Reykjavik, Iceland

Next beauty comes from Iceland (I don't think there can be something else but beauty if it comes from Iceland btw :)), sent by Alvin two years ago (yeah, today I'm kinda into older cards - cos of all my procrastination throughout the years of course...and frankly speaking I don't think I will ever be able to catch up...)

Speaking of Alvin, today, I realized that Heleen knows him too! It is such a small world! Ok, they are both Dutch, so nothing strange about it, but it is just one of those nice surprise feelings you get that when you don't expect it, you come across a familiar name :)

And the beauty here shows Winter's soft light over Reykjavik....it just hurts how beautiful it is! It hurts!!
Alvin says that on the card you can see the house where the Icelandic president lives, right next to the church...yeah, those buildings in the front...Reykjavik is in the background...and another funny fact added by Alvin is that Iceland is very safe, and there is almost no security at the president's house...heh, I don't think many presidents in the world can brag with that....

the stamp is from the 2013 EUROPA issue from a set of two stamps showing postal vehicles.

Another huge thank you Alvin!! And yeah, I envy your last trip too :)

Reykjavik, Iceland

Yay! Reykjavik!! I have a number of postcards from Iceland, but this is my first and only one showing Reykjavik! (Good evening Stockholm, Reykjavik calling! - for those watching Eurovision. I stopped time ago, but still sometimes tune in for the votes...and for some reason, Reykjavik calling is something that keeps going thru my mind when thinking of Iceland's capital...and then you have this lovely lady/cool guy in the studio, with some dimmed city lights in the background, and you just get this nice warm feeling...don't know why

Anyways, Iceland is one of those countries that I would absolutely love love love to visit, so if someone plans visiting this country soon or not so soon and needs some company...don't hesitate to contact me! Though more and more I've been considering the idea of travelling alone sometimes...seriously...cos it is more and more difficult to manage to arrange a trip with someone else..and I am not really complicated when it comes to travelling (at least that is what I want to think of myself) but I do not mind long bus/car/train journeys when possible, cos it is cheaper than a plane...I do not mind staying in not so fancy hotels/hostels, as long as it is clean and I have a shower...I do not mind walking from dawn till dusk in order to see as much as possible...and I also do not mind having some lazy days and just chilling out in a cafe...the only thing one would have to bear with me is the time I usually dedicate in the hunt of postcards/post offices, and writing them =)

love the stamp! comes from a set of two Tourism stamps issued in 2013, representing the Aldeyjarfoss waterfall.

Thanks a bunch bunch to Patrik for this fantastic card and stamp!