21/02/2023

German beer - Leverkusen, Germany


By far the most popular type of beer in Germany is pilsner, generally known as ‘Pils’. The light-golden beer with the dry hoppy aroma is very popular in the North, West and East. The name goes back to the Czech town of Pilsen.

EUROPA stamp 2020 - "Ancient postal routes"


 

20/02/2023

#57 GF - Sousse, Tunisia


In the Tunisian town of Tatawin, shots for the popular movie "Star Wars" were shot. It was here that the scenery for the planet Tatooine was created.


 

11/02/2023

Mount Rushmore - Carol Stream, Illinois


Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota, United States. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and oversaw the project's execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son, Lincoln Borglum.


 

10/02/2023

#57 FOTW - Doha, Qatar


The national flag of Qatar is in the ratio of 11:28. It is maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side. It was adopted shortly before the country declared independence from the United Kingdom on 3 September 1971. Qatar's flag is the only national flag having a width more than twice its height.

In 2012, the Qatari government defined the exact shade of the Qatari flag as Pantone 1955 C, or 'Qatar maroon'. The history of purple dye in the country dates back several centuries. It has been asserted that Qatar was the site of the earliest known production of shellfish dye during the rule of the Kassites due to the presence of a purple dye industry on the Al Khor Islands.


 

09/02/2023

Samerberg viewing chapel - Denizli, Turkey


The chapel with its octagonal building dates from the 19th century. In the chapel itself, you will find a rather small gothic altar from the 16th century and a gothic altarpiece with the 14 Holy Helpers.
In front of the chapel, visitors have a fantastic view over the Rosenheimer Land with Bad Aibling and Rosenheim to the Simssee and Chiemsee.

EUROPA stamp 2018 - "Bridges"


 

08/02/2023

Loupaper Illinois - Carol Stream, Illinois


"To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born and one is buried."-Lincoln's farewell address to the people of Springfield on his departure for Washington in 1861.


 

07/02/2023

Wurstelprater - Warsaw, Poland


The Wurstelprater is an amusement park and section of the Wiener Prater (a park) in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria. The mascot for the park is Calafati, a 9 m-tall sculpture of a Chinese man, which stands near the Wiener Riesenrad.


 

06/02/2023

Mount Cook - Wellington, New Zealand


According to Māori legend, Aoraki was a young boy who, along with his three brothers, were the sons of Rakinui, the Sky Father. On their voyage around the Papatūānuku, the Earth Mother, their canoe became stranded on a reef and tilted. Aoraki and his brothers climbed onto the top side of their canoe. However, the south wind froze them and turned them to stone. Their canoe became the Te Waka o Aoraki, the South Island, and their prows, the Marlborough Sounds. Aoraki, the tallest, became the highest peak, and his brothers created the Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, the Southern Alps.


 

05/02/2023

#56 GF - Vilnius, Lithuania


In Lithuania there is one of the oldest trees in Europe. The oak in Stalmujża is about 2000 years old and is considered a natural monument. Oak is the national tree of Lithuanians.


 

04/02/2023

The New Yorker magazine cover, May 10, 1930 - Achern, Germany

Theodore Gilbert Haupt (1902–1990), was an American Modernist painter, sculptor, and muralist who melded Cubist with Surrealist elements. As a graphic designer, he achieved recognition for his New Yorker magazine covers.



 

02/02/2023

#56 FOTW - Hamilton, Bermuda


The flag of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda as a red ensign was first adopted on 4 October 1910. It is a British Red Ensign with the Union Flag (which is the national flag) in the upper left corner and the coat of arms of Bermuda in the lower right.
The flag is unusual for a British overseas territory in that it is used on land in a red ensign form; most other British overseas territories use a version of the blue ensign for general use ashore.


 

01/02/2023

Riviera Maya - Playa del Carmen, Mexico


Playa del Carmen, known colloquially as 'Playa', is a resort city located along the Caribbean Sea. The area is known for its white sand beaches, blue turquoise waters, coral reefs, surrounding rainforests, and balnearios. The city's downtown area revolves around Quinta Avenida, a busy pedestrian thoroughfare lined with many shops, clubs, and restaurants.

 

31/01/2023

Large Letter Reprint - Providence, Rhode Island

Nicknames: The Ocean State, Little Rhody
Motto: Hope
Rhode Island is the position with the longest name. Its official name was given in 1776 by the English King Charles II to Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The largest insect in the world is in Providence, on the roof of the Pest Control Station building. It is an eighteen-meter blue ant - 928 times larger than it actually is.


 

30/01/2023

Delta airplane and Wasatch Mountains - Salt Lake City, Utah


In the language of the native Ute people, Wasatch means "mountain pass" or "low pass over high range." According to William Bright, the mountains were named for a Shoshoni leader who was named with the Shoshoni term wasattsi, meaning "blue heron".


 

29/01/2023

Tea time - Šaľa, Slovakia


Šaľa is located on the Danubian Lowland, on both banks of the Váh River, around 65 km from Bratislava. The town was first mentioned in 1002 in a document of Pannonhalma abbey.