Füred day

My sister, her godmother and me, we spent one nice day in Füred "culturing" around. We visited the Blaha Lujza mansion, the Jókai mansion and the Vaszary mansion. In the latter, there is an exhibition of the permanent collection of the gallery, which I loved.

At the end of the day, we travelled back by ship to Balatonkenese :)

From: We to my parents
Date: August 2011

Yodelei yodelei heee-hooo!

Such a lovely postcard! I can hear the jingling of the bells of the cows :) They can trudge so peacefully. This photo perfectly shows the Swiss feeling: vibrant green mountains, cows, neat houses and cottages.
My friend has family in Switzerland, his grandfather lives in Zürich. It was during my friend visit when he got this postcard for me. The dedication is: "At least I didn't forget it. This is something! With love"

From: B. G.

Date: July 2011

Toscana

Tuscany is probably the most famous region of Italy. Due to it's historically important cities such as Florence / Firenze, Pisa, Siena, Lucca, San Gimignano and Arezzo, which were centers of culture and art as the same time, it gained attention. Even modern Italian language was born of the Tuscan dialect (dialetto toscano) by the masterpiece of Dante Alighieri, the Divine Comedy.

From: T. A.

Date: July 2011

Montepulciano

Chiesa di San Biagio

Montepulciano is a town in the province of Tuscany. This little church in the outskirts is called San Bagio, a Renaissance church with Greek Cross plan, it was designed by Antonio da Sangallo.

From: T.A.

Date: July 2011

Ladispoli

Castello di Palo

My friend went to Ladispoli to do her internship. This town is at the Tyrrhenian Sea shore, next to Rome. 

She said all the time that there was nothing but the sea and the hotel where she worked.
The Palo Castle was built in 1500 to replace an older fort in the site. The name Palo comes from the word 'Palus' which is swamps in Latin. There were big swamps around the area, that's where the name comes from. According to records, many important men from Italan history had spent time in the castle: popes and the members of the Orsini family. The castle today is a property of the Odescalchi family, as it was for a long time during history.
Even if this small town has no more sight to see, this castle is pretty interesting :)
Love the colours of this photo.

From: K. L.

Date: May 2011

Macchu Picchu

This postcard is absolutely one of the crown pieces of my collection.
The background story is that my friend spent a month in Peru and of course she took the chance to climb the Macchu Picchu.

 Fun fact is that the name means in Quechua languge: 'Old Peak.' This old peak rises 2430 meter high above sea level. The ruins of the ancient Inca Empire were declared as an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.

My image of Peru comes from my childhood, namely from the Disney movie, The Emperor's New Groove.
These ancient ruins are my real Cuzcotopia.

From: M. H.

Date: April 2011

Funny Easter in Germany

Oh you stupid egg!

It was Easter time during our trip in Munich and I found some cute rabbits :)

Date: April 2011