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| CN-2086490, Sent from Hangzhou Sent 17 Nov 2016, Traveled 3,621 km in 90 days |
Nedi, the sender of this postcard wrote: This picture is the seventeen-hole bridge. It's one of the famous scenes at the Summer Palace in Beijing.
I love this scene captured during the golden hour.
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| DE-5986656, sent from Leipzig Sent 15 Feb 2017, Traveled 9,998 km in 12 days |
Here's a winter view of Blick vom Johannapark, at the Leipzig city center. I must admit, finding bridges within city parks & gardens always thrills me. There's that adrenalin rush of getting from one side to the other, regardless how relatively small of an accomplishment it might seem.
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| Friendship Gift Postcard, hand-delivered |
Now, this last postcard means so much to me. It was hand-delivered to me by a colleague when she came back to the office from her Australia trip. At the back was written, "Sometimes people need to fall apart, to realize how much you need to get back together. You just need to believe that everything happens for a reason and God has bigger plans for you! Hang in there!!" This postcard was pinned to my office cubicle where I can see it every day while facing my laptop screen. That year, 2014, was tumultuous, to say the least -- this postcard was one of my links to sanity.
I'm sure you folks have noticed the delay in my weekend posts. It's been a real challenge for me these couple of weeks with responsibilities at work. At the moment, I'm finally on my last week of a 3-week series of trips from Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi, and now here in Jakarta (moving to Malang on Wednesday!). After that, I'm back to Singapore for 1 week and then I''m off to the foot of the Alps, for a 2-week break. I'm hesitant about this, but I really need a time off from electronics & gadgets so I decided that for 5 & 12 August, I won't be hosting the linky. However, if someone would want to substitute for me on those 2 weekends, please let me know in the comment and I will pass the HTML codes for the link-up platform.
Hope you're all having a free & easy weekend,
~maria
Such a beautiful postcards, all of them!
ReplyDeleteAnd what a dear gesture of your colleague.
The Sydney bridge brings back good, positive, memories to me, too. I went there in December 1992, an unforgettable trip to East Australia, followed by turbulent times (I realize now).
Alas I am afraid I cannot help hosting in August, because those weekends surround a very busy working week, and in the weekends themselves I'll be busy with family matters. Perhaps we all should be electronics-free, those two weekends, and instead of posting and linking, be thinking of you in the beautiful Alps! :-)
I think I have a stamp featuring an artist's impression of the Chinese bridge, beautiful card. Love the winter bridge view, nice to walk across on a frosty morning.
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