BORING POSTCARDS

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Comment by Valentine Mark Herman 4 hours ago

FOUR BORING POSTCARDS FROM KATERINA -- MERCY BUCKETS -- WITH KATERINA'S QUESTIONS ( and my silly answers/comments)

1. The Forum Rome: 'Remains of the Temple of Castore and Polluce, with the Arc of Tito in the background"

"Boring Stones, or interesting photo? Who is that lady in red?", asks Katerina.

The stones are indeed quite boring. The lady in red is obviously the subject of Chris de Burgh's 1986 song of the same title, which ends:

'I never will forget the way you look tonight
The lady in red, the lady in red
The lady in red, my lady in red
I love you'

I'm worried about the Arc of Tito -- President Tito of what was once upon a time Yugoslavia? I know he ruled the country for a very long time, but didn't realise his reign started when the Forum was built.

2. Kymi Island Greece: 'A partial view of the port'

'Where are the fishermen?', asks Katerina.

Well, to start with there are no longer 'fishermen' -- they are now 'fisherpersons'. So where are the fisherpersons? Alas, as a result of the EU's Common Fishing Policy, they no longer exist. They are now all Ebay vendors and Twotter 'influencers'.

AND note the red car( which we will soon come aqcross in a different location). AND note that there are now TWO ladies in red. AND note that there is one girl with a red skirt (whom we will meet later).

3. The Harbour, Fira, Santorini, Greece

"Always easy walking down", says Katerina.

Look closely to the right of the boat, and you will see .... a red car (that has driven all the way from Kyli?)

4. Plovdiv Bulgaria

"A card from 1975 not sent", says Katerina; "Plovdiv or Phillopoupoli as the Greeks say..."

( For those of us who do not speak Greece, Plovdiv may be easier...)

AND....the girl with red skirt is here again (bottom left!)

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 28, 2025 at 4:12pm

THREE PARISIAN MULTI-PHOTO ONES FROM MIKEL UNTZILLA -- MERCI BEAUCOUP!

Comment by C A McEntee on March 21, 2025 at 2:32pm

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Comment by Raphael Nadolny on March 21, 2025 at 7:01am

A postcard from the 1980s advertising Polish airlines and the Warsaw airport.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 12, 2025 at 10:51am

LOTS OF SOVIET- ERA POSTCARDS FROM ILIA SEMENKO-BASSINE  -- MANY THANKS ILYA, THEY TOOK A LONG TIME (6+ weeks) TO GET HERE

Last but not least the envelope they all came in:

Comment by Helen Amyes on February 27, 2025 at 7:16am

Australia affectionately known as a "Mine with a View".
2 vintage postcards of Mt Isa Mines NT and Green Island NQ

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on February 25, 2025 at 2:35pm

Jánský Vrch Castle is located on a rocky hill above the town and is a natural dominant feature of the town of Javornik in North Bohemia (Rychlebské Mountains). The history of the castle is linked to the Wroclaw bishopric, which owned the castle and the entire Jeseníky region from 1348. Tours of the chateau lead through the representative rooms with an exhibition of a collection of pipes, one of the largest in the Czech Republic. Also valuable is the collection of home textiles found in the chateau, especially the original 150-year-old curtains. Postcards from the 1980s

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 23, 2025 at 2:54pm

THREE FROM KATERINA -- Thanks, MomKat!

1. Empty streets in Sofia, Bulgaria

Karerina points out that there is only one person in the four photos (top right). Alas, he was shot for trespassing. So much for jaywalking in Sofia.

2. Union Avenue Christian Church, St Louis, MO, USA

And on the reverse of the Postcard...a prayer

3. The Isthmus, Greece

A couple of observations:

1. note the perfect balance of the parts of this photo --  the train centered over the Isthmus and the two boats. It took Panagiotis, the photographer, four months of patient waiting until he got the compoisition just right

2. it is NOT the Panama Canal, so hands off Donald. (For now?!)

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 19, 2025 at 10:54am

AND ANOTHER FOUR -- THESE ARE FROM ANNE

1. Camouflage Kids

2. Holiday Village chalets, Guidel, Bretagne, France

3. Pressing St Nazaire cheese with 'le pesadou'

Mme Pesadou with le pesadou?

4. Port-Gentil, France

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