Snowdonia

Country: Wales/UK

From: pen-pal

 

 

The beautiful area of Snowdonia in Wales appears quite frequently in one of the TV series we are currently watching. I used to exchange letters with a lady who lived in that area. However, this card came from another pen-pal who just visited the place.

Nuremberg, Germany

Country: Germany

From: pen-pal

A postcard from Bavaria, Germany. More about Nuremberg here.

Albrecht Duerer, painter and printer, was born in Nuremberg.

Mickey mouse was born somewhere else and has nothing to do with Nuremberg besides the fact that the stamp was stuck on the above postcard.

From the Seashore

Country: Poland 

From: pen-pal

Władysławowo -  used to be fisherman's village, nowadays also a tourist resort by the Baltic Sea. In the summer, crammed with tourists.

Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz 

Polish-Greek athlete

More about him: 

1. https://polanddaily24.com/jerzy-iwanow-szajnowicz-almost-completely-forgotten-wwii-hero/culture-history/16459 

2.  https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/incredible-true-story-of-swashbuckling-polish-agent-who-became-resistance-leader-and-chief-saboteur-in-wwii-greece-6799

Bieszczady

Country: Poland

From: family

 

The Bieszczady mountains are situated south-east of Poland not allover as the card shows.

Isle of Sky, Scotland

Country: UK, Scotland

From: pen-pal 

Puffins - sea divers

 

The Isle of Sky is the largest island of the Inner Hebrides archipelago.

Population: about 12 000 inhabitants.

Tenerife Again

Country: Spain

From: pen-pal 

Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands.

 

Potsdam

Country: Germany

From: pen-pal 

Sanssouci palace