1st Postcard from MAURITIUS!!!

A new country and another amazing postcard! Yes :) I'm so happy. Just look at it:

 The image show the Seven Colors Earth found in a small village called Chamarel. The stamp is about a battle scene in The Battle of Grand Port (1810).

Curiosity about Mauritius:

• Mauritian society includes people from many different ethnic groups. The republic's residents are the descendants of people from India (Indo-Mauritian), continental Africa (Mauritian Creole people usually known as 'Creoles' in Mauritian Creole), France (Franco-Mauritian) and China (Sino-Mauritian), among other places.

Best Wishes!

Giant Buddha from Hong Kong!

I love this postcard! It's such a beautiful view. Just see it for yourself:

This postcard show the Giant Buddha in Lantau Island.

Thank you Gladys! :)

Curiosity about Hong Kong:

• The people of Hong Kong show great respect for Buddhist monks. So much respect that they have reserved seats on the subway or even areas with sofas in the waiting rooms of the airport just for them;

Have a good day!

Delft Blue Figures...

This week has been really poor in postcards. But finally I received this beautiful postcard:

This shows the delft blue figures from the Netherlands and the stamp is about the International Court of Justice in Haye.

Curiosity about Netherlands:

• The dutch are the tallest people in the world.

Best Wishes!

1st postcard from Ethiopia!!!

This week started really well! A great postcard and a new country in my list. Here it is:

In the postcard you can see the Church of St. George in Lalibela, Ethiopia. It's one of UNESCO world heritage sites and was excavated from the Lasta mountains. On the stamps, 2 Menelik Bushbucks.

Curiosity about Ethiopia:

• Ethiopia is the oldest Christian kingdom in the world. This country, once known as Abyssinia, was the first to accept the Old Testament, as well as the New, much earlier than other countries. 

Best Wishes!

Cute Teddy Bear from China!

This postcard is so cute! Check it out:

As always the stamps are amazingly beautiful....

Curiosity about China:

• The Chinese are very superstitious. The 4, 14 and 24 floor do not exist in many buildings , because the ideogram of 4 is similar to the death. Phones finished in 4 or that have many 4's are a lot cheaper and are mostly used by foreigners. The number 8 has the ideogram reminiscent of prosperity. No wonder that the Olympics began on August 8, 2008, at 8:08 in the evening.

How interesting... I was born in the 8th of June.


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1st THAI postcard!!!

This last few days it's been all about new countries and today was no different.
This was Thailand's turn. And I'm in L.O.V.E with this postcard and stamp. See it for yourself:

Curiosity about Thailand:

• The Thai cuisine is among the most interesting of the world. Thais try to blend, using herbs, spices and fruits, the four tastes (sweet, salty, sour and bitter) in all their dishes. 

I definitely have to find a Thai Restaurant here in Coimbra :)

Best Wishes!

Love from Netherlands

Such a good way to start the week! A beautiful ad postcard of the company Boeing. So cool. Check it out:

Curiosity about Netherlands:

• A quarter of the Netherlands lies below sea level. 

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