Seven days of friendship

A little over a week ago I received this big envelope in the mail

 My friend Suzanne put a 

"7 days of friendship" package together for me!  

 Next to these cute cat pictures 

and sticker sheet plus pen...

 She included seven handmade envelopes

Every envelope included a bag of tea (and one coffee),

those are obviously gone...

Day one

letter

Day two

paper to use for card making and a charm

Day three

letter and a cute hedgehog

 Day four

clear stamp

 Day five

letter

Day six

little giftbag, facial mask, stickers

 Day seven

letter and notebook

I don't think my photos do the effort she put in this

package justice. I did use my canon camera to take

pictures, but the camera is only as good as the one holding it...

Thank you Suzanne for this wonderful week of mail!

I will definitely put everything to good use. 

Received a new country in my mailbox

I always feel lucky when people think of me

when they are on vacation and 

send me a card. All cards in this post were kindly

send to me from holiday destinations.

This time I was extra lucky because I got a card from...

Armenia

It was the first time I got a card from this country

Austria

Vienna City Hall

Spain, Canary Islands

El Hierro

Going here and there by snail mail

I am really behind on posting all the wonderful

postcards I received, so here is a selection.

 Belgium

A view on the Vismarkt and

the St. Rumbold's Cathedral

Sri Lanka

Gal Vihara, shown on the card are 

the standing and reclining images of Buddha.

And last but not least, 

some beautiful illustrations from Seattle, USA

Cityscape

The Space Needle

Travelling into the history of Italy

I would like to show you some nice cards from Italy

in this post

Pineto

The Tower of Cerrano (Torre di Cerrano) is 2 kilometres from the town centre, at the town's southern border with Silvi Marina. It was built in the 16th century by the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V as a watch tower to guard against attacks from the Turks and others based in what is now Croatia, 100 km (62 miles) across the Adriatic. Today, the tower houses a modern sea-biology laboratory. 

Abruzzo

We get a multi view on the castles of the Abruzzo region

From left to right, top to bottom:

Ortucchio, Torre di Beffi, Castello aragonese, Castello di Salle,

Castello Caldora, Rocca Calascio, Castello di Roccascalegna,

Castello Caldoresco, Castello Piccolomini (Celano), Castello ducale di Crecchio, Castello Piccolomini (Capestrano)

 Rome

The St. Peter's Basilica, Pantheon and Colosseum

don't really need any introduction, I believe