France

Le Bonhomme : ALSACE .: FRANCE:

This is really a lovely scene of a small village in Alsace region of France.. Card shows the Village calle Le Bonhomme ( meaning the fellow ) and Bonhomme de Neige is a ( snowman ). What a lovely winter scene.
Thank you so much Jodie..for this card and your kind wishes..also for finding the recent released postage stamp of the " Worldwide Climate Conference"  in Paris. Merci beaucoup..
Posted Munster : 11 December 2015: Arrived Sydney 17 December : Traveled 6 fast days..thank you Jodie.

Vietnam.

CAN THO  VIETNAM

Saigon:  VIETNAM.:

 The cards that I receive from Vietnam are always lovely colourful cards and I think Vietnam makes some of the best postcards I recieve. This card shows some school girls in their white Ao Dai dressses out in a boat in Can Tho.  Thank you for thinking of me with this lovely card  Trang. and also the lovely colourful stamps. Cam on.
 Posted Saigon : 07 December 2105:  Arrived Sydney 18 December : Traveled 11 days.

Latvia.

LATVIA.

Riga: LATVIA.:
Always love to receive and swap these most collectable "Greetings From " cards now... another has just arrived from Latvia..and what a lovely country that is..I loved Riga  and its friendly people there..
 Posted Riga 30 November : Arrived Sydney : 16 December : Traveled  16 days.. Thank you Innes...

Geetings From..LATVIA.:
LATVIA : has an area of 64,589 KM 2..The CAPITAL city is Riga.;
POPULATION : of Latvia is 1, 990, 300. inhabitants.
NATIONAL EMBLEM: is a bird ..The white wagtail.
REGION: of Lettland...as the area was historically known and the people were called "The Letts "or Lettish people.!!
FLAG: The Latvian flagis one of the oldest in the world written records of the red-white-red  Latvian flag have existed since the second half of the 13 th Century.
KING NAMEJS :" The Namejs Ring" is a big part of Latvian heritage and culture. The legend behind it says that King Namejs had the rings made to be able to identify members of his tribe at a glance.
FAMOUS LATVIANS : include Walter Zapp , Arvids Blumentals ,Aleksandrs  Laime ,Gunnar Birkerts
WATERFALL : Ventas Rumba , Latvia is home to the widest waterfall in all of Europe 110 meters wide but only 2 meters high.
TV TOWER :The Riga TV and Radio Tower is the tallest structure in the country and one of the tallest in Europe stretching  368.5 Meters into the sky.
POST CROSSING : There are over 2700 Post crossers in Latvia.

Indonesia.

Bali : INDONESIA:

 A really colourful card showing two lovely Balinese women dancers in their amazingly beautiful national dress richly attired after the manner of Ancient Hindu Proncess's...A lovely card..Thank you Alexandrina for this swap card..really nice..also the beautiful stamps
 Posted 26 November : Arrived :Sydney18 December: Traveled 23 days.. Terim Makasih..Alexandrina.

Vietnam.

Saigon : VIETNAM.:

 Always nice to receive a Christmas card from a good friend... Thank you so much Trang ..that is so kind of you.. Love the snowman in the card ..with Santa flying across the sky silhouetted by the moon..great memories. Thank you Trang... ...Cam on..
 Posted Saigon : 07 December : Arrived Sydney 18 December : Traveled 11 days.

Czech Republic.

Prague : CZECH REPUBLIC:

 Another wonderful Castle card from the land of Castles...This lovely card shows the Castle at Bitov Thank you so much Vera for this another lovely castle card..
 Bitov Castle : ( Hrad Bitov )  Located high on a steep promotory overlooking the meandering River Zeletavka , near the Vranov Resevoir in the village of Bitov 25 kilometers northwest Znojmo Czeck Republic. Built in the 11th Century Bitov is one of the oldest and largest.of the Moravian castles.

United States of America.

Dearborn : MICHIGAN.
 This is a favourite card... Now and again I get a card that I love just a little bit more this is one.. Thanks Arnold for sending this to me from the Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan while travelling there recently. This bus The Montgomery City Bus #2857 ( The Rosa Parks Bus ). Originally built in in 1948 in Pontiac Michigan bus #2857 was originally operated by the The  Montgomery City Bus when lines in Montgomery Alabama.from 1954 to 1971.
 This card shows the actual bus that created such amazing controversy in 1955. The story is :
   Ms. Rosa Parks was riding the bus on the evening of December 1 1955 when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. This incident subsequently sparked large civil rights protests., especially the boycott of Montgomery's bus system. The Montgomery bus boycott was the beginning of a revolutionary era of non violent mass protests in support of civil rights across the United States.The year long boycott kept Montgomery's blacks off all buses until December 1956 when the US Supreme Court ruled that the segregation of all public transport was unconstitutional.
 Bus #2857 was retired and sold in 1971. After sitting for 30 years in a field the bus was purchased at Auction by The Henry Ford Museum and has been completely restored to how it appeared in 1955
 This bus is now on display in The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan  USA.
Thank you so much Arnold for this great card and some great history..
 Posted 07 December : Arrived Sydney 16 December : Traveled 9 days..
 Thanks mate. love the card..I also loved my visit to this amazing Museum also...something is a must for your "bucket list" to do..