Mers-les-Bains

Country: France
from: Polish Ladies Abroad Club

Mers-les-Bains is a commune in norther France, in the Hauts-de-France region. It has only around 3,500 inhabitants. The place seems really lovely. No wonder quite a few writers, including Verne and Hugo, used to work there. We would also love to visit the place one day, if it was possible.
Jolanta, thank you for the card and your invitation!

Greetings from Strasbourg

Country: France
from: Polish Ladies Abroad Club
year: 2017

Strasbourg is the capital of the Bas-Rhin department and the capital of Grand Est region in France.
It is also the seat of quite a few organizations such as European Parliament, Eurocorps, European Court of Human Rights, all related to European Union.

Polish School in Paris

Country: France
From: Polish Ladies Abroad Club
Year: 2017

The postcard was issued to commemorate the Polish School in Paris funding anniversary. The school consists of primary school and high school. Its part-time classes are run on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The School at Batignolles is situated at the Polish Embassy in Paris.

Nimes

Country: France
From: Polish Ladies Abroad Club
Year: 2017

Nimes is a city and the Gard department capital, situated in the south of France. The origin of the settlement dates back to 4000 - 3500 BC. Seems to be a lovely place with so many interesting things to see there!

Stamp

Theme: armistice anniversary

The stamp issued to commemorate the anniversary of the armistice in Algeria.

A Surprise from Corsica

Country: France
From: Polish Ladies Abroad Club
Year: 2017

The card came as a total surprise (so very nice!) from a friend whom I do not know and had never met personally. She is one of my distant friends, a co-member of The Polish Ladies Abroad Club. Such an amazing group it is! Thank you Martyna!

Corsica is a French island situated in the Mediterranean Sea, not far from Italian Sardinia.
Napoleon was born in Corsica 1769. The capital of Corsica is Ajaccio.

Stamp

Marianna - a symbol of France, freedom and mother of the land.

Postcard from Paris

Country: France, Paris
From: Polish Ladies Abroad Club
Year: 2017

Moulin Rouge (Red Mill) is a well-known cabaret in Paris. Founded by Joseph Oller and Chris Zidler, the Moulin Rouge was opened on Oct. 6, 1889.

Stamp

Theme: heart

Year: 2017

Thank you, Nika. :-)

Four Towns of Île-de-France Region

Country: France
Region: Île-de-France
From: Polish Ladies Abroad Club
Year: 2016

Towns:

• Barbizon (population around 1,600 people) - situated near the Forest of Fontainebleau. Known of the Barbizon school of painters. T. Rousseau and J.-F. Millet lived and died in Barbizon.
• Morel sur Loing (population about 4,000 people) - Monet, Sisley and Renoir created their paintings there.
• Fontainebleau (population circa 16,000 people) - located about 56 km south-east of Paris, famous for its Royal Palace and forest which is a French national park. A former place of residence of kings of France, a king of Spain, queen of Sweden, Napoleon and other significant persons.
• Melun (population around 38,000 people) - situated by the Seine River, not far from Paris.