Kreva

Received from: Belarus
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: July 2013
Distance: 474 km
Time of travelling: 43 days

Kreva Castle is the ruins of a major fortified residence of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas and Algirdas in Kreva village, Belarus. Algirdas's brother Kęstutis was imprisoned and murdered in the Kreva Castle in 1382. The Union of Krewo (Act of Krewo), the first step towards the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, was signed in the castle three years later. The castle was sacked by the Crimean Tatars in the early 16th century and stood unoccupied for a long time. By the 19th century, much of the walls had crumbled away. The World War I dealt a final blow to the decaying structure, since the castle stood on the front line between Russian and German armed forces. In 19th and 20th centuries, the ruins were partially conserved, particularly by Poland in 1929. However, the monument crumbles further.

Russia

Received from: Russia
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: July 2013
Distance: 1095 km
Time of travelling: 40 days

Budapest

Received from: Hungary
Category: from a friend
Date: May 2013

St. Stephen's Basilica is a Roman Catholic basilica in Budapest, Hungary. It is named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary (c 975–1038), whose right hand is housed in the reliquary. It was the sixth largest church building in Hungary before 1920. Today, it is the third largest church building in present-day Hungary.

Dziwnówek

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

Trzęsacz

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

Tallinn

Received from: Estonia
Category: from a friend
Date: September 2013

Tallinn is internationally renowned as a tourist destination, receiving more than 1.5 million visitors annually. The number of visitors has been growing steadily over the past decade.
Tallinn Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as other major attractions, such as the Seaplane Harbour of Estonian Maritime Museum, Tallinn Zoo and the Estonian Open Air Museum contribute to the overall success of the city as a travel destination. While most of the visitors come from Europe, Tallinn has become increasingly more popular in recent years for tourists from Russia and Asia-Pacific region, for which a rapid growth is reported.

Hong Kong

Received from: Hong Kong
Category: tag
Date: May 2013

Finland

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: July 2013
Distance: 1355 km
Time of travelling: 18 days

Velisurmaaja is a legend from Finnish folklore and also the main character of this legend. The tale contains uncommon apocalyptic descriptions.

Postcrossing Map

Received from: Russia
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: July 2013
Distance: 4509 km
Time of travelling: 40 days

Frýdštejn

Received from: Czech Republic
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: June 2013
Distance: 424 km
Time of travelling: 7 days

The ruins of Frýdštejn Castle can be found in the Liberec Region, Czech Republic, near the town Turnov. It is one of three castles in Jablonec nad Nisou District. A typical rock castle, it lies on the upper end of a long sandstone rock ridge, next to the village of Frýdštejn (former Zásada). The castle dominates the nearby Jizera river valley and the old trade route from Turnov to the north.

Alupka

Received from: Ukraine
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: July 2013
Distance: 944 km
The Vorontsov Palace or the Alupka Palace is an historic palace situated at the foot of the Crimean Mountains near the town of Alupka in Crimea, southern Ukraine. The Vorontsov Palace is one of the oldest and largest residential palaces in all of Crimea, and is one of the most popular tourist attractions on Crimea's southern coast.

Northern Ireland

Received from: United Kingdom
Category: from a friend
Date: May 2013

Northern Ireland  is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It is variously described as a country, province or region of the UK, amongst other terms. Northern Ireland shares a border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. As of 2011, its population was 1,810,863, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the population of the United Kingdom. Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, Northern Ireland is largely self-governing. According to the agreement, Northern Ireland co-operates with the rest of Ireland on some policy areas, while other areas are reserved for the Government of the United Kingdom, though the Republic of Ireland "may put forward views and proposals" with "determined efforts to resolve disagreements between the two governments".

Russia

Received from: Russia
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: May 2013
Distance: 1152 km
Time of travelling: 24 days

Clermont

Received from: France
Category: private swap
Date: May 2013

Clermont is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
Clermont was also known as Clermont-en-Beauvaisis or Clermont-en-France.