viernes, 28 de octubre de 2016

Stop 46 - Kemi (Finland)

Our last postcard was sent to Kemi, in Finland, 3273 kilometers away!


This postcard was sent to Noora. It was sent by Teresa Pérez Alonso, a Basic 2 student who wrote on a postcard which shows an array of Noia's landmarks: the statue of Felipe de Castro, a view of the harbor, the alameda and the Town Hall.



Thanks, Teresa!!

domingo, 23 de octubre de 2016

Stop 45 - Lethbridge (Canada)

Our most recent postcard has been sent to Lethbridge, in Canada, 7359 kilometers away!


The postcard was sent to Charity. It was sent by María Teresa Alonso, a Basic 2 student who wrote on a postcard featuring the church of San Francisco in the Alameda, next to the Town Hall building.



Thanks, Teresa!!

jueves, 20 de octubre de 2016

Stop 44 - Voronezh (Russia)

Our last postcard was sent to Voronezh, in Russia, 3689 kilometers away!


The postcard was sent to Zhanna. It was sent by Amado Barrera, an Advanced 1 student who wrote on a postcard featuring a painting by Alfonso Costa called 'Eterna'; in it we can see the base of a stylized column, perhaps from one of Noia's Medieval churches.



Thanks, Amado!

miércoles, 19 de octubre de 2016

Anniversary!!





Hello EOI!
You joined Postcrossing 1 year ago today... so today is your "Postcrossingversary"! Hurray!
Happy anniversary! Thank you for sticking around and making the world a better place, one postcard at a time.

Postally yours, 

Postcrossing




lunes, 17 de octubre de 2016

Stop 43 - Chelyabinsk (Russia)

Our last postcard was sent to Chelyabinsk, 5079 kilometers away!


The postcard was sent to Maria. We had already sent her a card last year, but it got lost in the way and it never arrived, so we are trying again. 

The card was written by Ana Belén Álvarez, who wrote on a postcard featuring the Alameda in Noia. Unfortunately, she forgot to take a photo of that side of the card, but today I found an equivalent one, so here is the picture side:



And here is the other side, with the text!


Thanks, Ana!

jueves, 13 de octubre de 2016

Stop 42 - Pittem (Belgium)

This postcard has been sent to Pittem, in Belgium, 1295 kilometers away!


The postcard was sent to Tine. It was sent by Ana Ramos, an Advanced 2 student who wrote on a postcard featuring one of the stone cadaver tombs inside Santa María a Nova. It probably represents the figure of a rich merchant from out town's rich Medieval past.



Thanks, Ana!

viernes, 7 de octubre de 2016

Stop 41 - Aichi (Japan)

After the summer hiatus, we are back to writing and sending postcards. The first one of this academic year goes to the land of the rising sun, Japan, and to the prefecture of Aichi, 10699 kilometers away!


The postcard was sent to Kiyoshi, who also has a webpage (unfortunately, for us in Japanese). It was sent by José Manuel Martínez Romero, who wrote on a postcard featuring a landscape view of the Traba river area.





















































Thanks,  José Manuel!

domingo, 2 de octubre de 2016

Postcrossing Meetup (Received Cards): YEGOR from RUSSIA (TWO POSTCARDS!)

The following postcard was sent to us from Russia. It was sent by Yegor, who lives in Moscow, 3585 kilometers away!


On the card we can see some pictures from the 1993 revolutions that led to the dismantlement of the USSR: demonstrations, Boris Yeltsin as president, tanks assaulting the Russian 'White House', ...


The text on the card is quite long and very interesting.  Yegor tells us a bit about the historical period represented in the card, and also about the language that appears in it (it isn't Russian! it is an artificially constructed language (like Esperanto) called Lidepla. Yegor also tells us about the difficulties and hopes he has of joining university after the Summer.


Yegor sent us the postcard at the end of June, so when it arrived, our school was on holiday, and we didn't get to see it until September. Because he was worried the postcard might have been lost in the mail, he sent us another one!


In this card we can see a Soviet poster from the 1920s; on the back, Yegor tells us that he has successfully managed to enter University, and wishes us the best in our studies.


Danke gro, Yegor!