Avignon

Received from: France
Category: from a friend
Date: June 2014

Avignon is a French commune in southeastern France in the department of the Vaucluse bordered by the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 90,194 inhabitants of the city (as of 2011), about 12,000 live in the ancient town centre surrounded by its medieval ramparts.

Atlanta

Received from: the USA
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2014
Distance: 8062 km
Time of travelling: 13 days

Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia, with an estimated 2013 population of 447,841. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to 5,522,942 people and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the United States. Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County.

Sofia

Received from: Bulgaria
Category: from a friend
Date: May 2014

 Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. Sofia is located at the foot of Mount Vitosha in the western part of the country. It occupies a strategic position at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula. Sofia's history spans 2,400 years. Its ancient name Serdica derives from the local Celtic tribe of the Serdi who established the town in the 5th century BC. It remained a relatively small settlement until 1879, when it was declared the capital of Bulgaria.

Tiraspol

Received from: Transnistria
Category: from a friend
Date: May 2014

The Nativity Church, also known as the Cathedral of the Birth of Christ, is the largest and newest church in Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria. It is a Russian Orthodox Church completed in 1999 to serve as the Mother Church of the Orthodox Christian Diocese of Tiraspol.

Celebrations marking the completion of the cathedral included, among other things, the issuing of a series of postage stamps featuring the church (see Transnistrian stamps issued for Christmas 1999). In 2001, the cathedral's image was displayed on the principal coins struck for a commemorative series of gold and silver currency featuring Orthodox Temples of Transnistria.

Finland

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2014
Distance: 993 km
Time of travelling: 12 days

Beijing

Received from: China
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: May 2014
Distance: 6936 km
Time of travelling: 51 days
The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty. It is located in the center of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as
well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government.

Athens

Received from: Greece
Category: from a friend
Date: May 2014

Międzyzdroje

Received from: Poland
Category: from family
Date: July 2013

Malta & Gozo

From: Malta
Category: My collection
Date: March 2014

Valletta

Received from: Malta
Category: private
Date: March 2014

Germany

Received from: Germany
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2014
Distance: 851 km
Time of travelling: 5 days

The coat of arms of Germany displays a black eagle (the Bundesadler "Federal Eagle", formerly Reichsadler "Imperial Eagle") on a yellow shield (Or, an eagle displayed sable). It is a re-introduction of the coat of arms of the Weimar Republic (in use 1919–1935) adopted by the Federal Republic of Germany in 1950. The current official design is due to Tobias Schwab (1887–1967) and was introduced in 1928.

Leipzig

Received from: Germany
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2014
Distance: 828 km
Time of travelling: 5 days

Leipzig is a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. It has around 540,000 inhabitants and is the heart of the Central German Metropolitan Region. Leipzig is located about 150 kilometres (93 miles) south of Berlin at the confluence of the White Elster, Pleisse, and Parthe rivers at the southerly end of the North German Plain.

An Rhein & Neckar

Received from: Germany
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2014
Distance: 913 km
Time of travelling: 5 days

Hong Kong

Received from: Hong Kong
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: July 2013
Distance: 8286 km
Time of travelling: 18 days

New York

Received from: the USA
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2014
Distance: 6852 km
Time of travelling: 5 days
New York traces its roots to its 1624 founding as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664. New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the country's largest city since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a globally recognized symbol of the United States and its democracy.