Philippine cookie

Hello! I must admit - I love eating, trying new cuisines, various tastes. That's why I'm open to sweets exchanges with my friends. I've already took part in an exchange with my friend from Hong Kong. Today I will show you brief results of my another exchange.
This time I shared my favourite Polish candies with my Philippine friend:

I got a Mazapan de pili. It's a Spanish name for a marzipan with pili nuts. It was very tasty - luckily, not too sweet :D

Sweet greetings,
Karolina! :)

Viet Nam

Hello everyone! :) I'm pretending to study for my exams so I don't add new posts too often. That's why I'm uploading a post about a postcard I got on Tuesday with a delay. A few weeks ago I got an offer of private exchange from a Postcrossing user. She's from Vietnam and is visiting Poland in December.
That is a postcard of a minority in a Vietnamese town - Sa Pa. There are 54 different minorities in Vietnam - they have their own culture, language and lifestyle. I don't know the name of the group in the picture so I will update the post when I discover it :)

As befits East Asian country, I got a stamp with a dragon because the Year of the Dragon lasts:

Greetings,
Karolina

Country that doesn't exist

Hey! Many years ago I got the following postcards from my mum (she found them in her things) but to be honest...I didn't appreciate them then. Lately, I realised that it's a precious treasure in my collection :D
The country I will show you postcards from is...Czechoslovakia! :) On 1st January 1993 it split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The postcards show some typical places in both of those countries like Prague, Bratislava, Olomouc or Opava:

Greetings,
Karolina :)

Russian folklore

Hello! That post will be almost a life coverage of my today's postal discovery. Namely, I've received a postcard from Karelia, Russia today! It's an unusual postcard for me because I usually get those presenting a landscape or landmark but this one shows popular characters of Russian folklore:

I recognize Ded Moroz - the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus - and Snegurochka, Ded Moroz's granddaughter and helper. But there is also Brownie - a goblin helping in tasks around the house; Firebird - a magical bird and Ivan Tsarevich - Russian folklore hero. Moreover, there are also Sivka Burka - a horse - and Bogatyr - a warrior. Additionally, you can see Vasilisa the Wise - a princess and Emelya - third brother, a fool.

Greetings,
Karolina :)

Leap day!

Merhaba (Hello in Turkish) I can't miss such an opportunity to add new post at leap day! It occurs every four years so it's very special date today! :D
But let's move on...The weather is great here last days...it's sunny and quite warm...I can feel the spring! :D
That's why I decided to show you some sunny postcards to carry on that optimistic atmosphere :)
I'll start with a postcard from Kirsehir - I received it thanks to Postcrossing:

I didn't get any more postcards from Turkey through Postcrossing. However, that country was very popular holiday destination among my family and friends so I've got 3 more Turkish postcards to show you! :D

That one is from Kemer - a seaside resort on the Turkish Riviera:

I got the following one from Marmaris which is also located on Turkish Riviera:

And the last one is from my friend who visited Turkey a few years ago:

That is my favourite postcard from Turkey because it really shows beauty of Turkey! I hope I will visit that country one day...

Greetings,
Karolina :)

Give me some sunshine

Hello! I suffer from cold nowadays because of winter here! That's why I decided to add posts about postcards from "warmer" countries to cheer myself up a bit! :D
I've chosen Tunisia which is situated on the Mediterranean coast- lucky them! :D
First postcard comes from Monastir and presents Habib Bourguiba's mausoleum (He was the first President of the Republic of Tunisia)

Two following postcards are from Sousse which is very popular Tunisian seaside resort currently:

 
The last postcard makes me feel so optimistic! I hope I will see such a landscape personally one day! :)
Keep warm,
Karolina :)

Cieszyn, Silesia, Poland

Hello! Welcome to February! It's so cold here last days! I'm freezing and dreaming of spring! :D
That's why this post will reminisce warmer times! I'd like to show you some photos from my trip to Cieszyn which took place on 22th of May 2009. That one-day trip was organised by my Art teacher. Our main goal was to see Art Department (of Silesian University) students works' exhibition. Obviously, we also rambled around Cieszyn.
Firstly, I will show you some photos from the University:

Notice that 3D bed - it really sticked out of wall!

And now it's turn for the town!

View from Góra Zamkowa:

These buildings over the stream are regard as local Venice :)

Studnia Trzech Braci (Three Brothers' Well)

According to the legend it's a place
where three brothers (Cieszyn founders) met.

St. Nicholas church
I think it's the most popular example of
romanesque architecture in Poland! :D

A photo of that rotunda can be found on 20 zloty banknote.

It was very warm, sunny day! I wish it was so warm now, haha! :)

I wish you a lot of warmth!

Greetings, 

Karolina :)

China

Hello,
How are you? I got hooked on "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations" nowadays. Do you know that programme?
Today I'll show you next postcard from Asia. This time it comes from China! :)
It shows the Terracotta Army in the first Emperor of China's tomb.

I don't receive any postcards so I show you those from "archives" :D
That's all for today!
Greetings,
Karolina :)

Eesti Vabariik

Hey,
How are you? Unfortunately, it's winter here! :D
However, let's move on...Today I'm going to show a postcard I got from Estonia by Postcrossing:

I like all of my postcards but this one is one of my favourite ones! :)
Greetings,
Karolina

香港 - Hong Kong

Nihao,
I'm going to tell you about superb exchange I took part in last year. I've got friend in Hong Kong who offered to make an exchange of sweets. I'm sending some Polish sweets and she's sending me some Chinese. I'll show you results of that event now.
This is a letter (I've hidden main content of my letter) and sweets I sent to Hong Kong:

And this is what I got from Hong Kong:

I also got lollipops but I haven't got picture of them :(
That's a proof that it really came from Hong Kong:

This is last post about sweets from abroad. But when I start travelling, I will have more! :D
Greetings,
Karolina! :)