Georgian Dublin, Ireland

and one more card for today, from the beautiful Ireland.

I had this one in my favourites, and dear Claudia sent it to me recently.
Georgian Dublin is a phrase used in the History of Dublin that has two interwoven meanings,
 -to describe a historic period in the development of the city of Dublin, Ireland, from 1714 (the beginning of the reign of King George I of Great Britain and of Ireland) to the death in 1830 of King George IV. During this period, the reign of the four Georges, hence the word Georgian, covers a particular and unified style, derived from Palladian Architecture, which was used in erecting public and private buildings;
- to describe the modern day surviving buildings in Dublin erected in that period and which share that architectural style.

And I guess it is safe to conclude that the card refers to the latter meaning. So lovely!

that is one weird stamp...at first looks as those stickers they put at the P.O instead of a stamp due to the print...but I think it is one of those machine labels actually..not quite sure on this one honestly...

well, have a great Sunday everyone...hope you enjoyed your Christmas holidays and are getting ready for New Year's Eve. If I do not manage to squeeze another update before we bid farewell to 2013, I would like to wish you all a Happy Happy New Year, and I hope 2014 brings you peace of mind...and many postcards of course :)

And hope to see you more often next year =) Thank you for staying devoted!! <3

Doors of Pécs, Hungary

one of those very cool door-cards!

this are some of doors in the houses/buildings of Pécs in Hungary...if you take a closer look, you will see that under each door, its address is given..not just the street name, but the number as well.
I dont know if this can be called as intrusion of privacy....i dont even know even the people living or maybe working here have any idea that their doors and addresses are freely circulating around the world...one thing for sure is that i wouldnt like MY address to be going around like that...thank God the door of my house is not at all attractive and has cat scratches all over it...:)
Btw, did you know that Pécs was the European Capital of Culture in 2010? (along with Istanbul and Essen). This year, the honour lies within Marseille in France, and Košice in Slovakia. Well, Macedonia is not an EU country, so we cant even hope to enter such a list...not that im gonna lose sleep over it...

that is a very nice colourful stamp on the right. It was issued in 2011 and shows St. Martin of Torus (a bishop), while the other stamp is from a set of 4 chairs' definitives issued in 2001.

Ayvalik, Turkey

I cant say im a collector of doors/windows cards, though ive seen some really nice ones out there...and I like this one too...

again coming from 2009...well, I was simply in the 2009 box....:)

this door is somewhere in Ayvalik which the sender says to mean 'quince garden'. It is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey.

well, quite different from the majority of Turkish cards I have...and my one and only from Ayvalik :)

the stamp is from a set of 16 definitives issued in 2005, showing provinces in Turkey. this is the Aydin province.

well, thanks for following and hope you have a great weekend ahead! :)