Another Christmas Card

Here's the Christmas card I received from the Matsumoto Family last year.  I've been good friends with them since I met Haruka in 2009.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The postcard came with these stamps:

70 yen to send a postcard abroad

Christmas Card

Merry Christmas everyone! Here's a postcard my good Australian friend, Erin, sent me for the holidays last year. 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

This was my first official card from the Netherlands.  Sent on May 9, 2011, Ingrid writes, "this card is our capital, Amsterdam, famous for the channels, houses, and flowers, amongst others the tulips."

And the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997

The card came with:

Part of the 2010 Grenzeloos Nederland series, featuring relations with Suriname, a former colony

Cinnamon Buns

Tuula sent me this delicious-looking postcard last October.  It was autumn in Finland when she wrote this (October 3, 2011).  The temperature was slowly decreasing (6 C that time) and it was raining often.

Cinnamon buns

The postcard came with this stamp:

1 of the 5 Onnenhyppy stamps designed by  Tuomo Savolainen

Split, Croatia

One of the most interesting Round Robins I've joined was the Themed Messages RR - Group 140B (What would you tell your 12-year-old self?) I got this postcard from Jelena, who told me what she would've told her 12-year old self.  Actually a very therapeutic RR.

Split is Croatia's 2nd largest city.  With a 1700-year old harbor, Split remains to be one of the Adriatic's most fascinating seaports.  Diocletian's Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, can be found in this city.

"Hello, is this Croatia?"

The card came with this stamp:

Valpovo Castle