card in a tag from Andre in Germany. Vielen Dank Andre fuer die tolle Karte!

Cool stamp too. Looks like from some kind of fairytale maybe.

Private Swaps from the Ukraine and South Korea

This week I received these 2 incredible cards. They are just wonderful and so are the 2 ladies that sent them to me. Thank you so much girls.


Ukraine

This one is of Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine. This is the main square after the reconstruction in 2002. The Orange Revolution took place here. It's one of the most famous touristic sights and a definite must-see, if ever one goes to the Ukraine.

Also, some really cool stamps.

South Korea

This is an absolutely beautiful card of Changdeokgung. It's one of the 5 main palaces in South Korea. 'Gung' means palace in Korean. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1997.

The card says:

Aeryeonjeong was built in 1692 (Sukjong 18th year).

'A lotus flower is in the dirty place but it never change, being high, never lean, having a firm purpose, bright and clean, having virtue of wise man, so I love a lotus that I made a name of new arbor' they revealed.

Love those colorful stamps and the little drawing on the left:)

US City Skylines

I love the city skylines and at night with all the lights, they're just breathtaking.

I received all these cards from different Round Robins that I've joined. Thank you all for the great cards!


This is Chicago, Illinois. It's quite easy to recognize with the Sears Tower.




Chicago, the windy city!


Atlanta, Georgia. I've been to Atlanta, but unfortunately didn't get to see any of the city, just changing planes there at the airport.

Here is an older view of New York City. Absolutely love NYC. I spent a few days there in Manhattan, and it was awesome. Sightseeing, shopping, going to a Yankees game and of course a broadway musical. It was a great time and I hope to go back some day again.

Dallas, Texas.

Legend Of The Teddy Bear

Since I love bears and teddy bears and bears on anything, I thought I'd post this card. I found this card a few weeks ago here and of course had to get it. It tells all about the legend of the Teddy bear.