Alvor, Portugal

Country: Portugal
from: penpal 

I was surprised when I got the postcard, surprised that the pen-pal was able to travel to Portugal in the times of COVID. Later, I learned that she had managed to go there (no virus in that area then) and come back home in November 2020, a few days before it became impossible, and the border was closed. Good, that she could enjoy her holidays and did not get grounded there.

 

 

Alvor is a seaside place and a fishing village in the very South of Portugal.

Władysławowo, Poland

Country: Poland
from: penpal

 

A very pleasant place by the open-sea, with sandy beaches, usually crowded in the summer. You could buy there fresh fish straight from a fisherman's boat.

 

Mallorca - Spain

Country: Spain
from: penpal

Another postcard received last year from a vacationer who enjoyed the Mallorca beaches. Who knows whether they will be open for tourists this year again.

Tenerife - Spain

Country: Spain
from: family

Where people used to go for holidays before the 2020 world lockdown.

Gdynia, Poland

Country: Poland
from: friend

Gdynia - my place in Poland

Gdansk, Poland

Country: Poland
from: pen-pal

Another card and info on Gdansk here.

Winterberg

Country: Germany
from: pen-pal

Winterberg is a winter sports resort in North-Rine Westphalia. The town was founded in about 1270. It has some dark past as Winterberg experienced witch trials and their executions between the 16th and 18th centuries.

If you are keen on bobsleigh, skeleton, and luge, you will love the town's sports facilities.

The town is very old, so I guess, sightseeing lovers would have something to do there as well.