Süderleuchtturm (Süder Lighthouse), Hiddensee, Germany

This card shows the Süder Lighthouse on the Island of Hiddensee. It was sent by my parents from their trip to this area. Great addition to my lighthouse collection :)

Vitt, Island of Rügen, Germany

This postcard, sent by my parents, shows the small village of Vitt on the Island of Rügen. It consists of only 13 houses and was placed on UNESCO's list of protected monuments. Some sites call it the most romantic place on Rügen. I can well see why ...

Island of Hiddensee, Germany

A great mapcard of the Island of Hiddensee in the Baltic Sea, sent by my parents from their recent trip to the area. Really love mapcards like this one :)

Fujian Earth Building, China (UNESCO)

A great new card for my UNESCO collection, a new site for me too! Fujian Earth Buildings in China. It was sent by Ma as an official Postcrossing card CN-383965. Very interesting!

Minsk, Svisloch River Embankment, Belarus

This beautiful view of the Svisloch River Embankment in Minsk, the captial city of Belarus came fro Dima as an official Postcrossing card BY189602

Usedom Map

The Island of Usedom on the Baltic Sea is part German and part Polish. My parents sent me this new map for my collection from their recent trip to the Island of Rügen. They took a tour of the Island of Usedom, too. Good for me, as I received some really nice postcards from there :)

Kap Arkona, Lighthouse, Germany

My parents Christel and Reinhold Meid sent me this wonderful postcard showing the new lighthouse on Cape Arkona on the island of Rügen.

Lake Baikal (UNESCO), Russia

This awesome view of Lake Baikal in South East Siberia, Russia, was sent by Espoir for the Postcrossing "You Choose UNESCO" swap.

Beale Street, Memphis

A wonderful card showing the famous Beale Street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee. Jackie Siears sent it for the WiP Street Life Swap with a great Jazz stamp, too :)

Chinese Lottery Card

Zhong Wenhua is telling me that he is waiting for a 5 million Lottery win with this card :) I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this! It was sent for the WiP L-Swap

Laboratory Building of a Chinese Middle School

I received this card for the WiP "I Spy Stairs Swap" from Zhong Wenhua, with a variety of great stamps too :)

Metro Bridge and Smolenskaya Embankment, Russia

Irina Dolgopolova sent me this great card showing the Metro Bridge and Smolenskaya embankment at Moskva River in Moscow. It came for the WiP May General Swap.

Odessa Sunset, Ukraine

A wonderful Odessa sunset came from Alena (UA-106866). She is 13 has been a Postcrosser for only 2 months, so still pretty new to all this. The card is really great, a good choice :)

USA Map

A card from my Album of Favourites sent by Claudia Busse for the Postcrossing Fast Faves tag game. Thanks so much Claudia :)

Doors in Northern Germany

This is an official Postcrossing Card DE-936500 sent by Britta. I love love love cards like these, and really don't have many of them yet, so this was very welcome :)

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

Very inviting view of the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, sent by Amanda Hakkarainen for the WiP I spy Stairs Swap. The white building is the Conservatory of Flowers. I love gardens like this, with such an abundance of flowers and colours. I'd make sure to visit it should I ever come to San Francisco :)