India

I received this lovely card from a cute 3 year old who is trying to collect postcards with the help of her parents.
I love the fact this card is a square and not a rectangle like most cards, it's a cartoon representation of Ganesha, the elephant God.
Ganesha is known as the remover of obstacles and as the Lord of Beginnings and Obstacles, is the patron of arts and sciences and the deva (deity) of intellect and wisdom.

It came with lovely stamps celebrating Children's day in India!

धन्यवाद (Dhanyavād) Kiara!

Naughty X-mas from Costa Rica

This naughty Christmas card is from my friend Shirley, the funny thing is when I first saw it I didn't get it.

Gracias Shirley! 

Perú

I received this card a while ago from a friend from Ecuador (who also sent me this lovely card) who was on vacation in Peru at that time, and it's actually one of the first cards in my collection!

As mentioned in the postcard, San Juan de Letrán museum in Puno, Peru it's also a church and it has paintings that are part of the series of San Jean Baptiste and Santa Teresa de Jesús.

Gracias Peka!

La sagrada Familia

La Sagrada Familia is a place I have an obsession with (actually I have an obsession with all of Gaudi's work) therefore Barcelona is one of the cities I dream visiting soon.

The expiatory church of La Sagrada Família is a work on a grand scale which was begun on 19 March 1882 from a project by the diocesan architect Francisco de Paula del Villar (1828-1901). At the end of 1883 Gaudí was commissioned to carry on the works, a task which he did not abandon until his death in 1926. Since then different architects have continued the work after his original idea.

The building is in the centre of Barcelona, and over the years it has become one of the most universal signs of identity of the city and the country. It is visited by millions of people every year and many more study its architectural and religious content. 

It has always been an expiatory church, which means that since the outset, 131 years ago now, it has been built from donations. Gaudí himself said: "The expiatory church of La Sagrada Família is made by the people and is mirrored in them. It is a work that is in the hands of God and the will of the people." The building is still going on and could be finished some time in the first third of the 21st century.

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Gracias Fabienne! 

Euro 2012

I really love this card because I'm a huge football fan and I enjoyed pretty much every match of the Euro 2012 plus the team I was rooting for (Spain) won and one of my favorite players (David Silva) scored in the final! So it was great to receive an original card from this tournament! 

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament was hosted for the first time by Poland and Ukraine, between 8 June and 1 July 2012. Euro 2012 set the record for both the highest aggregate attendance (1,440,896) and the highest average attendance per game (46,481) under the 16-team format (since 1996).

The final tournament featured 16 nations (the last European Championship to do so, from Euro 2016 onward, there will be 24 finalists). The tournament was played across eight venues, four in each host country.

The tournament opened with a 1-1 draw between Poland and Greece at the National Stadium in Warsaw on 8 June 2012. The final match took place on 1 July 2012 at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, where Spain defended their title with a 4–0 win over Italy. Spain became the first team to win two consecutive European Championships, and the first international team to win three straight major tournament titles (Euro 2008, World cup 2010 and Euro 2012).

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Dziekuje Karolina! 

12-12-12 from Vigo

A lovely card from Vigo, however what makes this card special is not it's "loveliness" but it's postmark, as you can see it was postmarked on 12/12/12, so it's a souvenir from the last repetitive date you and me will experience.

Vigo is a city and municipality situated in north-west Spain, in the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia, and on the ria, or bay, of the same name, on the Atlantic Ocean. Vigo is the most populous city in Galicia, and the 14th in Spain.

Some of Vigo's main sights:

• Casco Vello (historic centre)
• Porta do Sol, Policarpo Sanz and Alameda area (modern centre)
• Príncipe and Urzaiz Streets (commercial area)
• Celtic Castro ruins
• Castro fortress
• Cathedral of Santa Maria de Vigo
• La Alameda and Montero Ríos
• Auditorium Mar de Vigo
• Museums: Naturnova Museum, Museum of the sea, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Castrelos, Verbum Casa das palabras, Pinacoteca de Vigo, Galician Center of Photography, Ethnographic Museum Liste, Pedro Barrié de la Maza Foundation.
• Beaches: Samil, Carril, Canido and Vao

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Muchas gracias Raquel!