Russia

A great card coming from my dear Anastasia.....who knows how much i love map/flag cards...

And again a card coming from my favourite Slavic RR.....this time from the re-opened one, since Ksenia unfortunately couldnt keep hosting it....if you are asking me, personally id never be a good RR host...it may not be a hard task, but for people as disorganized and lazy as me, it certainly isnt something i SHOULD be doing...i mean, collecting addresses, arranging groups, sending addresses, making updates of sent/received cards....you really cant see me in that light...
btw, inside the map, you can see St. Petersburg on the left side and Suzdal on the right....and Anastasia actually told me about this card when we were in Budva this summer, and somehow i knew she was gonna send it to me sooner or later :P  yeah, that was a very self-centered statement...
oh, Anasty...do you actually know what arrived in my mailbox today?? :D :D :D yup, thats right...ill message you about it :)  But thank you soooo much dear!! I just love THEM!! Yes...THEM!!! :))

and as usual, great Russian stamps (where the one on the right has food on it!!!)
both stamps come from the EUROPA series....the one one the right is from the 2005 issue when the EUROPA theme was Gastronomy and the stamp is called "Bread & Salt", where guests are welcomed in Russia with these words for centuries. Both in old times and nowadays various delicious are put on the table and pancakes with caviar have been commonly served to feasts for many centuries.
the other stamp is from 2002 with the Circus as a primary EUROPA theme.

St. Petersburg, Russia

I absolutely love this view...it just amazing!!
Its my third one from the "hometown begins with 'S' -RR...have one more to go


This here is the Palace Square, Alexander Column in St. Petersburg.
What I especially love about this view is from where its shot, how it shows the entire square, and how at the time of shooting there were very few people there so you can see the vastness of it...plus it gives me some feeling of desolation...partially coz of that, partially coz of the colours...the clouds contribute a lot to it.
I love postcards which invoke feelings in me like this.

There is an interesting thing Katerina says about it : "As the new 7 wonders of the world, in Russia, we have similar voting - 7 wonders of Russia. Results will be in July but as I know, the Palace Square is on the first place".

Well, i dont know whats the criteria to enter or win something like that, but this place here DOES deserve a win of some kind.

St. Petersburg, Russia