AskLatisha.com » Quest to Collect http://www.asklatisha.com Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:17:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 More Postcards http://www.asklatisha.com/more-postcards/ http://www.asklatisha.com/more-postcards/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:23:42 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=626  Russia

Moscow- The Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed at night

The sender writes “Legend says that Russian Ivan was so amazed by its beauty  that he ordered to blind the archetects who designed it, so they cannot build another like this.”

That’s an interesting piece of info. To learn more about this Cathedral here is a link http://www.sacred-destinations.com/russia/moscow-st-basil-cathedral.htm .

 

 

 

 

This is Riga, Latvia. Before Postcrossing, I never knew a place called Latvia existed. I like this post card because it reminds me of a park we go to downtown.

The Sender writes: “Hi, Happy Birthday to you and your daughter!!! My daughter turned 2 in April this year :-) and greetings from Riga, Latvia! Hope you like the view on the card-it is a park in the centre of Riga. Happy Postcrossing!”

 

  This is from Malaysia.

It says on the back:

The Sultan Sallahuddin Mosque in Shah Alam- The largest Mosque in South East Asia and the most expensive ever built in Malaysia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia

Says at the back : Moscow. Panorama of V.V.C

 Copenhagen, Denmark

This one is my favorite; I heard about this monument on the travel channel earlier this year and when I finally linked up with a postcrosser from Denmark, I specifically asked for it.

Here’s what she wrote:

“Hello Latisha,

It was surprisingly difficult to get my hands on this card. This monument of “The Little Mermaid” is situated in Copenhagen (capital of Denmark) which is on the east coast of the biggest island. I live in Åthus on the mainland (orange dot). Usually I can get postcards from all kinds of places in Denmark because Åthus is Denmark’s second biggest city. But, ofcourse, I couldn’t find a single postcard with the little mermaid. So now I am in Copenhagen (meeting some friends) and bought a whole stack :). I hope you like the card. Best Wishes. “

Isn't that awesome. I love postcrossing.
]]> http://www.asklatisha.com/more-postcards/feed/ 0 My Postcard Collection http://www.asklatisha.com/my-postcard-collection/ http://www.asklatisha.com/my-postcard-collection/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:01:14 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=610 I am not sure how many postcards I have today, I stopped counting a while ago. I do know I have at least 100 or more, maybe 20 or so, I bought myself but the others I received in the mail from friends, penpals and postcrossers from all over the world. You maybe wondering; what is a postcrosser ? Well we are a group of people in this world; who love collecting postcards, snail-mail and meeting new people from around the world and were lucky enough to stumble upon a site that caters to all these passions www.postcrossing.com , my most favorite website on the planet. Click the link and see why, but before you do that, check out some of my favorite postcards collected in 2008.

This is a postcard from Australia. It says at the back:

“I guess Melbourne looks much like any other city, but the sunrise is pretty! Best Wishes, Carolyn.

I think this is a really pretty postcard.

 

 

 

This is another postcard from Australia. It was taken from the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain, Sydney of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Oprah House. Three places i’d love to visit someday.  I saw on the travel channel earlier this year that you can climb over the arch of this Bridge. I hope to some day conjure up the courage to that.

 

 This postcard is from Finland and I just think it’s adorable. This photo is entitled “The Hedgehog’s Hideout.”

I think it’s awesome.

 

To the right is a postcard from Valencia, Spain of a Flamenco Dancer. It’s my one and only with a Flamenco Dancer but I hope to collect more; as well as postcards with Bullfighters.

 

 

 

This postcard is from a pen pal in Japan. It says on the back:

“Geisha: Highly trained professional entertainer of Japan is seen with formal greeting posture, Kyoto.

 

To the right is a postcard from Athens, Greece. I very much hope to visit there someday.

 

This is my only postcard from India. Mumbai, India.

 

The sender writes: “The city of dreams. Really, it’s the financial hub of India. Cosmopolitan and a source of income to millions of people.”

 

The postcard to the right is from Ireland. it says at the back: “Trinity College, Dublin, was founded by Elizabeth the 1st in 1592. Amongst it’s most famous graduates are Samuel Beckett, Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift and Bran Stoker. It is also home to the Book Of Kells, a priceless A.D. 800 Celtic manuscript. “ I dream of traveling, maybe even living in Ireland someday.

 

I’ll show you some more postcards tomorrow.

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