Just some stuff which we have collected

Thursday, December 14, 2023

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.


Monday, December 11, 2023

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.