Post of 27th - 29th Dec.

Hello again~ I'll put all three days post on same so I don't need to make three small.

(From 27th of December)

I got two postcards like you can see on photo above. First is from Holland and it became immediately of my very favorite postcards! It's just so... perfect. And I was really lucky to got another amazing postcard on same day. That cat came from Japan and I heard photo is taken by photographer "Iwago Mitsuaki" I like this kind of cat photo where cat is natural and maybe he/she is just been around when photographer is being looking for something nice to take photo, I think. (I hope you understand what I tried to say...) 

(From 28th of December)

Also 28th day I got two postcards. That cat one is from Germany (photo by Miroslav Ptácek) Like a day before, I found also this cat postcard very naturel and nice looking. I put it together with next one in my postcard album. They looks very good next to each others ^^
Another one is from Belarus and it became also one of my favorites! I was looking those kind of postcards from Postcrossing gallery and hoped I would get one too. I was so happy when I saw this on my post box ^^

(From 29th of December)

And last ones. Actually I got five postcards but one was from my friend who is in Italy at this moment and
I'll put photo of it later ^^''
In order, first horse postcard is from Germany and sender gave me web address to her homecity's page. (http://www.bochum.de/) It's actually not so far away from there where I lived when I was in Germany ^^ My place was just little closer of border of Netherlands.
Beautiful landscape is from Belarus and it came with greetings form Minsk, capital of Belarus. Next of it is nice postcard from India. Also my first one from there so it makes this also special one.
Last in photo is very beautiful Christmas card form Ukraine. I like it very much and there was little poem(?) inside of it, but I didn't understand text... I took photo and put it there on end. (otherwise I could try to translate this, but I can't make those letters on my laptop and that makes it a bit difficult ^^'')

Thank you everybody for wonderful postcards! Today was last day before New year that I received post so those ones was my last postcards for this year. How wonderful year 2011 was! Even I didn't do lot of post things but I made some adventures and spent really nice time. I wonder what will happen next year?

Merry Christmas!

Just quick Christmas greetings for everyone before I have to go to visit my family. Have a nice day and best Christmas time! Happy holidays for those who don't celebrate Christmas!

Remember to smile and where ever you're be safe and happy.

~Vyra

Last days

Hi~!

My post box is been quiet later days (I think it's because post offices are so busy with all Christmas greetings and stuff like that) So I got two postcards after all.

(Click to see bigger. My table didn't looks good so I used my laptop as backround... Look, scandinavian letters~ ^^'')

This postcard came from Moscow, Russia. Portrait of Anton Chekhov (Антон Павлович Чехов / Anton Tšehov) He was russian writer who is very famous also nowdays. 

(Sorry for bad quality. It was dark already and my room's lights are not good for taking photos... Well, this time part of cd-collection is doing job of backround.)

This one is from Gdánsk which is city in North part of Poland. Actually it seems to be located right next to Baltic sea. This is second time when I got postcard from there but first one was showing night view of city and this shows St. Mary's church. It's the biggest brick church in the world!

Thank you for you both for a great postcards!

And next time I'll received post at 27 of December so happy holidays everyone!

Post of 19th of Dec.

(Click the photo to make it bigger)

So here is today's post :') I was thinking to take photo of all of them but I noticed it would take more time to load and maybe this is better. Anyway, I'll look something else it this is not working.

Yeah, five postcards today and they are all lovely! If I start from photo's order... First one is Christmas card from Berlin, Germany. (in photo: left up corner) I like this colours very much, it's very warm but not all "bling bling"... Actually just perfect Christmas feeling!

Second card form above line (I think I don't know how to say... it's middle one...) is from Texas, U.S.A. It's showing Bluebonnets (I tried to find Finnish name for those but I didn't find it...) Those flowers are State flowers of Texas and that was new information for me ^^ Had every states their own flowers? I know that most of nations have but I didn't know about states.  Also, I love those small photos on back side of this postcard (I didn't take photo of it so you can't see... I didn't want to put my address here ^^''')

Third postcard is from Estonia! This was second time when I got card from there (first time was swap card). It's Christmas card and there was text inside of it:


"Palju soojust ja õnne te kodule,
palju päikest te tublile perele,
palju rõõmu ja virkust te silmile,
palju toredaid päevi uude aastasse!"


Translated it in Finnish:


Paljon lämpöä ja onnea kotiisi,
paljon aurinkoa sinun kelpo perheellesi,
paljon iloa ja ... kasvoillesi,
paljon mukavia päiviä uuteen vuoteen!
(edelleen saa sitten korjata minua... en muista/tiedä, mikä on "virkust" suomeksi ^^'' Ma räägin natuke eesti keelt aga ma ei tea mis on "virkust" soome keelel. Kas te saaksite mind aidata, palun? Aitäh :')

You see, there is something similar between Finnish and Estonian...

Next one! Really adorable one from Netherlands. "Fijne kerstdagen en een goed 2012" means "Merry Christmas and good 2012" I love this card, it's looks so great with cat and that Christmas decoration... I know what cat is thinking! :'D

And alst but not least (<--- Always wanted to say that!) A great tulips postcard from Netherlands! Oi, how I love tulips cards! I tried to find my favorite from those tulips but I ended to like them all. (Seriously, I feel soemtimes like little child with my tulips addiction... I'm actually 20 years old and mature enough to travel around Europe but its doesn't matter ^^''')

Thank you all so much! This was really great post day. Now I hope that postcard which I sent, will find their home soon. I have some nice new card and I want to send them too~

Bye~!
Vyra

Post of 13th and 14th of Dec.

Hello~

I have now two postcards on my table. One from yesterday and one which I got today (btw, I always register postcrossing cards on same day when I got them. Usually it's around 10-12 o'clock in Finland's time ^^ but I'm sometimes to busy to write blog so this would be day or two late...)

Anyway, I got really nice postcard with recept of Glühwein (in Finnish: glögi) I think I' write it here! I'll do it in German so it's correct.

Rezept für Glühwein

Zutaten: 3/4 Liter Rotwein (z.B. Gôtes-du-Rhône), 1/4 Liter Wasser, 3 Gewürznelken, 2 Zimtstangen, 2 Stück Sternanis, 1 ungespritzte Zitrone, 1/2 ungespritzte Orange, 3 Esslöffel Zucker

Zubereitung:

Wein und Wasser samt Gewürzen in einen Topf geben. Langsam erhitzen. Nicht kochen! Die Temperatur soll 70 Grad nicht übersteigen. Die Zitrone und die halbe Orange in Scheiben schneiden und hinzufügen. Das Ganze etwa eine Stunde auf dem Feuer lassen. Der Alkohol verdampft. Danach den Glühwein durch ein Sieb geben, und die Schalen zu entfernen. Mit Zucker abschmecken und heiß servieren. Wer es gerne alkoholhaltiger mag, fügt einen Schuß Rum hinzu.

In Finnish / suomeksi (nyt saa huomautella käännösvirheistä, saksa ei todellakaan ole vahvin kieleni...)

Ainekset: 3 / 4 litraa punaviiniä (esim. Côtes-du-Rhône), 1 / 4 litraa vettä, 3 neilikkaa, 2 kanelitankoa, 2 kpl tähtianista, 1 kuorimaton (?) sitruuna, 1 / 2 kuorimaton (?) appelsiini, 3 rkl sokeria

valmistelu:

Viini ja vesi sekoitetaan mausteisiin kattilassa. Lämmitä hitaasti. Älä keitä! Lämpötila ei saisi ylittää 70 astetta. Viipaloi sitruuna ja puoli appelsiinia ja lisää ne kattilaan. Anna keitoksen olla tulella noin tunnin ajan, alkoholi höyrystyy pois. Kaada sitten glögi seulan lävitse ja poista kuoret. Lisää sokeria maun mukaan ja tarjoile lämpimänä. Jos pidät alkoholista, lisää ripaus rommia.

Thank you for sending this!

Then I got today a nice and colorful postcard from Portugal. It is sent from Braga, which is city in North part of Portugal, but this card is showing Lisboa, capital of Portugal, and its oldest part, Alfama. Thank you for this!

That's all I think. See you!
Vyra

Testing!

I wanted to test if I know now how to put photos on blog... It seems to work! Hurray!
Those are stickers which I found today when I went shop food with my mom. Looks cool, right? I was thinking I would decorate postcards with them =D

Post of 12th of Dec. and last Friday

Okay hi!

I was busy again at weekend so I didn't update this. Saturday I was on Christmas market (it was really small, nothing like those what they keep in Germany! I would want to visit German Christmas market someday^^) and also helped my mom to bought presents. Sunday I was... Just lazy...

But today I got four postcards so it's time to tell about them!

First Friday maybe...

I received one postcard. It was really amazing map-card from Bulgaria! It was even shaped like silueth of Bulgaria and there was all main cities with small picture of their most important landmarks. It was wonderful card. I placed it on my room's wall but if I someday go to Bulgaria, I'll take it with me and then visit all those important places (real road trip~) And it was swap card. Thank you so much for sending it!

And the today~

Four cards from Netherlands, United States and Taiwan (two of them was from there!)

From Netherlands I received very nice one. It's sent from city called Leeuwarden and sender recommend me to visit city's homepage (www.vvvleewarden.nl) I checked that website and it looks very nice. Also available in English but for some weird reason my internet browser wants to show only Dutch one... Well, no problem, I can understand Dutch too (actually... I was reading and suddenly I noticed that this looks funny... Wait! There is no that kind of double letters in English! This is Dutch...) Anyway! I like this postcard very much, it's very elegant view card. You know, there is black sides and then small photos and city's name... voilá, very beautiful. Thank you!

Then United States.This is first one from there for long time and sender said he made this postcard by himself. I really respect people who have skills to make postcards! I have completely none... But I have nothing against of self made postcard, some people can made really amazing and after all somebody is made all postcards. Also those which you can buy form shop. Thank you!

Like I said I got two postcard from Taiwan and they both are amazing! One is with Taiwan's flag and its looks like it was painted on wood. I love this one, it's very beautiful.
Another one is from cat-lover and of course it's with photo of cat (cats, there is two of them but second is hardly to notice) I love cats and it's nice to see how they live somewhere in another side of Earth. Thank you so much for both of you!

I think I figured out how to take good photos of postcards with my camera so I think I can also start to put them here. I need to test it yet... But I think it would be nicer to see photos too! And of course update them also to Postcrossing gallery.

That's all, see you~!
Vyra

Post of 7th and 8th of Dec.

Hi!

I was pretty busy yesterday so I didn't update my blog. But I'll do it now~

Yesterday I got two postcards! From Spain and Italy. I have not much cards from those countries so I was pretty suprised to get them on same day (oh well, I'm always happily suprised when I go to get post and there is postcards or letter or sometimes even packets! ...Packets are usually for my sister who is more active with letter friends than me. I got all postcards ^^ but anyway, I'm always happy no matter where posts are from.)
So, postcard from Italy is showing historical centre of city in Avellino's Province. There is also name "Calitri" so it's name of that city, I think. It seems to be located in Southern Italy. Very nice, have to remember that place if I visit Italy some day. Thank you for sending this me!

And Spanish one~ It's also view card and showing place in Gran Canaria, named Maspalomas. I know that place, there is lot of tourist who visit there every year. Also lot of Finns, I think. I'm never visited in real tourist places but why not some day. Thank you for you too!


Today I got three postcards! Russia, China and Italy

From Moscow, capital of Russia, I received very nice kitten postcard. Its looks so cute! And there is also stamps which I'm not seen before. They are shaped like snow flakes and looks pretty. I wonder if they are some new design? I got lot of postcards from Russia before and I don't remember to see those kind of stamps before. (oh, but now I looked closer... There is text "Russia 2009" so I suppose they are not new design... I'm not just got them before =D) Thank you for this!

Postcard from China is also great! I had very nice post day today.
This card is showing painting of Théodore Géricault. I didn't know name so I googled it and learnt that he was French painter and this postcard show his work named "The Epsom Derby". Thank you!

Then I received swap- postcard from Italy, Venice (in Finnish we wrote it "Venetsia" so I try all the time write it in English Venezia...Oh, it's like that in Italian, nice~) This is showing some of condoles. Venice is one of my number one must-to-visit place. It's been it since I read one wonderful book about it. I think I was 12 years old and I don't remember name of that book anymore but I remember some things. Canals, condoles, festival... I loved that book, I think I have to try to find it again.
Thank you too for sending this!

That was all today ^^ And btw, I was thinking of way how I tell about postcards here and I choose that I'll not say senders names or user names here because I'm not sure if they want it or not. So just for case I'll keep names off. I'm still sure that if you sent me postcard, you'll regonaise yours =D

Have a nice day / evening / night!
Vyra

Happy Independence day for Finland!

6.12.1917 Grand Duchy of Finland became Republic of Finland and today is our 94th Independence day! It's almost over but it took late before I came over to write here ^^''

I love to travel and see other countries and of course to learn different cultures but I'm still proud to be Finn. And be happy that I'll have always home country where to come back. Long live for beloved Finland!

Have a nice day you all and take care of yourself!
Vyra

Today's post 5. Dec

Hello!

Today I got two postcards and them both are with picture of animal. One nice postcard From Russia with black horse and one also very nice from Ukraine with cat. I like them both very much, thank you!

I wonder if there is other people who like to see what their home country's name is on another languages? Sometimes I wrote it on postcard which I send, in address right next to English name. I do that because we have very different names for other places and I think maybe people are curious like me ^^'

For example in English Finland is Finland, you know it. But actually "Finland" is name gave by Swedish, in Finnish it is "Suomi". Looks completely different, right? I'll tell some others...Um... If I start with our neighbours. Sweden = Ruotsi, Norway = Norja, Estonia = Viro or Eesti and Russia = Venäjä. Then there is some names which are almost same or same in English. Like Ukraine = Ukraina, Taiwan = Taiwan. And so on, I'm sure there is lot of others names in others languages =D

Other things! I found out that if I want receive free stamp news from Post office, I need only sent them my address (they know it already...) and I will get five times of year little news paper about what kind of new stamps designs there is. It would be funny! I'm anyways looking all the time if there is new stamps so I don't need to seek anymore because I'll get nice letter to home which tell me everything about stamps (okay, I explained it weird but I think you get idea ^^')

That's all today. Tomorrow I'll not get post so next time will be Wednesday.
See you~!
Vyra

Good news

I heard that Estonian Air will start flights between my home city and Tallinn! You know what that means? Yes, I can travel straight to Estonia without to go first to Helsinki =D And because there is about 600 km travel from my homecity to Helsinki, it will be really great to go to Estonia without to stop there first! (Finland is pretty long country. About 1080 km from Hanko to Utsjoki so it takes something like 11 hours to drive it with car... Or I'm not sure. Never tried that.)

Anyway. I still don't know when I'll go to visit Estonia. I'm planing it since I visited Sweden! (it was summer 2010...) And, I can still speak Estonian ^^'' At least little bit. I studied it, but it was also long time ago... I think I'm already forgotten everything plus there was something wrong with my pronunciation since I hadn't enough time to take lessons for speaking...

See you!
Vyra

Tulips~tulips~tulips~

So I went to shop stamps and... There was tulips for sale. I wanted so badly to buy them but they was 6,50 euros per bunch. They was so beautiful and my favorite, white coloured, but I had only stamps-money with me so I left those beautiful tulips on shop... But next time...

You know that saying "if you want to make your wife/girlfriend very happy, you have to give her roses" well, that doesn't work with me ^^''' I don't care about roses but tulips! And if there is no tulips, I also like Lily of valley's and sunflowers. (Lily of valley, national flower of Finland. Very beautiful white... and very poison)

I don't know but something about tulips make me love them. I would like to keep them always on my room but now I have also lot of beautiful tulips postcard (send more, please~) on my walls :') Good side of postcards is that they don't die like real flowers. 

Today's post 2.Dec.

Today I got one postcard. Really nice one from Poland and there is map on it! I like to see maps and look up places with different names. Also Polish looks very nice language, you have so many special letters like ę, ą and ł (I can't make them with my scandinavian keyboard so I copy pasted those ^^'' But I can do these specials: ä, ö and å) and I think there is often more consonants than vocals on words so I wonder how you pronounce them? I have to visit Poland once and hear it :')

I noticed that now I'm sent 126 postcards and received 117 so there is at least nine cards travelling somewhere. I hope they are not going to get lost! At weekends we don't get post and then there is Independence day on Tuesday so no post then either.

I need to go buy more stamps, I used my all already even usually I have always some. But I think, I'll visit library today so I can stop shop on my way.

Bye~
Vyra

Just update

Three of my cards arrived today! First one to Malaysia (I tried all the time wrote it in Finnish "Malesia"). It was on travelling 8 days which was actually less than I expected. I thought it would take more than ten days to go there. But better like this! It was also quite suprise when I noticed it =) This was also first time when I sent postcard to Malaysia.
Next was to Netherlands and third to France. Now Netherlands is number one on my stats (that one which tells how much I sent and received... I think you know, that on Postcrossing ^^'') So now Netherlands: sent 21 / received 16. Second Germany with  26 / 10 so there is only one postcard difference.

Thank you for you all! I'm glad that you liked those postcards :')

So, I took three new address and I have now postcards going to travel to Australia, Germany and Netherlands. Let's see when they will find home~

That's all. I'm new with this blog so I'm not sure yet what to speak about... Oh! I noticed it is December and it mean... Christmas card time! Ou, Finnish post will goes crazy so I have to be carefull to sent all Holiday wishes early enough.

Today's post 1 of Dec.

Moi,
("hi" in Finnish)

Today I got one postcard. Really amazing 3D tulips card from Holland. Thank you so much! I spent nice few minutes on morning just staring this and turning around =D (In my area, postman come very early morning, he is here sometimes around nine! ((9.00am)) So when I have lazyer morning, I can just first to go get post when I waked up) Anyway, I put this postcard on my table, there is small tulips field already and I still hope it will grow more~

(I'm still staring this postcard, it's looking so amazing how those tulips like move! I think I found my inside child again by this :')
Okay, I have also only one card to get to post today. One swap card to Italy and I'll now to go with it. It have to be on mail before 14:00 if I want that it'll start travel today. Actually there is alredy few of my postcards there because I went to drop some yesterday evening. (there is something funny with that phrase but I don't found what... Okay, let it be...)

See you!
~Vyra