Showing posts with label Austria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Austria. Show all posts

Wednesday, 25 August 2021

Austria



 AUSTRIA : 
  Thank you Andrea  for this train card  .. as you knnow I love train cards and pics of locomotives .. This card says This is "The Zahradbhan Adensee" in Austria..  Love to ride the old trains whenever I get the opportunity.  This one looks to be  a fun one to ride. .  Thank you Andea for thinking of me and I  will  add it to my train card collection.. Vierlen Danke..

 Posted Austria:23 July : Arrived Sydney 21 August : Traveled 28 days..  

Tuesday, 3 August 2021

Austria



 Vienna : AUSTRIA,: 
 A lovely old card fom Austria showing this horse and carriage   cannot understand the text  .This is a Postcrossing card  Thank you Frederik for this nice card 
Posted vienna 10 July : Arrived Sydney 02 August :Traveled 15,975 kilometers in 23Days.

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Austria.


Vienna AUSTRIA.:

What a colourful multi view card arrived today. with the many thumbnail photographs of the many wonderful scenes to be visited in the beautiful city of Vienna.. Yes ..thank you Inge ..it surely is a lovely city with amazing architecture I am sorry that I did not spend longer there. I see that you are really enjoying your visit.. Thank you so much for  this lovely card from your recent visit there..
Posted Vienna 26 June Arrived Sydney : 09 July : Traveled 14 days.

Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Austria


Vienna : AUSTRIA.:

What a lovely card and a big surprise from a postcard club friend..Thank you so much Marie for this nice card..I love it..and yes ..such a most beautiful city Vienna is..Thanks again my dear for remebering me on your trip..
Posted Vienna 01 June.

Wednesday, 3 January 2018

Austria.


Thank you dear Maria.. so..you have moved from your home in the lovely St Petersburg in Russia. to Vienna in Austria...and congratulations on your marriage.. Thank you for this lovely card from Vienna showing The Imperial Palace and a lovely carriage and horses waiting for the lucky passengers..Thank you for this lovely card.
Posted Vienna Austria,:16 December : Arrived Sydney 28 December : Traveled 12 days...Danke...

Monday, 6 November 2017

Austria


AUSTRIA.:

Thank you Carola for this nice black and white vintage card showing the "Semmering "railway..
Posted Austria. 19 April : Arrived Sydney 07 November : YIKES ..Traveled 202 days..to get here..

Thursday, 31 August 2017

Austria


AUSTRIA.:

 A very happy mailbox this morning with quite a few cards..Thank you Andrea for this kind swap that you have sent me from your Holiday and your trip to Austria....such a lovely place to spend a holiday...Card shows the icons and many memorable ones of Austria.Thank you Andrea..
Posted Austria : 22 August : Arrived Sydney : 01 September : Traveled 10 days.

Sunday, 27 August 2017

Austria

Vienna.: AUSTRIA.:

Thank you Shelley for thinking of me on your travels.. I know this was a while ago and I had not got to add this to the cards from your trip as it got misplaced.. The card shows the beautiful skyline photo of Vienna city..a lovely photograph also..

Sunday, 9 July 2017

Austria


Vienna : AUSTRIA.:
 Thank you Gudrun for this card swap with me ..and takes its place with my other Flags of the World series that I am collection..Vierlen Danke ...also such lovely stamps that you have sent..
Posted Vienna.: 16 June : Arrived Sydney  29 June : Traveled 13 days.

Greetings from AUSTRIA.:  Gruse aus Ostereich.
AUSTRIA covers an area of 83,879 KM2.
POPULATION of Austria is 8,662,588 inhabitants.
 CAPITAL CITY of Austria is Vienna.
LOCATION of Austria is in south western Europe.;
UNIQUE to Austria is The worlds largest emerald 2860 Carats is displayed in the Imperial Treasury of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna.
FLAG : The Austrian flag is one of the oldest flags in the world since 1191 Duke Leopold the V third crusade.
FAMOUS : Schonbrunn Palace The Summer Palace of The Habsburgs has no less than 1,440 rooms.
CEMETERY: Vienna's Central Cemetery has over 2.5 million tombs..more than the living population.
HISTORY : One of Europe's Great Powers 1804-1867 The Austrian Empire :
                                                                     1867-1918 The Austro Hungarian Empire.
HABSBURG MONARCHY : 1521-1918 "MOTTO" Let Justice Be Done though the world perish.


Sunday, 26 March 2017

Austria


Vienna : AUSTRIA.:

I always look forward to receiving any flags in this series of cards.. This was sent by a friend on here travels to Austria from Switzerland.. Thank you Rosmarie.for this...another for my collection..
Posted 13 March : Arrived Sydney 23 March : Traveled 10 days.

AUSTRIA,,Republic of Austria.
AUSTRIA : Covers and Area of 83,879 KM2.
POPULATION of Austria is  8,662588 inhabitants
UNIQUE .: Austria has the world's largest Emerald.2,860 carats and is displayed in The Imperial Treasury of The Holburg Palace in Vienna.
AUSTRIA :has one of the oldest National flags in the world..since 1191 Duke Leopold V The third crusade
 FAMOUS : Austria's Schonbrunn Palace the summer Palace of The Habsburgs hs no less than 1,440 rooms.
Viennas Central Cemetary has over 2.5 million tombs..more than the city's live  population.
HISTORY.: Austria : One of Europe's great powers : 1804 - 1867 Austrian Empire.:
 1867 - 1918  Austro Hungarian Empire.
MONARCHY: The Habsburg Monarchy  1521-1918 Motto was Let Justice be done though  the world perish.


Monday, 5 September 2016

Austria.



Hirtenberg. AUSTRIA:

 I love to receive these PostCrossing meet -up cards.. The one that I received today is from the special meeting in Hirtenberg Austria on May 21st. 2016 and is commemorating the release of the new Austrian Postcrossing stamp. Thank you so much Robin for this nice card and also many thanks to all the Postcrossers that were present to sign this awesome card...Thank you.
Posted  Vienna.:15 August : Arrived Sydney 05 September : Traveled 15,975 KM's in 15 days. Thank you...hugs..

Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Austria.


Vienna:   AUSTRIA :

 A lovely surprise again with another Postcrossing meet up card..This one is from a lovely friend and   a surprise meet up card..Thank you so much for remembering me Cheryl...so kind..This looked like a wonderful place also to have a meet up of fellow Postcrossing members..The meeting was held at the Zoological Park  Vienna in Schonbrunn April 17th 2016.:
Thanks to all who signed and hugs for you Cheryl...I love the card..
Posted Vienna: 18 April 2016 : Arrived Sydney : 28 April : Traveled 10 days..

Friday, 6 November 2015

Austria.


Salzburg :  AUSTRIA.:

What a lovely serene scene is on this card...A lovelymulti-view card of a snow covered Salzburg..Thank you Shelley for this lovely card..A real Christmas scene for your trip through there on your European tour.
 Date visited :23-24 November 2104.: Thank you for thinking of me Shell..

Friday, 18 September 2015

Austria


AUSTRIA.:

A lovely scenic card and a Unesco World Heritage site from Austria showing "Salzkammergut" Thank you so much Christine for this lovely card.. Thank you for thinking of me on your travels..
Posted Austria 07 September  Arrived Sydney 18 September : Traveled 11 days...Thank you Christine..

Friday, 11 September 2015

Austria


AUSTRIA.:

Oh Boy!!! What a great card...it's a shame I cant eat it..!!! Just received this card from Austria showing this marvellous chocolate cake. recipe..and doesn't it look sensational..Thank you so much Anna for this card.Also thank you for attatching these great stamps. Isn't Postcrossing so good..
Posted 03 September 2015: Arrived Sydney 10 September : Traveled 7 days..

Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Austria.

AUSTRIA.

   AUSTRIA.:
This "Greetings From"card is a card that I sent to myself when recently in Vienna..This was posted the day I was leaving and it has take over a month to get here..!!!One from Germany in 9 days...you have to ask yourself.!! What the hell do they do at the Post office!!...not only that.. its a damned machine stamp. I am so pleased that it arrived though as I was thinking that it had gotten lost in its travels.

                                           "Greetings From" AUSTRIA.:
 AREA :Austria covers an area of 838,797 KM2.  Located in western Europe and has a population of 8,504,850 with over 2100  Post crossing members.   CAPITAL CITY is Vienna.
 SPORTS : Winter sports are the most popular with Alpine skiing being the most popular along with snow boarding and ski jumping.     Austrians drink on average 162 litres of coffee per year.
The first souvenir" picture postcard" was sent from Vienna in 1871. I wonder how long it too to reach its destination !!!
 MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY : The highest mountain in Austria is Gross Glockner at 3798 Mtrs. Two thirds of the country sits over 500 Mtrs above sea level.
FAMOUS AUSTRIANS  include : Sigmund Freud , Gustav Klimt , Ferdinand Porsche ,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
 ZOO :The Oldest Zoological Garden in the world is The Tiergarten Schonbrunn in Vienna founded in 1752.:
The sewing machine was invented in 1818 by Josef  Madersperger.

Tuesday, 12 August 2014

Austria.


Austria :
 Seems like everyone keeps telling me that there are no Kangaroos in Austria..This is another of these cards that I have received..Thanks Peter.02 July 2014.

Friday, 25 July 2014

Austria




Vienna : Austria.                          "United Nations Postal Administration"
 Thank you Chris for this card.showing the United Nations buildings Vienna  Austria, .and also the magnificent stamps ..I love it..!!
Posted at United Nations Vienna 17 July 2014: Received Sydney 23 July 2014 :  Traveled 6 days.

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Austria


Austria  :
  A fun card from Austria with many lovely stamps..thank you  Posted 25 June 2006

Monday, 14 July 2014

Austria



 Austria  Vienna :                                Vienna Subway Map.
  This is a really great card depicting the map of the Vienna Metro...I really like these Metro maps.. This map shows the Metro ( U- Bahn ) and the Suburban Railway  S- Bahn  ) system.love the stamps.
 Thank you so much for this card Claudia.. Posted 03 August  2012.. Danke...  Postcrossing

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