Lithuania: Moon and Venus

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USA: Lombard Street, San Francisco

Lombard Street is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight hairpain turns. It claimed to be "the most crooked street in the world".

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Ukraine: Bannik

Bannik is the bathhouse spirit in Slavic mythology. Slavic bathhouses resemble saunas, with an inner steaming room and an outer changing room. The their firing (or fourth) was reserved for Bannik has an inclination to invite demons and forest spirits to share his bath. If disturbed by an intruder while washing, Bannik might pour boiling water over him, or even strangle him.

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Canada: Parliament Hill - Ottawa

Parliament Hill (French: Colline du Parlement) is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings is the home of the Parliament of Canada and has architectural elements of national symbolic importance.



Also :) an impressive amount of cute washi tapes

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USA: Lavender Field (Provence, France)

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Indonesia: Sleeping Kitten

Some facts about sleepy cats:

1. Cats can sleep as much as 16 hours a day

2. About 25% of their sleeping hours are spent in deep sleep, where they usually curl up with their eyes tightly closed.

3. Some cats snore

4. Kittens sleep so much because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.

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Germany: Helgoland Island (Heligoland)

Helgoland is a small German archipelago in the Heligoland Bight in the southern corner of the North Sea. Helgoland used to be called Heyligeland, or "holy land", possibly due to the island's long association with the god Forseti.

The local population, who are ethnic Frisians, speaks the Heligolandic dialect of the North Frisian language called Halunder.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heligoland
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Germany: Cat Sleeping in Basket

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Australia: Common Pheasants

Common pheasants are widespread throughout the world in introduced feral populations and in farm operations. They are characterized by strong sexual dimorphism, where males are highly decorated with bright colors and adornments such as wattles and long tails.

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Singapore: MRT and LRT System Map

The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) is a rapid transit system forming the major component of the railway system in Singapore.

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USA: Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park is located in northwestern Wyoming in USA. The park includes the major peaks of the 40-mile-long (64 km) Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole. It is only 10 miles south of Yellowstone National Park. The Grand Teton NP is part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact mid-latitude temperate ecosystems in the world.

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Japan: Mei and the Cat Bus (My Neighbor Totoro)

The Cat Bus (Neko Bus) is a character in the Studio Ghibli movie, My Neighbor Totoro. It is a large creature depicted as grinning, twelve legged cat with a hollow body that serves as a bus.

For those of you who loves Studio Ghibli films, this character should be familiar to you :)

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Taiwan: Double-Heart of Stacked Stone (七美雙心石滬)

Double-Heart of Stacked Stone, also known as the Twin-Heart Fish trap, is a stone fising weir located on the north side of Qimei Township, Penghu County, Taiwan. It is a well-preserved ancient fish trap made by stacking stones to form a trap that resembles two hearts.

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Malaysia: Kota Kinabalu City Mosque

The Kota Kinabalu City Mosque is the second main mosque in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The mosque was officially opened in 2000 following a proclamation of the city status of Kota Kinabalu.

This mosque is partially surrounded by a human-made lagoon; this has give rise to the nickname "The Floating Mosque". In 2008, the mosque introduced paddle boat rides, from which visitors could see the mosque from the water.

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Belgium: A Cat Has Nine Lives

First card from Belgium *yay*

I really appreciated postcrossers who send me cat postcards.
They are so cute no matter how you look at them :)

Have a great weekend.

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Croatia: Betina Museum of Wooden Shipbuilding

In August 11-14th, Betina hosted the 2nd annual event of Small Wooden Shipbuilding Days. The goal with this programme is to point out the values of small wooden shipbuilding has in our maritime heritage, The Betina Museum of Wooden Shipbuilding prepared interesting lectures, exhibitions and workshops both for kids and adults. The museum also ended the programme with a traditional sailing regatta "For the Body and Soul" on the fourth day of the event.

Source: http://mbdb.hr/en/august-11-14th-days-of-small-wooden-shipbuilding-in-betina/
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Finland: Squirrel in the woods

Facts about squirrels:
1) Squirrels are very trusting animals, and are of the very few wild animal species which will eat out of a person's hand.
2) Squirrels tend to run in erratic paths. This is intended to deceive potential predators as to its chosen direction so that it may escape.
3) The squirrel is the Native American symbol for preparation, trust, and thriftiness.
4) Squirrels are extremely intelligent creatures as they are known to put on elaborate bogus food burying displays to deceive onlookers.
5) Squirrels are cute.

Hope you will appreciate these little creatures more :)

Source: http://www.onekind.org/education/animals_a_z/squirrel
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France: Jumieges Abbey

Jumieges Abbey was a Benedictine monastery. situated in the commune of Jumieges in Normandy, France.

After numerous re-establishments, it was only in the middle of the 19th century that the process of destruction came to a end, and the abbey we see today is broadly as it was at the time - a process helped by Victor Hugo referring to Jumieges as "the most beautiful ruins in France".

Source: http://www.francethisway.com/places/jumieges-abbey.php
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Taiwan: Grand Hotel - Taipei

The Grand Hotel (圓山大飯店) is a landmark located at Yuanshan in Taipei, Taiwan. The hotel was established in 1952 ad the main building was completed in 1973. The main building is one of the world's tallest Chinese classical buildings, and was also the tallest building in Taiwan from 1973 to 1981.

Dragon motifs are frequently intertwined throughout the various structures that make up the hotel, earning this hotel the name "The Dragon Palace". Besides dragons, lion and plum flower motifs also make a significant presence in the hotel.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Hotel_(Taipei)#Notable_events
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Japan: Mount Fuji (富士山)

Mount Fuji is located on Honshu Island. It is also the highest mountain and an active stratovolcano  in Japan.

Mt. Fuji is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" along with Mt. Tate ad Mt. Haku. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013.

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Poland: Fox with a Heart

A card from Postallove.
I think this is one of the cutest animal illustration card from Postallove. I am not a huge fan of foxes but this one with a subtle smile and a small heart is just adorable.

Thanks a lot to the postcrosser from Poland :)

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Russia: New Postcard *cries in Cantonese*

To those who love postcards and memes, this is the card for you. I personally love reading memes and I spend an unhealthy amount of time each night scrolling through 9GAG. It is so addictive and entertaining, there is no way to stop once you fall into the meme world. If you feel stressful and need something to laugh about, definitely check out some memes. You'll love it.

*Sorry for the long post and the lack of potato*

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Finland: Bank of Finland - Helsinki

The Bank of Finland is the central bank of Finland.
It is also the fourth oldest bank in the world. It was established in 1812 in the city of Turku, but was relocated to Helsinki in 1819.

In addition to monetary policy and research, the Bank of Finland has three other core functions: financial markets and statistics, banking operations and the maintenance of currency supply.

Source: http://www.suomenpankki.fi/en/suomen_pankki/Pages/default.aspx
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Russia: Cat in Blanket

I received this cute cat from Russia.

I don't know about you, but I love sharing my bed with my cats :) They keep my bed cozy and their sleeping faces are too cute to ignore. The only bad thing is that they leave fur balls on my bed every night.....But, I don't think I can ever live without cats... meow <3




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China: Ancient Cats

A very cute cat card from China.

They look like they are from ancient times, and performing a puppet show with cats


















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Australia: Aurora Borealis Over the Sea

A beautiful card showing the Aurora Borealis
I have yet to see that with my own eyes...
And I think the best place to do so is in the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort...which has the glass igloos
It'd be awesome to stay a week there and watch the beautiful lights.
















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