A Beautiful Bridge

Sender: Alienne
A beautiful bridge, surrounded by yellow and green trees. I dream to walk along this bridge enjoying the fresh air and cool breeze..

Arched Stone Bridge

Sender: Kamipaper

A thick brown paper postcard showing a beautiful romantic view of a graceful arched stone bridge over the river...

Tsing Ma Bridge

Sender: Siriussmirks

The Tsing Ma Bridge, Hong Kong, seen at dusk

The Tsing Ma Bridge is the world's longest span suspension bridge carrying both road and railway traffic.

Golden Gate Bridge

Sender: CardiffGal

Golden Gate Bridge View from South Tower

North of the narrow and turbulent Golden Gate, the Marin Headlands rise dramatically from the sea in this bird's eye view from the top of the Golden Gate Bridge.

A Huge Moon

Sender: StarrySky
A huge moon hanging up there above the city of glittering lights.

Sydney Harbour

Sender: Crizle
Sydney Harbour at dusk

The Golden Gate Bridge

Sender: Vejoyce

The Golden Gate Bridge

Some of the stamps are torn off

Padocks of Love

Sender: Monika

Padlocks of Love at the Tumski Bridge in Wroclaw, Poland. The keys for the padlocks are mostly thrown to the river. The padlocks are "a sign of eternal love".  :)

Kurilpa Bridge

Sender: Crizle

The Kurilpa Bridge is the world's first tensegrity bridge and joins the city to GOMA and Southbank and is for pedestrians and bicycles.

Kremlin from Moscow River

Sender: *marina*
A fresh view of the Kremlin, from Moscow River. I love this view of the Kremlin the best!

*Marina* writes that the stamps are of Irkutsk (a city in Siberia, to the east of Russia) and the coat of arms of the city, featuring a Siberian tiger with a sable in its mouth. I'm happy she took the trouble to explain the beautiful stamps! :)

A Covered Bridge

Sender: Sara
OREGON: One of the many covered bridges along the rural roads of Oregon.

Oregon has the largest collection of covered bridges in the West and one of the largest in the nation. The covered-bridge-building tradition in Oregon dates from the 1850s. Out of necessity, pioneers built them with materials at hand. It was well known that wood, protected from the elements, would last considerably longer than that which was left in the open. To increase their useful life, houses were constructed over the timber trusses to protect them from the damp western Oregon climate.

 

'I' is for 'Ireland'

Sender: Alienne

Text on card: Stone Bridge on the Ring of Beara, County Cork. 

Alienne hopes that I will like the lonesome stretch of land in Ireland. I do! I do! I do like it very much, Alienne! I wish to explore the place in this card but I guess I would have to be wrapped up warmly in 20 layers or more as I am sure it is colder than it looks. Actually for a long time I was near enough to hop on a ferry to Ireland. But I never did and I regret that until today.

The Beara Peninsula is a walker's paradise, ideal for long walks with ever-changing views.  There are mountains, valleys, scenic lakes, rugged coastline, woodlands, marshes, fens and species-rich limestone grasslands. Linking all this together is the Beara Way walking trail, also a cycling route - just my cup of tea - (and the Ring of Beara for those who wish to drive). 

Beara is situated in County Cork, which is Ireland's largest county with a history that goes back for hundreds of years and there are traces of civilisation that date back to the Stone Age.

Down thy valleys, Ireland, Ireland,
Down thy valleys green and sad,
Still thy spirit wanders wailing,
Wanders wailing, wanders mad.

Long ago that anguish took thee,
Ireland, Ireland, green and fair,
Spoilers strong in darkness took thee,
Broke thy heart and left thee there.

Down thy valleys, Ireland, Ireland,
Still thy spirit wanders mad;
All too late they love that wronged thee,
Ireland, Ireland, green and sad. 

Shasta Lake

Sender: Escamilla
Text on card: The Sacramento Arm of Shasta Lake at Lakehea

Escamilla grew up near Shasta Lake. She wrote that in reality the water level of the lake is usually much lower than pictured.

Shasta Dam was constructed between 1935 and 1945, across the Sacramento River and the  man-made Shasta Lake was created and formed in 1984 as a result thereof. Its within an easy drive of San Francisco, Sacramento and Portland for a weekend getaway or vacation. The most popular activity is boating but visitors can also indulge in water-skiing, fishing, tour the dam itself or the caverns up the mountains.

Monument to A Dog

Sender: Tanya

Monument to a Dog & Bridge in Nyasvich Park.

Tanya wrote that the dog monument and the bridge are in Nyasvich Park (or Nesvizh) which is part of the Nesvizh Castle grounds. Nesvizh Castle is the family estate of the Radziwill noble family (one of the most important and wealthy clans of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania) from 1533. 

It is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The Exchange Bridge

Sender: Julia Fatieva
View of the Neva river and the (Birzhevoy) Exchange Bridge in St. Petersburg.
The Exchange Bridge is the bridge across Malaya Neva, distributary of the Neva River. Its length is 239 meters and width is 27 meters and it connects Vasilievsky Island and Petrogradsky Island. 

The Old Bridge

Sender: Sabina37


The Old Bridge of Mostar (Stari Most), is a 16th Century stone bridge with a single span of almost 29 metres and a curvature close to a lowered centre half-circle. Built in tenelija stone, it is of a light tone colour, bright and changing colours due to the sun, during daytime. 


In July 2005, UNESCO inscribed the Old Bridge and its closest vicinity onto the World Heritage List.

Foggy Bridge

Sender: Lexa


The San Fransisco Golden Gate Bridge in Fog

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Sender: Joy

Moveable Bridge

Sender: Duplevista
A moveable bridge in Amsterdam, sent from the UK

It's Not Falling Down

Sender: manxious
A view of the famous London Bridge. One of the nursery rhymes taught to me as a child was of this bridge falling down!