TAIWAN

Thanks to postcrosser Candice for the card and nice stamps.

BRAZIL - Copacabana and Ilha De Cataguazes

Thanks to Marcos for the cards.

Washington - Washington State Ferry, M V Puyallup

A Washington State Ferry, the M. V. Puyallup, cruises the waters of Puget Sound giving passengers an excellent view of the Olympic Mountains. Thanks to postcrosser Anna.

FRANCE - Lovely girls

The card read; ' Oh girls, you look so smart, ready to catch some shrimps'. Thanks to postcrosser Lola for the lovely card.

TAIWAN - Kenting, Pingtung Country

Thanks to postcrosser Andrey for the card.

RUSSIA - Farm. Motives of Russian architecture, 1877

Thaks to postcrosser Sergey for the cards.

BELARUS - St Nicholas Cathedral

Thanks to Anatol for the card.

BELARUS - St Nicholas the Wonderworker

Thanks to Anatol for the card.

JAPAN - Snowy Town

Thank to postrosser Miki for the card.

USA - Rainy Day

Thanks to postcrosser Deanna for the card.

LITHUANIA - Vilnius Cathedral

Thanks to postcrosser Irena for the card.

RUSSIA - The Kizhi Pogost Wooden Churches

Thank so much to postcrosser Svetlana for the wooden church card.  Magnificent view!

"Kizhi Pogost (Russian: Кижский Погост) is a historical site dating from the 17th century on Kizhi island. The island is located on Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia (Medvezhyegorsky District), Russia. The pogost is the area inside a fence which includes two large wooden churches (the 22-dome Transfiguration Church and the 9-dome Intercession Church) and a bell-tower. The pogost is famous for its beauty and longevity, despite that it is built exclusively of wood. In 1990, it was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites and in 1993 listed as a Russian Cultural Heritage site."

RUSSIA - Orthodox Assumption Cathedral, Tula

Thanks to postcrosser Igor for the card.

POLAND - The Baraque Parish Church of St Stanislaus

 The Baraque Parish Church of St Stanislaus was built from 1651 to 1735.  Thanks to postcrosser Bartosz for the card.

BELARUS

Thanks to young postcrosser Zakhar for the card.  He is 5 years old boy.

BELARUS - The Trinity Suburb

The Trinity Suburb (reconstructed during the soviet time in XV-XVI centuries style). Thanks to postcrosser Aleksei for the card.

'Trinity Suburb is an old picturesque part of Minsk located on the bank of the Svisloch River in the city center. Its cozy little streets and houses, with tile roofs and delicate colors, have become a symbol of Minsk.

Upper Town, the surroundings of the destroyed Minsk Castle and Rakov Suburb form the historic center of Minsk with its captivating historic buildings, Orthodox and Catholic churches."

GERMANY

Thanks to postcrosser Doreen for the card.

GERMANY - Kellenhusen

Thanks to postcrosser Marion for the card.

"The seaside Kellenhusen, Baltic Sea Kellenhusen or Ostseeheilbad Kellenhusen is located in the Bay of Lübeck top left, ie in the heart of the Bay of Lübeck - Ostholstein in at the top of the Bay of Lübeck. This child-friendly family pool Kellenhusen, a pearl in the chain of seaside resorts between Lübeck and the island of Fehmarn, located in Schleswig-Holstein, thus making low holiday in Germany, at the Vogelfluglinie, where it is most beautiful on the Baltic Sea."

GREECE - Shipwreck Beach, Zante Island

Ship-wreck beach of the island Zante, such a beautiful view card from Urania. Thank you.

"Zakynthos  or Zante is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. Zakynthos is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and its only municipality and a well-known summer resort. The harbor city of Zakynthos is the capital and major hub, centered around waterfront Solomos Square. Popular beaches like Agios Nikolaos, Alykanas and Tsilivi offer swimming and water sports. Accessed by boat, Navagio beach is the site of a famed 1980 shipwreck resting in a sandy cove framed by cliffs."

BELARUS - Saint Nicholas Garrison Temple and Interior

Thanks to Anatol for the swap.

"During the years 1851-1876 an Orthodox Church was built in the fortress designed by the academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, architect David Ivanovich Grimm. It is a domed building, church basilica in the Byzantine style, in which 8 columns were installed. Light came through 7 windows in the altar area and the same number of windows on each side. The church was painted in the Romanesque style. The majestic dome was crowned with a St. George's Cross. In the early twentieth century St. Nicholas’s Garrison Church was the main temple of the western Russian region, one of the most beautiful temples built in the center of Europe."

LUXEMBOURGE - Chateau de Useldange

View of Useldange Castle from postcrosser Jean, thank you.

"Useldange Castle is a medieval castle, now mainly in ruin, located in the village of Useldange in western Luxembourg. The castle stands on a small hill in the centre of the village overlooking the River Attert."

FRANCE - Paris

Thanks to postcrosser Alexandra for the card.