Faroe Islands

Foroyar.: FAROE ISLANDS:

A nice surprise recently arrived ..A PIF-RAS card from a fellow card member ..Thank you so much Rosmarie for remembering me by sending this hard to get card...Posted also from origin and postmarked so...great thank you. another "Flags of the World" for my collection..
Posted Foroyar : Faroe Islands .07 May : Arrived Sydney 22 May : Traveled 15 days.

Greetings from the Faroe Islands :
THE FAROE ISLANDS :  cover an area of  1,399 KM2.
POPULATION of The Faroes' is 49,188
CAPITAL CITY : of the Faroe's is Torshavn
UNIQUE ; is the Cap Enniberg :and is the highest cliff worldwide (754 mtrs )that comes absolutely vertical at a right angle out of the sea,
SPECIAL BREEDS :to The Faroes are : The Faroe pony ,The Faroe cow, The Faroe sheep,and Faroe goose and duck.
FAMOUS.: The Island of Sheep.: The origin name comes from the Danish word (foer ) and is an old Norse word for sheep (oerne) = plural of Island.
FOOD.: Skerpikjot.:the most popular treat..well aged wind dried mutton.
HISTORY : Logting.The oldest parliament in Europe and goes back to the year 900.
ARCHAEOLOGY :The first human evidence between 400-600 Archaeology finds suggest settlements earlier than the viking arrivals in the 9th century.
FAROE ISLANDS: has been a self governing country since 1948 within the country of Denmark.

Vietnam

Le Van Sy...VIETNAM.:

What a lovely colourful and busy card from my lovely Friend Trang..Thank you so much Trang for this lovely card showing this riverside market in Vinh Long  I just love all the conical hats...so practical..and I also loved these markets when I was traveling through Vietnam..always so busy !!
Posted le Van Sy :16 May : Arrived Sydney : 24 May: Traveled 8 days  (fast ) Thank you dear Trang..

United States of America.

San Antonio  Texas  U.S.A.

Thanks Staff for remembering me on your latest trip down in southern Texas...This card show The Alamo.. historical site in San Antonio Texas..San Antonio has a population of over 1 million inhabitants is big in every way with many varied Cultural , Historical.and entertaining attractions..and sees over 20 million visitors every year..
Posted San Antonio.:07 May : Arrived Sydney :21 May: Traveled 14 days..

United States of America

Houston .Texas.U.S.A.

Another great swap from my friend Arnold.Thank you for this mame..The card shows The Giant Pacific Octopus. (octopus deleini.).. These Giant octopus live in the rocky reefs and caves on The north Pacific coast and feed on crustaceans and fish...Thanks again Arnold also for the great stamps..
Posted Houston 04 May : Arrived Sydney 21 My : Traveled 17 days

Indonesia

Bali.: INDONESIA.:

A surprise card from a fellow Post card club member...and what a lovely card it is..Thank you so much Wency for thinking of me...This card shows The Gunung Kawi Temple that is set in a ravine in Bali..thanks again ...Terima kasih Wency.
Posted Bali 23 April : Arrived Sydney 17 May.: Traveled 25 days..

United States of America

Houston Texas...USA

 Thanks Staff for remembering me from this stop off on your way to San Antonio...apparently this is the largest gas Station just outside Houston in The USA and has 120 gas pumps...wow...must be an army working there..Thanx mate.!
Posted  San Antonio....07 May : Arrived Sydney 17 May.: Traveled 10 days..

New Zealand

Auckland .  NEW ZEALAND

 Thank you Susan for this lovely card showing mount Tongariro and the lovely Tongariro National Park...This is a popular walk known as the Tongariro Crossing...part of 28 Unesco area sites located here..Thank you again Susan for this PIF card #21..also thanks for the lovely stamp
Posted 06 May.: Arrived Sydney 17 May Traveled 11 days.

Faroe Islands

Torshavn,: FAROE ISLANDS.:

Thank you so much Rosmarie for organising this swap for me a very difficult card from this location...Thanks again..This is a Greetings from card from the Faroe Islands giving all the Islands relative information..
Posted Torshavn :15 March : Arrived Sydney 14 May. Traveled 72 days...Thank you Rosmarie.

GREETINGS FROM THE FAROE ISLANDS.:
FAROE ISLANDS : Covers an area of some 1,399 KM2
POPULATION: of The Faroes is 50 ,322 inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY :is Torshavn.
NATIONAL BIRD of The Faroe Islands is the Oyster catcher.
LOCATION.: The Faroe islands lie northwest of Scotland and halfway between Iceland  and Norway.and consists of 18 individual Islands.
EARLIEST SETTLERS.: The Irish hermit Monks are now thought to be the earliest settlers on the Faroe Island and they arrived in the sixth Century bringing with them sheep as well as the very early Irish language.
BIRDS.: A total of 305 bird species have been recorded in The Faroe Island as of January 1st 2012of these around 50 different species breed regularly o the Islands and another 60 are regular visitors.
WEATHER,:The weather here is so shifty that there is a local saying: if you don't like the weather just wait five minutes.!!
FISHING.: is the islands single most important industry providing more than 97% of the export industry.
FAMOUS PEOPLE : of the Faroes are : William Heinesen , Gunnar Neilsen , Neils Ryberg Finsen
POST CROSSING : There are only 11 Postcrossing members on the Faroe Islands.

Belarus.

Minsk.: BELARUS.:

I thought that this card would never arrive..and I really had given up on it...a swap with a good friend in Belarus..This is another Icon card for the collection and shows the Icons of Belarus..Thank you so much Alena for this...it has taken this card 165 days to arrive here from Minsk.!!!! wow..
Posted Minsk 23 November :Arrived 14 May.Traveled 165 days...

New Caledonia

Lifou Island.  NEW CALEDONIA.:

Another lovely colourful card ..this one fro the Island of Lifou in New Caledonia in The Loyalty Islands group...Thanks Heather for this lovely card...The card shows the map of The Loyalty Islands group..
Posted LIFOU.: 19 April: Arrived Sydney : 09 May .: Traveled 21 days...thanks Heather..

Basil

BRASIL

Chapadra : BRASIL.:

What a lovely colourful card ..a real surprise as it was quite a long time I forgot about the swap...Thank you so much Genesio for sending this card..I am worried now if you have received my card...This is a really colouful card showing this woman in her National dress... isn't it nice..Abrigado Genesio
.Posted Chapadra : 28 March : Arrived Sydney 09 May: Traveled 42 days..

United States of America

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

Another great surprise card arrived today...Thanks Arnold...you know I collect the Chinese New Year cards and stamps..This the 'Year of the Dog " and this is a really nice card to celebrate this new year...from the United States of America....nice stamps...thank you for remembering me mate..
Posted April 15 : Arrived Sydney 08 May.: Traveled 24 days..

Argentina

San Carlos de Bariloche.: ARGENTINA.:

What a lovely card that brings back memories of my visit to this beautiful area some time ago...Really one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited..Thank you dear Carol for thinking of me with this lovely card on your recent visit to Bariloche...what a great scenic trip across the lake Nahuel Huapi ..back to Chile it is...Muchas  Gacias ..Carol..hugs for you also...
Posted Chile 05 April : Arrived Sydney 08 May.: Traveled 34 days..

Italy

Medrisio. :ITALY..

A surprise card from a new friend a fellow card blogger from Italy..Thank you Marco for this kind card ...also the special stamps from the EXPO Milano 2015.  Grazie  .thank you
Posted Medrisio 25 March.:  Arrived Sydney :05 April : Traveled 11 days ..

Puerto Rico.

San Juan .: PUERTO RICO.:  USA.

Thank you Arnold for the Greetings from Puerto Rico card..I was wondering how I would get one of these...and another for my collection now of GF cards..
Posted San Juan.;13 April : Arrived Sydney :27 April.: Traveled 14 days...Thanks mate.

GREETINGS FROM PUERTO RICO.

PUERTO RICO:  covers an area od some 9,104KM2.
CAPITAL CITY: of Puerto Rico is San Juan .
POPULATION: of Pueurto Rico is 3,411,307
COFFEE.:  Puerto Rico produces some of the best coffee in the world .There are 10,000 + coffee farms producing more than 20 million pounds of coffee annually
RADIO TELESCOPE:..The Arecibo Radio Telescope which is the largest Radio Telescope in the world is situated in Puerto Rico. and is used to observe asteroids in space.
NATIONAL ANIMAL:  in Puerto Rico is the "Coqui Frog."
FROGS.:  Coqui Frogs This inch long amphibian has a very powerful and melodic voice its high pitched chirpy song can be heard for miles and they sing from dusk to dawn.
HISTORY : The Island was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493 one year after he discovered the Americas.He named it San Juan Bautista after John the Baptist.
BEACHES: Puerto Rico has several blue sandy beaches.and the sand appears blue due to its high content of iron.
FAMOUS PUERTO RICAN'S: Benicio Del Toro, Ricky Martin ,Miguel Pinaro , Monica Puig
POSTCROSSING.:There are over 170 Postcrossers in Puerto Rico.

United States of America

Nashville TN.USA.

Thank you so much Mel & Boyd...you know I love trains and Railway Stations,This is another of the beautiful old Train Stations throughout The USA that dont see a lot of use any more...such wonderful old building many that I admired as I traveled all over the USA by rail...sad to see a lot of them now. Thanks again Mel trust your trip to Nashville was good and you didn't have to have too many cocktails waiting for the rain to stop...Thanks again for this lovely card..also great stamps..
Posted Nashville 23 April : Arrived Sydney 01 May : Traveled 9 days...

China

Guangzhou.: CHINA.:

Thank you Lizzie for this PIF #52 card from Guangzhou...a nice card and I love waterfalls..and yes I would love to visit Guangzhou and taste the many foods you speak of..Thank you..Xie Xie.for this card.
Oosted Guangzhou,: 06 April : arrived Sydney 01 May: Traveled 26 days.

Australia

Glasgow.: SCOTLAND.

Thank you Doyel for this card...a Wow card from Scotland in return for posting one back...have done that for you Doyel so you will have another for your collection..card shows some Australian facts..
Posted Glasgow.:20 mApril.: Arrived Sydney 01 May.: Traveled 11 days...

United States of America

Omaha NE..USA.

What an adorable card.. these are amongst my favourite animals and can watch them for hours.Thank you so much Deirdre for thinking of me with this card from your recent visit..also great stamps.

Kosovo.

 Prizren.:KOSOVO.

 A surprise after so long my card has arrived from Kosovo..Thank you so much Amy I have been looking forward to receiving this card ..another for the "icon" collection.
Posted Prizren. Kosovo.: 11 March : Arrived Sydney 02 May : Traveled 52 days..