David and Goliath, Turkey

Postcard ID: TR-206361
Country: Turkey

Turkey is a country that has many attractions for tourists. Image on this postcard is one of them :)

Goliath or Goliath of Gath (one of five city states of the Philistines) is a giant Philistine warrior defeated by the young David, the future king of Israel, in the Bible's Books of Samuel (1 Samuel 17).

The original purpose of the story was to show David's identity as the true king of Israel. Post-Classical Jewish traditions stressed Goliath's status as the representative of paganism, in contrast to David, the champion of the God of Israel. Christian tradition gave him a distinctively Christian perspective, seeing in David's battle with Goliath the victory of God's king over the enemies of God's helpless people as a prefiguring of Jesus' victory over sin on the cross and the Church's victory over Satan.

Here are the stamps and a sticker from this postcard:

North Frisian Islands

Postcard ID: DE-3783064
Country: Germany

Those islands look so nice, that I want to visit it after visiting Berlin, Bonn, Bremen..)

The North Frisian Islands are a group of islands in the Wadden Sea, a part of the North Sea, off the western coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The German islands are in the traditional region of North Frisia and are part of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park and the Kreis (district) of Nordfriesland. Occasionally Heligoland is also included in this group.

Sometimes the North Frisian Islands include also the Danish Wadden Sea Islands on the western coast of Jutland, Denmark. They belong to Tønder municipality and Esbjerg municipality. The ethnic group of Frisians lives only on the German-ruled islands.

Here is the German stamp:

Khokhloma

Postcard ID: RU-3237889
Country: Russia

Oh, I so like different traditional patterns! Gzhel and Khokhloma are my favourites, maybe it's cause they both are Russian, it's so close to me.

Khokhloma or Khokhloma painting is the name of a Russian wood painting handicraft style and national ornament, known for its vivid flower patterns, red and gold colors over a black background, and the effect it has when applied to wooden tableware or furniture, making it look heavier and metal-like

Spanish Dancers

Postcard ID: ES-326708
Country: Spain

It happened that I have a contact witn some Spanish guys for the last year. So this country for me is magnificent. I really hope to visit it one day, preferably this year :D

So this postcard is even more for me than just postcard. It's like a sign what should I do. "Do you like me" - asked me this postcard - "So, come in and look at me with your own eyes!" :)

A flower

Postcard ID: DE-3722262
Country: Germany

Maybe it's not obvious from my scan, but this is a shaped postcard :)

I really like postcards of this type as all of them are unique :) anyway, all (or almost all) girls like flowers! :)

This postcard also has stamps with flowers:

...and nice owl!

Happy X-mas!

Postcard ID: DE-3759628
Country: Germany

I received this postcard in the middle of December, so it was a great way ro congratulate me with Christmas and New Year :)

This postcard is really cozy and it inspires me to cook delicious pastries :)

Also here are nice stamps (especially with Snowman ;)):

Thymelicus lineola

Postcard ID: FI-2251822
Country: Finland

My mailbox is getting happy again and again with each new butterfly postcard :) this one flew to me from Finland.

The Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. In North America, it is known as the European skipper.

With a wingspan of 2.5 to 2.9 cm it is very similar in appearance to the small skipper Thymelicus sylvestris. They can be told apart by the undersides of the tips of the antennae: the Essex skipper's are black whereas those of the small skipper are orange. This butterfly occurs throughout much of the Palaearctic region. Its range spreads from southern Scandinavia through Europe to North Africa and east to Central Asia It was only identified in the UK in 1889 and its range is expanding both in England and in northern Europe. In North America, this butterfly was accidentally introduced in 1910 via London, Ontario and has spread across southern Canada and to several northern US states.

Also this postcard has gorgeous Finnish flag:

Sea kayaking, New Zealand

Postcard ID: NZ-114409
Country: New Zealand

This postcard is so beautiful so I want immediately to be in the place shown on the card :)

Michelle (a sender) wrote that New Zealand has a lot of coastline so you are never move more than 2 hours drive from the sea, so beach activities are a big pat of life in New Zealand :)

It so unreal when you live in the country without access to the sea.. ) 

Roman Zozulya, a Ukrainian football striker

Postcard ID: UA-1200514
Country: Ukraine

Finally, we received a postcard for my husband! Thank you, Volodymyr! :)

Roman Zozulya is a Ukrainian football striker, currently playing for Ukrainian Premier League club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Ukrainian national team.

Also this postcard contains amazing stamps with birds:

Blue and Yellow

Postcard ID: UA-1195936
Country: Ukraine

This postcard was sent to me by Tanya from Ukraine. It shows a girl in national costume. Just look at her nails - it has colours of the national flag of Ukraine!

I'm a big fan of nail polish, so like-like this card! :)

Here is a stamp from the backside:

Manor house in Veliky Topal village

Postcard ID: RU-3212278
Country: Russia

Actually, here is not the postcard. It's a photo made by Alina in Veliky Topal village.
Veliky Topal is a village in the  Klintsovsky region of Bryansk district. The population - 750 residents. Despite the distance from the district center, the Veliky Topal remains one of the largest villages Klintsovsky area.

"Even the smallest dreamer has the right for big dream" by Victoria Kirdiy

Postcard ID: RU-3223258
Country: Russia

Yeah, here is one more postcard painted by Victoria Kirdiy. It shows so lovely activities from childhood: to make a snowman or to sledding.

Backside contains a great quote:

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't-- you're right

(c) Henry Ford

Also here is a nice Europe stamp:

Collection of butterflies

Postcard ID: NL-2752483
Country: Netherlands

This beautiful collection of butterflies was sent to me by Astrid and received in early December. These butterflies are similar to Pieridae family, but I'm not sure.
So I do as usual - like butterflies even if I don't know their names :)

Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Postcard ID: ZA-56406
Country: South Africa

Ooh, it's so wonderful to receive postcard from African continent. They have so wonderful nature that I cannot see in my country. Just looks on the views of this card. I think that everyone wants to visit this place :)

The Cape Peninsula is a generally rocky peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent. At the southern end of the peninsula are Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope. On the northern end is Table Mountain, overlooking Cape Town, South Africa. The peninsula is 52 km long from Mouille point in the north to Cape Point in the south.

The stamp from the postcard is: