BORING POSTCARDS

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Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 21, 2023 at 10:19am

THINGS ARE VERY BAD IN PARIS, FRANCE, THESE DAYS....

1.La tour Eiffel de la rue St Eleuthère

"So I said to President Macron..."

"But did he listen to you?"

"No, he never listens to anyone these days."

2. Things are so bad here that we have to go busking on the streets and have had to get the dog to wear a dress and dance

Please send us lots of money.

PS The dog neither likes dressing up or dancing.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 21, 2023 at 10:12am

DECOY POOL HOUSE, SOMERSET, ENGLAND

I stayed here many years ago, but there were no huntsmen or hounds there then

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 21, 2023 at 10:10am

THREE MORE FROM MIKEL UNTZILLA

1. Iban de Estanes (177m. alt.) Piirineo Aragones, Spain

2. Camino de Santiago, Spain

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" (about Boring Postcards?). Or Pilgrims' Progress

3. Le Palais du Centre Nationale des Industries et Techniques

Featuring the 'Rond-Point (roundabout) de la Défense à Puteaux'

[Just in case you don't know immediately who the architects responsible for the Centre are they are Monsewers Camelot, De Mailly and Zehrfuss]

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on March 16, 2023 at 9:17am

Przemyskie Voivodeship - a region located in south-eastern Poland, on the current border with Ukraine. As an administrative unit it existed between 1975 and 1999. Postcard from around 1978.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on March 13, 2023 at 11:13am

Jelenia Góra region, postcard with a map of the region with most attractive tourist destinantiona, the region is located at the foot of the Krkonoše / Riesengebirge Mountains. Postcard from 1978.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on March 9, 2023 at 2:36pm

Krakowskie Voivodeship (Cracow Region) - created in 1975 and lasted until the administrative reform of 1999. A postcard from 1978 shows a map of the region with the most attractive tourist destinations. It also features the coat of arms and a couple in folk costume.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 9, 2023 at 8:52am

TWO BORING ONES FROM VAL -- Thank you Val!

1.Moon (by Chineasy)

This is really quite clever. There's a moon --obviously. But what is it seen through? A window? A chair? Nope -- it's the Chinese ideogram for 'moon' (yue). And it also means 'month'

2. Philatelovely

Very unlovely word, but a good UK supplier of stamp and philately stuff

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 2, 2023 at 8:51am

YET ANOTHER THREE BORING POSTCARDS FROM MIKEL UNTZILLA -- ONE OF OUR MOST LOYAL CONTRIBUTORS!

1. Passeig Jaume 1, Salou, Spain

2. Loro Parque, Porto de la Cruz, Teneride, Spain

I have to ask myself "Why?"

People who are very drunk and hallucinating supposedly see pink elephants. But green ones? Three of them? In a row?

Remindq me of a Belgian beer called Delirium Tremens ....

Enough of that...back to Mikel's last Boring Postcard

3. Le Sacré-Coeur et la Place du Tertre, Paris, France

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on February 28, 2023 at 12:58pm

The Beskid Sądecki is a range located in the southern part of Poland and is the westernmost part of the Western Beskids. The region is very attractive in terms of tourism, mainly due to its beautiful landscapes (Poprad river gorge), numerous spas (mineral waters), rich cultural heritage of the region (e.g. Wooden Architecture Route), and folklore. The biggest tourist centres are the spa towns and villages located near the springs and mineral water intakes, such as Krynica-Zdrój, Muszyna, Piwniczna-Zdrój, Rytro, Żegiestów-Zdrój, as well as Szczawnica, located on the border of the Radziejowa Range and the Little Pieniny Mountains. Postcard form 1977 year.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 26, 2023 at 9:34am

TWO OLD SALONIkA STREET SCENES (AND A BIT OF HISTORY) FROM KATERINA -- THANKS AGAIN!

1.'Exohon Avenue (today's Vasilisis Olgas) in 1903".

Salonique = Salonica = Selonik = Thessaloniki. The street scene is during the Turkish Occupation (ie before 1912, and freedom from the Turks.)

2. Ethnikis Aminis Street and the Syntrivani in 1903

"Saloniue? For the city named after Alexander the Great --Thessaloniki Victory (nike) over Thessaly by their father Phillip, King of Macedons" explains Katerina. [And again a 1903 scene]

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