Wien~

I was today in Vienna (capital of Austria) first time during daylight. Very first time was right after when I came from airport but it was already dark back then so I didn't see much.

Vienna is most beautiful and wonderful city I'm ever seen!

We went just coffee house to eat breakfast and after that we walked around of old centrum and Austrians told me all things. I saw stables of Spanish Riding school and lost of museoums, castles and all. Just from outside but I'll look later some day to go just playing tourist there :') All those souvernis shops... (I collect all tourist stuff ^^'') And I want to see some museoums too... Sisi -museoum sounds intresting as I heard about her a lot already in Hungary.  And maybe Spanish Riding school's morning training or even their show....

My first week here is been amazing. :') Next week I'll go to check out next village. I need just to see day when I have nice time because I think walking back would take a moment because of all hills...

Suomi - Magyarország - Deutschland - België - Österreich

I thought it would be waste to "throw away" good blog... And I always wanted to write one traveling blog too but I was always too lazy-busy-tired- I just forgot. So... I'll try now :') Then I can change this back to postcrossing blog when I start to send postcards again.

I might first tell about "my" countries~
I spent time in five countries so far (plus Sweden, Malta and Netherlands but thote was just holidays so I'll skip them now, sorry) Finland, Hungary, Germany, Belgium and Austria. How about little facts about them?

Finland (or Suomi in Finnish)
Republic
North European country between Sweden and Russia (Norway is north neighbour and Estonia southern) One of Nordic countries and member of European Union.
Languages: Finnish (suomi) and Swedish (svenska)
Population: About 5.4 million
Capital: Helsinki
Currency: Euro

Hungary (Magyarország in Hungarian, Unkari in Finnish)
Republic nowdays, was kingdom once.
Country in East Europe. They have a long history from first Hungarian kingdom to Austria-Hungary empire and nowday's republic (which it called Third Republic) Member of European Union.
Language: Hungarian
Population: About 9.9 million
Capital: Budapest
Currency: Hungarian forint

Germany (Deutschland in German, Saksa in Finnish)
Federal Republic
Country in Middle Europe and member of European Union. Before Germany all German areas was separaited on own little countries (like Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Hesse...) Some of them are now provinces of Germany. Earliest kind of Germany was Holy Roman Empire.
Language: German
Population: About 81 million
Capital: Berlin
Currency: Euro

Belgium (België in Dutch, Belgique in French, Belgien in German, Belgia in Finnish)
Kingdom
Country in West/Middle Europe. One of Benelux countries and member of European Union. Belgium is kind of head country of Europe since most of EU:s things are held in Brussels. Also there is offices of Nato and UN. Sometimes Belgium is called "Heart of Europe" or "Capital of Europe". Country is strongly shared to Flamish (Vlaam, Dutch speaking) and Wallon (Vallonia, French speaking)
Languages: Flamish Dutch, French, German.
Population: About 11 millions
Capital: Brussels
Currency: Euro

Austria (Österreich in German, Itävalta in Finnish)
Republic nowdays, was kingdom once.
Landlocked country in Middle Europe and part of European Union. Austria is well knowed because of artist culture, long history and... cakes! (Well, I like sweet things...) Do not mix with Australia.
Language: German
Population: About 8.4 millions
Capital: Vienna
Currency: Euro

I spent in Hungary six weeks as well in Germany. In Belgium I was about 10 months and in Austria from this moment (I hope) to next August. Finland is my home country so... something likes 19 years :') I like all these countries and I'm happy I'm been able to travel this much. And all of them are left something on me (have to say that Belgium was biggest, shockest and most unforgettable experience which I have ever had.)
Because I'm stranger in country, I'll tell things which I see funny, intresting or awesome so those are then just my thoughts :') I'm sure everybody sees their countries by different view.
But that's it. Let's see what I'll write here.
Btw, if there is something what is wrong, don't let me life with my mistakes, okay?
I'll write in English and in Finnish to make sure my follow Finns doesn't gets wrong idea that I'm forgotten my national language (what was Finnish in Finnish...? Just kidding~)

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Oma blogi kaikelle kummalle, hassulle ja ihanalle, mitä saattaa tulla vastaan. Olisi pitänyt aloittaa jo vuosi sitten, mutta en mie koskaan tajua asioita ajoissa. Ja tämä koska en muista koskaan kertoa kaikkia asioita jokaiselle, faceen ei jaksa tarinoida ja ehkä saan näin muitakin ihmisiä innostumaan maailmanmatkaamisesta (ja vaihtoehtoisesti näyttämään, miten hullua puuhaa se oikeasti on...)
Pitäkää hauskaa~ ja varautukoo huonoon englantiin, huononevaan suomeen ja hyvin alkeelliseen saksaan (löysin saksankielen oppikirjan kaapista!)

Week 6 - Last ones

Not "last ones" actually but because I'll leave at Monday morning these are last which I scanned by myself (I tried to update also all later comes here) And again, even if I'll move in another country ALL postcards will be registered! If you're afraid I'll forget yours, you can send ID-number for me but I'll register it only when I hear I'm also received postcard with it or if postcard is been travelled over 30 days and probably get lost. (I'll not ask you send new one because I think it is one postcard / address. But I don't either say against if you want send another.) And now we go on real business~

All postcards from last week. They are again in random order but I thought it's not matter ^^'

Beautiful postcard from Malbork, Poland. Sender said text on front (Pozdrowienia z Malborka) means "Greetings from Malbork. 

One of my favorites! Wonderful postcard from Netherlands. I heard this card is free card but I don't care about that. I love this postcard because it's definitely perfect for me :')
Welkom thuis means Welcome home
Ik hou van jou means I love you
Bedankt voor de kaart, ik vind het een leuk en het is zo mooi :') dank je, dank je <3

Map of Bielefeld from Germany. Now I have something to take with me if I someday choose to visit there :') Very nice map postcard.

Polish postcard from United Kingdom. Sender told me that text on front (uwielbiam Twój zapach) means "I love your smell" and remind as well that all animals need love ^^

Really sweet and beautiful postcard from Netherlands. I love this style, it's something what we try to keep up with postcrossing, I think. Tradition of snail mail. Like, who keeps e-mails somewhere safe or just stop to look them and think that they looks beautiful. I don't know anybody... But hand written letters and postcards are another story then~

Also one of my favorites! Really beautiful and absolutely cute Puffin postcard from Taiwan :') I saw them before but I never really excepted to get one! So I was pretty suprised when I found this on my mail box. I think I have to add those on my wishlist when I return from Austria and see if there is more of them.

City view postcard from Poland. There is years 1297 and 1997 so... This card is waited 15 years to become sended. (if this is not just re-published of course) Wou, I wonder where it's been a while! Now it's anyway with me here :')

Beautiful postcard from Slovenia (I have no many postcards from there!) showing Slovenia's capital Ljubljana from The Three Bridges (you can see part of them on it) Really beautiful one and I like a lot postcards where is city names written on somewhere.

Nice and sweet Postcard from Germany. Simply message but creative way to tell it.

Nice postcard from Singapore ( I think this is my second from there...) Showing Singapore's Changi Airport. Good choose for me since I travel a lot... And spend time in airports.

Nice multi-view postcard from Canada showing Toronto. I think there is lot of things to see and maybe one day I can visit there... But not soon because I'm afraid of over-sea flights ^^'' And I have still most of European countries left to see.

There all. Thank you all so much and happy Postcrossinf for everybody! Have a nice time and lot of postcards! I'll write last cards now and return then when I'm back in Finland :') Thank you all!

Whops...

I forgot one from earlier post...

I received this nice postcard last Friday and it's my first one from Croatia! I didn't know it looks like that there. Really pretty nature and I think I have to add also Croatia on my "must to visit" list ^^

Week 5

Hello~
I'm still not ready with all scanning stuff and others but I came to update last week now... Postcards are now bit random order because I don't remember anymore which one arrivaled on which day but I think it's not matter now ^^'

My first postcrossing postcard from Israel! I used to have pen-pal from there so I have few postcard too but no this one :')



A Tulip postcard from Netherlands. So sweet and lovely~

One of my favorites, bike from Netherlands. My biggest fear but I love still ;') I placed this on my room wall~

AD-postcard from Germany, back side is full of German so I spent nice half of hour trying to figure it out ^^ I like to learn languages and I'm also curious enough to do it by that way~

A wonderful postcard from China (also postmark was Chinese) but with US-id code. My first one showing The Great Wall and it looks so... well, great!

A nice postcard (look, horses~) from Mississippi, United States



A Swap postcard from Minsk, Belarus. And there was a tulips stamps on it! Thank you for sending this :') I'll post answer tomorrow!



A thank you postcard from Ukraine! With cat-stickers (I used them to cover our address now ^^) Thank you so much! I'm so happy you liked postcard which I sent you :')

And that's all, I think. Tomorrow is new post day then. I was also sick last week and because temperature was around -26 celsius, I didn't dare to go outside :/ So I didn't get on my way to post postcards... But I'm not sick anymore so tomorrow I can go to walk outside~
See you!

I learnt how to use a scanner...

...So I'm  now scanning all postcards from last two years... It would take a while ^^'' I'll update last days here when I'm done with this (I tried yesterday to sent photos of postcards from Thursday, Friday and Monday but Blogger had something against of me and it didn't let me to do it... oh, well)

But I will have a nice moment to look all postcards up again and first scan them and then find right IDs and upload them on Postcrossing site... It's like I got all of them again :'D

I'll be away...

I'll go to in another city during weekend so I'll be away from Thursday to Monday ^^ Friday's and Monday's postcards will be registered at Monday evening (if there is any of course...)

Because Wednesday is still non-postcards day for me I have no photos of cards now... (I still wonder why Wednesday? Do postcards jump over it or something?) But I think I'll show my letter box! I made it by myself something like year ago ^^

Top side

Front side, Letters goes in here :')

I wanted to make it looks... well, international ^^' So I made flags of countries where my pen-friends were from back then and some of my favorite countries (there is more on another sides, but I thought this is view enough to give a idea) But it looked kinda boring only with flags... I was thinking about to put world map on backround but then there would had be too less space... So I used lyrics. I looked up songs in different languages (and checked translations ^^'') and choose thoise which I think sounds nice. I was so proud when I finished this box :'D

But you know what?
I need new one.
This one is almost full. All letters and some of postcards ("photo" size postcards are in album book and bigger ones goes in box. Some of them are also on walls, or my table, or next to window, or bookcase... or somewhere around where I thought it would looks nice ^^) So, I have alredy new box and I need only decorate it, but I'm not sure how... I was thinking maybe I would use map this time... Or pick up some phrase like "I love you" and write it in different languages... Well, we'll see~

So, now bye~ See you on Monday!

One Monday and one Poland-day

I have three postcards from last two days :')

From 23th of February

Very beautiful postcard from Netherlands :') I love this style (I don't know why but I find cards with "margins" and country's / citie' name on it very good looking. It's like contrast or something) And I simply love this view~ I think I'm already favorited all this kind of postcards from Netherlands (I was even thinking if I'm acting weird... but I just love them! ^^''')

Today I received two postcards and them both was from Poland. (But from different places) First on photo there is very lovely view which looks that kind of place where it would be nice just to run around :')
Another one is showing Kraków, city in south part of Poland. Sender told me that I was favorited one postcard which she was sent for somebody else so she sent me same kind of postcard. I remember I favorited that one because of misty view (I love misty city views as well!) so this was just perfect!

And 24th of February was Poland day

Rest of last week

It's funny. It's not matter how many postcard I got during week but there is always one day when I don't receive any. And that day seems to be always Wednesday (not my favorite day, so) What's wrong with that day?! :'D

Okay, there is postcards from 19th and 20th of February~

19th of February

 First one is from Poland and showing monuments around Warsaw, capital of Poland. Again one place where I'm never been but I would like to visit someday ^^ (in other side there is places names in English: Jezuicka street, Barbican, J. Kilinski monument, Walls, Marketplace, Brzozowa street, Zamkowy square, Kanonia, "Pod Murzynkiem" house, St. John's cathedral. I think front side names are Polish then)

Tulips postcard is from Netherlands, so beautiful new one for my collection (and for my "tulips field" on my table :') Yellow ones are one of my favorites. (oh well, I like all tulips but especially white and yellows)
Also postcard was written in Dutch which made me very glad ^^ I need to learn new words that I can impress people next time when I go to Belgium or Netherlands and that helps a lot ;')

20th of February

Again one from Netherlands this time with smiley bees and flowers. Perfect cards to cheer up people I think ^^
And very nice view from Michigan, United States. Unfortunally this card was taken bit damage during travel but I fixed it little after taken photo and it's looks very nice :') After all, it made long travel from America to here far Northern Europe.

Thank you for all! Tomorrow will start new postweek and also 10th million postcard countdown is going on Postcrossing page. I didn't make any guess when countdown will end or from where that postcard is sent but I'm still waiting it ^^'

See you! Tot ziens, nähdään ^^

Monday and Tuesday

Four postcards from two days and all are coming from different places :')

16th of January

There is first one postcard from United States, showing waterfront of Seattle. Seattle is that kind of city that I know it appear but I'm never really thinking where it is... Now I know~

Very nice horse postcard from Lithuania and it's actually showing Horse museum which is in Anyksciai, Lithuania. I like this postcard very much! I should vivsit that museum someday ^^

And third one is from Germany, very lovely view and there is text "Freundschaft, das ist eine Seele in zwei Körpern." on it. ("Friendship is one soul in two bodies"). I would like to take carriage drive there too... 

17th of January was for Canada

I got new flag for my collection~ I took a moment just watching this and thinking what it brings on my mind, Answer is: Icehockey... ;')

Post stamp desing

I want to show you my shopping bag. I think it fit nicely in this blog because I bought it from post. It's made to looks like one of 2nd class stamps. There is photos so you can see:

One side...

...And another side

Closer pic

And post logo

I also like very much of that stamp (which is now gave desing for this bag) It shows all four season, winter, autumn, summer and spring. You know, when lake is very calm you can see perfect mirror view on it (can't explain it... sorry!) so I simply like this idea how "mirror view" is always next season. (Oh my... I really failed with this explanation... Well, I think you can see what I mean ^^'')

In Finland post offices (not all but most of them) are more like shops with all kind of postal stuff. Postcards, stamps, calenders, envelopes and packing things... etc... I like to go to buy my stamps and postcards from there because it's simply so nice place (and peoples knows me there already...) I remember when I went first time to postoffice in Belgium and it looked so... quiet place.

That was all~ Hope you have a nice weekend.

It's Friday again

Hello~ Today was wonderful post day, I got five postcards!

All cards today

And countries are: Russia, Russia again, Netherlands, Belarus and China. In order first is from Russia and it was sent from Postcrossing meeting! They had one in Moscow at December. This was really nice suprise and I feel also very honoured to get one meeting postcard. Everybody who was there, thank you a lot! Hope you had a nice day there.
Another postcard from Russia was also wonderful! Painting of troika (by P. Kovalevky). Troika is traditional Russian way to drive horse and it's also very fast! But I think difficult to control. I hope to see someday troika by my own eyes and maybe try to drive it too (or maybe not... I usually drive max, two horses ^^'') Also this card's stamp was wonderful. There is photo of it later.
Then my lovely Netherlands, I love this postcard too. When I went to get post, this was left bit up so I saw it first and my thought was "oh, my mail box is growing tulips... wonderful!" I can't say more than I just love this postcard :') And there was postcrossing stamp on it! I took own photo of it. (little trivial fact: there is Finnish on this stamp. One those postcards have text "Talviset terveiset" which is Finnish and means "Winter greetings" How funny :') If you have postcrossing Europe-stamp you can see it too.)
From China I get lovely postcard with two cats. Absolutely cute~ I want own cat too but it's not possible now :'( But someday I'll give home for one or two cats (or three?)
And then there is wonderful swap-card from Belarus. I'll send you one back soon! Minsk looks actually very nice city... I would like to visit also there someday.

"From the Garden of Holland, a Tulip... Especially for you~"

It's Postcrossing stamp! Yay!

Really beautiful horse stamp from Russia. Love this too

Hi~

 There is now postcards from last three days (four, but today I didn't got post). But let's go with these lovely cards now~ 

Liège, Belgium

I get this wonderful postcard from Belgium last monday. It made me very happy since I lived in Belgium last year. I also know Liège because I was going to visit there (unfortunally I had no time... But I'll make visit when I go to Belgium again) This postcard became right one of my favorites :')

(sorry about photo's bad quality, my camera didn't like me again...)

Lynx from Belarus

Belarussian stamps. I like this coat of arms very much. It's such good looking

Tuesday I get also one postcard and this time it was from Belarus. Very nice lynx there and I also learn something else because I didn't know they have lynxes also in Belarus! Also, I like Belarussian stamps a lot, they are often with nature theme and very pretty. This time I took also photo of them ^^

Postcard from Ukraine and Dutch cows

And Wednesday there was two postcards. Really wonderful card from Ukraine. I found this desing very beautiful.
Then there is Dutch cows from ...Netherlands! I said this already once but I like Netherlands very much, it's my favorite country if I don't count my homecountry. It's actually quite funny because I'm still scared of bikes after I visited in Netherlands... but with good and bad. I love that country. :')

This all this time. Let's hope today will be also good postday! ...I almost forget. Today I walked past of "car checking centre" (nothing clue about real English name but it's place where you have to go to check your car sometimes) and... all post cars was there! I was upset because I left my camera home and didn't get photo of this "post cars meeting". But believe me, it was so funny looking!

Have a nice day~!

4th and 5th of January

Yeah, yeah, I'm being lazy again... Oh well, last week there was two days when my post box was happy (and Friday was freeday here so no post)

From 4th of January

Top one is from Firenze, Italy and I got it from postcard swap. Hope sender will received my answer card soon! I really like this one. Colours and view are very nice and everybody who likes to play Assassin's creed will recognize those towers (I'm AC-fan too...) Unfortunaly you can't see colouring so well since there is two weird lights on photo (from my camera)

Another one is from United States and showing Rockefeller Center from New York. Very great postcard and it's nice to get one from such famous place. Since I live literally middle of forest (my home city is surrounded by three forest and a lake) so I can't even imagine so big city than NYC! Biggest city where I'm never been was Brussels, capital of Europe, and there is about 2 milj. people there, I think. New York is much bigger. 

Thursday I got quite suprise. This nice cat postcard from Singapore:

My first one from here so I used moment to find out which kind of place Singapore is. I found out it's small country (actually city if I understod right) with population about 6 millions. And it's very multicultural place since there is people from all around Asia.
Thank you for a nice postcard! I also took photo of stamp / postmark since it looks good ^^

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Listening now: Back to paradise by Reckless love

2nd of January!

Hello! I got yesterday first postcards for year 2012! Today I didn't received post but well, yesterday there was four postcards on my post box so it was good :')

From 2nd of January

First one is from China, sent from Beijing. Next of it is nice Christmas card from Lithuania (oh my... I forget what is Lithuania's name in English... I was thinking about Lietuva ^^'')
Bikes are from Netherlands and that postcard literally made my day! I knew sooner or later somebody just have to send me bikes and now it happened ^^ That card is now on my room's wall.... reminding me about Dutch bikers... (I think I remember wrong but I used to say/hear "pas op de fiets" also in Belgium... But I'm not sure if I remember correctly ^^'' I need to learn more Dutch...)
Last one is from Australia. I have no lot of cards from there so this was also a nice suprise. Kangaroos are cute and funny looking animals, I think. (I didn't know they smells...)

Okay, see you next time!