Amalienborg Castle Square, Denmark

The last card for today arrived again from Genek...this time through one of the Facebook swapping groups...I barely participate there, but this one was organized by Heather, and i thought id try my luck...and I ended up with a great card from my favourites :)))

the card shows the Royal Guards at the Amalienborg Castle Square in Copenhagen. The palace is the winter home of the Danish royal family and consists of four identical classifying palace façades
The domed structure you can see is actually Frederik's Church, and not part of the palace. While the monument shows the statue of Frederick V, and is located in the centre of the Square.

Seeing the snow on the card reminds me of the -11 degrees C outside right now....it is brrrrrr cold! when is spring finally going to come?!!

two awesome, 2012 stamps on the card! This set of two bridges' stamps represents: the Queen Alexandrine Bridge (right) and the Farø Bridges (left)

thank you again Genek! For the lovely card and stamps!!

Nicholas II, Russia

I got this card not so long ago....and i immediately got another favourite topic on my wishlist....the Russian Royal family....im not quite sure if id be interested in some other Royal families....but this one has captured me from the first card :P

Nicholas II (or Николай II) was the last emperor of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland and titular king of Poland.
His official title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is currently regarded as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
He ruled from 1894 until his abdication in 1917, which followed the February Revolution.

The portrait here was taken somewhere btw 1900 - 1910.

Its hard for me to sort of imagine how it is to live in a country which has a king and a queen...someone which is more important than the president of the country. Its always interesting and fascinating to read about the emperors and royal families in general. When I was little, in many of the books i would read, there were kings and princes and queens and princesses...and the evil ones who threatened them....this mainly revolved around Kingdoms in Asia....but it was even more interesting to read about it due to the culture and traditions that are followed in this part of the world. Hmmm, I think id love cards from Emperors from this part of the world as well...and id definitely look for those series of books i used to have and re-read them.........resolutions resolutions...if only for once i really got down to them...