TAIWAN - Alishan, Autumn of cloud sea

Shang sent me a card of Alishan which is her hometown.  The view looks so amazing.

"Alishan Township (Chinese: 阿里山鄉; pinyin: Ālǐshān Xiāng) is a rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan. Alishan National Scenic Area covers most, but not all, of the township and also parts of neighboring townships."

PORTUGAL - Lisbon

Thank you Raul for the great card and stamps.

USA - Greetings From Scenic Georgia

Rolling Streams and picturesque setting dot the landscape in scenic Georgia.  Picture is the Loudermilk Mill near Clarksville, Georgia. Thanks to Claire for the nice card.

This is a picture postcard f from Princeton University Art Museum. Drawing by Paul Cezanne (French, 1839-1906),Mont Sainte-Victoire (la Montagne Sainte-Victoire), ca. 1904-6. Oil on canvas.

USA - Greeting from Alabama

Thank you Nadine from Montgomery for the Alabama greetings card!.

Bashkortostan - The Old Mosque

"First Ufa Cathedral Mosque" is what the back of the card wrote.  I assumed it means 'the old Mosque' as what I can find in Wiki; Thank you to Angie for a new mosque postcard which added to my mosque collection.

"The Old Mosque, Ufa, commonly known as the Tukayev Mosque, is located in Ufa, Russia. The first permanent mosque in the city of Ufa was erected in 1830 on Frolovskaya Street (later renamed Tukayev Street).[1] Its construction was initiated by Gabdesallam Gabdrakhimov (1765-1840), the second mufti of the Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly. A madrasah was opened in 1887. It was the only active mosque in the city between 1960 and 1994."

Marilyn Monroe

BELARUS - Vintage Card

This is a reprint of an early XXth century postcard, which shows a Boys Gymnasium in Minsk. Unfortunately the building is gone now. Thanks to Alyona for the great vintage card!

GERMANY - Wuppertal Town Hall

Thank you Anja for the card.

UKRAINE - Franz Kafka

"Franz Kafka[a] (Jewish name: אנשיל, Anschel; 3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-language writer of novels and short stories, regarded by critics as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. Most of his works, such as "Die Verwandlung" ("The Metamorphosis"), Der Prozess (The Trial), and Das Schloss (The Castle), are filled with the themes and archetypes of alienation, physical and psychological brutality, parent–child conflict, characters on a terrifying quest, labyrinths of bureaucracy, and mystical transformations."

ALABAMA - Alabama State Capitol

"The Alabama State Capitol, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the First Confederate Capitol, is the state capitol building for Alabama. It is located on Capitol Hill, originally Goat Hill, in Montgomery. It was declared a National Historic Landmark on December 19, 1960."

PANAMA - Comarca Kuna Yala

For our second swap, Anyi sent me this beautiful San Blas, (Kuna Yala) Panama card. Looks like a nice place for vacation.  Thank you Anyi for this stunning card!

"Guna, also known as Kuna or Cuna is the name of an indigenous people of Panama and Colombia. The current preferred and legally recognized spelling is Guna. In the Kuna language, they call themselves Dule or Tule, meaning "people", and the name of the language in Kuna is Dulegaya, meaning "Kuna language" (literally "people-mouth")

The Kuna live in three politically autonomous comarcas or reservations in Panama, and in a few small villages in Colombia. There are also communities of Kuna people in Panama City, Colón, and other cities. The most Kunas live on small islands off the coast of the comarca of Kuna Yala known as the San Blas Islands." WIKI

PENNSYLVANIA - USS Arizona at sea off California, late April 1932.

"USS Arizona was a Pennsylvania-class battleship built for and by the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the 48th state's recent admission into the union, the ship was the second and last of the Pennsylvania class of "super-dreadnought" battleships. Although commissioned in 1916, the ship remained stateside during World War I. Shortly after the end of the war, Arizona was one of a number of American ships that briefly escorted President Woodrow Wilson to the Paris Peace Conference. The ship was sent to Turkey in 1919 at the beginning of the Greco-Turkish War to represent American interests for several months. Several years later, she was transferred to the Pacific Fleet and remained there for the rest of her career."

ALASKA - Aurora Bolealis with wolves, Alaska

"An aurora is a natural light display in the sky (from the Latin word aurora, "sunrise" or the Roman goddess of dawn), predominantly seen in the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions.

Auroras are caused by charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, entering the atmosphere from above causing ionisation and excitation of atmospheric constituents, and consequent optical emissions. Incident protons can also produce emissions as hydrogen atoms after gaining an electron from the atmosphere."

NETHERLANDS

Thanks to Anita for the birthday wishes card!

CHINA - Wangfujing Street, Beijing

"Wangfujing (Chinese: 王府井; pinyin: Wángfǔjǐng; literally: "Prince's Mansion Well") is one of the famous local snack street and night market, located in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. The majority of the main area is pedestrianised and very popular shopping place for both tourists and residents of the capital."

ISLE OF MAN View Card

Thank you James for my first card from Isle of Man.

GERMANY - The Euro Coins

ENGLAND - Carlisle Cathedral

Thank you AlisonClaire for the lovely Carlisle Cathedral.

"Founded in 1122,Carlisle Cathedral is one of the jewels of North West England and, after standing on the border with Scotland for almost 900 years, it has a lively story to tell. It may not be the best known medieval Cathedral in England."

ENGLAND - Wakefield

"Wakefield is a city and the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder, on the eastern edge of the Pennines."

PANAMA - Colon

Thank you Blance, for 4 great cards of Panama.