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I`m back, again...

2011-05-11T10:56:00.004+01:00

Hello to you all ! I have many more postcards to show you, and I will do that more "often" than I did lately. If you like stamps on postcards you will like this two cards.

I'm back...

2009-11-10T13:00:00.007+00:00

I'm back.. to quote a known actor and Californian guvernor ! I hope to blog more often in the future, so i hope you will comment what I will publish.

Some days ago I came back from a trip on the coast of Norway on the nice ship «Finnmarken» from the company «Hurtigruten». The tour took 12 days and I came to see most of the coastline of Norway together with people from USA, England, Germany, Holland.. and some Norwegians (!)

The first card is from the city Svolvær from the part of Norway called Lofoten. The card shows the ship I was on and the phenomen of the sky called «Northern Light or Aurora Borealis». You can see this in wintertime in the Northern part of Norway, and as you can see its spectacular.

The second card shows the city of Tromsø, also called «the Nordic Paris». Its the largest city of Northern Norway, and also one of the pretties.. I think.

Old postcards from Norway..

2009-04-20T12:33:00.004+01:00

Today’s two old postcards shows the different landscapes of the western part of Norway. The first card is from an island called Herdla a part of the community where I live - Askøy. Under the 2nd world war most of the island was an airbase and airport for the Germans (!) After the war it could have been the new airport of Bergen but other location was found. Today most of the island is a golfcourse (!!)

The second card is from the road up to the mountain plateau Hardangervidda. The text on the card says: The new road to Måbødalen. The road was new when the card was published, but later they did build a safer and improved road so if you are heading this way with car you mostly drive in tunnels.

Spring is here..

2009-04-08T11:45:00.006+01:00

It's easter - and spring is on the way. The weather here is beautiful today, and when I look out the window from my livingroom I can see some daffodils, yes spring is here.

The first card is easter related, as many goes to church in the easter, this chuch is one of many old churches in Norway. Tromsø is in the northern parts of Norway, and are called “The Nordic Paris”

The second card is spring related, it shows a tulipfield in Holland, its an old panting, the painter is unknown to me. With these two cards I wish you all a Happy Easter

Summer in Sweden..

2009-04-03T13:53:00.004+01:00

Today I will show you some of the beauty of Sweden, -in the summertime. The first cards is from the coastline of sweden in the evening when the sun is going down. Let’s hope this summer will turn out to be like the postcard. The second card shows part of the “Gøta Kanal” which is an inland waterway from Gothenburg (Gøteborg) to Stockholm. Now the summer can come - also in Norway…

England...

2009-03-28T12:33:00.005+00:00

The postcards I will show you today is from England, bought in London on a postcard show called BIPEX - British International Postcard Exhibition, which is a must for postcards fans. For those who are interested - and in London - this years BIPEX is from 3rd - 5th september.
The first card is of Prince of Wales with family in early and happy days. This had a tragic history which ended with the carcrash in Paris that killed Princess Diana. But the postcard is a happy memory of the Princess and a happy family.
The second card is a advertising card for London Underground - the tube. It must be the best underground system in the world, but it need a lot of refurbishing because its very old.

Happy New Year

2009-01-03T11:33:00.004+00:00

A new year, with new opportunities – and I will try to update my blog more often.... Today I will show you two old postcards. The first card is of a girl from the tourist-district «Hardanger», and it was sent as a christmascard. The writings of the front says «Merry christmas and a Happy new year» - and this greeting goes to all of you.

The next card is from the place where I live, the card is very old so all the buildings on the card is not here today, even the name on the card «Follesøy» is not in use, today the name is «Follese». To all new(!) readers I can tell that Follese is on an island called Askøy close to Bergen (the 2^nd largest city in Norway).

Ships again,,,

2008-11-10T13:04:00.004+00:00

As you all may have noticed I do like boats/ships – and to travel on them. This time I have travelled on the Oslo – Kiel (Germany) route. The route have been quite popular for many years, and the two postcards shows the development of the ships from the 70s till today.

The first card shows «Kronprins Harald» who was build in Germany in 1975 and could carry about 1000 passengers. This ship sailed on this route until 1987, when the ship was sold to a company on Nassau Bahamas. The next ship was a new «Kronprins Harald» which sailed until 2007, when it was sold to an Irish company owned by a company in Nassau (!). In 2004 the ship on the second card - «Color Fantasy» - started sailing.

This was the ship I travelled on one months ago. It was quite an experience like beeing on a cruise ship, with several restaurants, bars, an English pub, a showtheatre, many shops and much more. The ship could accomodate 2700 passengers and they had lots of space. I did really fall in love with that ship, so this was not the last trip with «Color Fantasy».

Postcards from Norway..

2008-09-17T10:51:00.006+01:00

The first postcard I show today is from the district «Hardanger» in the western part of Norway. Its famous for tourism, apples and its fjord "Hardangerfjord". The postcard shows a girl in this district's typical national custome, beside the appletrees in full blossom. But «Hardanger» is loosing inhabitants because its lack of work, the young people wants to live in city's so they move out. They can't all live of tourism and apples!

The second postcard shows the bridge between «Haugesund» and the island «Karmøy», also in the western part of Norway. On the island is a place called «Visnes», where it was a coppermine which was one of the biggest in Europe. They produced the copper that was used to make the statue of the Liberty in New York. The island was also famous for many fishermen and fishing boats, but that was some time ago.

Postcards from Copenhagen...

2008-08-26T15:29:00.004+01:00

This time I will show two postcards from Copenhagen (København) which I shall visit in the beginning of september. I have loved that city from the first trip I have had to Copenhagen – when I was about 7 years old. I shall stay close to «Tivoli» which the first postcard is from. Tivoli is the most visited sight in Denmark, the postcard shows the concert hall and some of the beautiful garden. In the concerthall many famous artists had performances, one of them was Victor Borge, which many of you I believe has heard of.

The second card shows an outdoor area called Nyhavn, which has a lot of restaurants and lots of «local atmosphere» which the Danes are famous for. I'm exited to go to Copenhagen again, its the closest we Norwegian is to a «world city».

Humour from England..

2008-07-13T11:19:00.003+01:00

Today's postcards is about humour in England. The first postcard shows a scene from the popular TV series «Fawlty Towers» with John Cleese in the leading role. I believe this series was popular all over the world, much because of Cleese and his «spanish» waiter Manuel – which was famous for this saying: «I know nothing, I'm from Barcelona»

The second card shows a typical scene from a country pub in England. Even if this is a humour card I belive this scene take place in many pubs around in England. I do like english pubs especially when I can have a «bitter» and «fish and chips», and there is musical entertainment.

Ships to England

2008-06-25T16:27:00.004+01:00

Today I will take you to England again. The two postcards shows the same place,but two different ship's. The place is Tynemouth outside Newcastle, north of England. The ship's was both travelling from Bergen (in Norway) to Newcastle. The route is 130 years old (!), but this year its coming to an end, in my opinion a tragedy. The two last cards shows the ships «Jupiter» and «Venus», and the third one shows the ship that sail today «Queen of Scandinavia».

Australia - and sheep....

2008-06-20T11:17:00.003+01:00

This time I will travel a long way on my postcardtrip, I will go to Australia. I have never been there myself but I bought the postcards on a postcardshow in London England some years ago. The first card show old times «taxi/bus» before the car was rolling on the roads. The name of the company is «Cobbs & Co», anyone out in the internetworld know anything about it – let me know.

The second card shows sheeps that is been classified before they are cutting their wool. I dont know about Australia and sheeps, but I have heard that New Zealand has more sheeps than people (!) thats kind of amusing thought.

Postcards from Denmark.

2008-06-14T11:29:00.003+01:00

This time I will show you two postcards from Denmark, the beautiful country south of Norway. Its the number one vacationcountry for Norwegians.

The first postcard shows a drawing of different old buildings in Copenhagen (København) one of the most beautiful capitals in the world (-in my opinion). Copenhagen have the longest pedestrianstreet in the world, and that is a shoppingheaven (for those who is shopaholics).

The second postcard shows Helsingør, a small city outside Copenhagen. It's well known for the ferry to Helsingborg in Sweden. It's also known for the play Hamlet written by William Shakespeare, which takes place on the castle Kronborg, which you can see on this postcard.

Stamp on postcard (maxicard)...

2008-05-11T10:48:00.005+01:00

It's been a while since I did post here. I have not been well, but now I'm better. I have some heart trouble and kidney failure, so now you know. As this blog is about postcard I'll switch to that.

The first card show a phenomen from northern Norway called midnight sun, I'ts from the summertime when the sun is shining all day and night. I have not experienced this myself, but I have seen the opposite "phenomen" - darkness all day and night, which is in the wintertime of course.

The second card is from the WC of ski in Oslo in 1982. The picture is "slightly" older I think. I'm looking forward to 2011 when Oslo is host again. I don't ski myself, so I shall not participate (!)

Canadian native art 2...

2008-03-08T11:53:00.004+00:00

The two postcard I will show today is part 2 of the native art from Canadian artists – thanks to JMB – and eagles are the motives. Eagles are great animals, which USA shows with the symbol «American Eagle». The eagle is also much liked in Canada and Norway, but sad enough this bird is becoming fewer and fewer in the nature.

Canadian native art

2008-02-24T10:55:00.001+00:00

These postcards are fresh from the postoffice yesterday. Thanks "JMB" for these lovely cards you did sent me. Native art is new to me so now I have to make a new collector field. There is more to come so look out on this blog.

Movieposters on postcard...

2008-02-10T12:16:00.000+00:00

It's been a while since I have blogged, so its time to do it. First of all I will congratulate a friend of mine (and many bloggers around the globe!) "JMB" from Canada, with 1 year of blogging. It's always interesting to read the blog, so I hope you will blog many years to come.

This post is my 40th so I have a little jubilee too....!!, and this is my first post on my new laptop, which is an Acer with 2 gb memory and 250 gb harddisk.

Todays postcards shows two differents movies. The first one Blues Brothers is full of great music mostly blues and great humour too, so if you like music and comedy I can recomend this movie. The second card is another type of movie. I haven't seen it myself so I had to go Wikipedia for help(!): " The film stars Harry Dean Stanton as Travis, an amnesiac who has been lost for four years and is taken in by his brother (played by Dean Stockwell). He later tries to put his life back together and understand what happened between him, his wife Jane (Nastassja Kinski), and his son Hunter (Hunter Carson)."

A summervacation to remember....

2008-01-21T16:10:00.000+00:00

I’m still in England – with my postcards ! This time I’m in a coastal city called Hastings, which I had the pleasure to visit some years ago. We were 4 adults and 2 children who rented a house (!) and stayed here for 2 weeks. The house was on a hill above Hastings so we had a beautiful view of the city and the ocean. When we was tired of staying in the beautiful garden by our own swimmingpool and a fishpond (!) we did go down to the city and visited a pub with the name “Ye olde pump house”, and yes it was old. The pub was in the old part of the city, with very narrow streets with lots of antiqueshops and booksellers – and postcardshops which I did buy these postcards. One of the holidays I will remember as one of the best.

Happy New Year, at last....

2008-01-07T19:09:00.000+00:00

Ill start the new year with two old postcards from England, which I dont know anything about. If there is anybody that can tell me about the postcards, please do.
Anyhow have a happy new year everybody.

Christmas greeting to you all..

2007-12-24T16:17:00.000+00:00

This christmascard shows the christmastree on Trafalgar Square in London, which is a thank you from Norway for all the help from the English people in the 2nd world war. The christmastree has been given from Oslo city since 1946.

I wish you all a Happy Christmas and thanks for all your comments and for looking at my blog.

Music on postcard...

2007-12-11T17:34:00.000+00:00

Here is two postcards with music on..... Well, anyway they show music themes on cards. The first one is from a jazzfestival in Germany. Its almost art, could been on an artmuseum, I think its a wonderful composition, and maybe the music is also.. The second card is a almost art (!), it shows Mona Lisa as Frank Zappa. As many knows Mona Lisa is one of the most famous artpieces which is in Louvre in Paris. Frank Zappa has created much art in his music. so the conclusion must be - music is art....

Boatlife...

2007-12-03T16:10:00.000+00:00

Today I will show you the joy of going to sea. The first postcard is of a canalboat on a canal in England. I have never tried this before, but it seems very interesting thing to do on a holiday – in the summertime. When I was in Oxford I did walk besides a canal and did admire the boats passing by. I could walk besides them as they sailed, so it’s a stressfree and slow kind of holiday. Here is a link for you to read.

The second postcard today shows the famous “Hurtigruten”, its a trip from Bergen up to Kirkenes by the Russian border. The duration of the voyage take 6 days up on the coast, and 5 days back again. I did take the 11 days trip, and I can understand why the “Hurtigruten” is so popular. I did make the trip in the wintertime and did celebrate christmas and new years eve onboard. Most people do travel in summertime, and explore the midnight sun, but a voyage in the winter is also fascinating, a bit cold temperature perhaps, but the Norwegian coast is something all year round.

Those were the days...

2007-11-19T10:41:00.000+00:00

Today we are back in Norway and Bergen, and the postcards shows the harbour and ships in the old days. At the time these pictures shows there was no planes and little roads and cars, so the sea was the option. On the first picture you can see the crowds that is travelling home from the city to the country (Sogn). Today many people still use the boat, but you have the option to fly or take the bus, that in many cases is a faster way to travel

On the other cards you see boats that was going to communities around Bergen, also to Askøy where I live. In those days it could to take hours to get there, today it take 20 minutes on motorways. On of these boats called “Alfen” that did go from Bergen to Askøy is today a restaurantship in Oslo, and many other of these boats are being restored to be still in use in the summer as tourist-attractions.

Paris - city of lights...

2007-11-06T10:14:00.000+00:00

Today I’m taking a trip to France and Paris. “The city of lights” as it is called is a very popular city to visit, and I have been here two times, and I love this city. Both trips I came by plane to Charles de Gaulle airport – the ugliest airport I’ve been to (see the picture)! But the airport was to get in and out of France and Paris so I did survive the ugliness….

The first postcards shows the church “Notre Dame” which is on an little island in the Seine called “Ile de la site”. The construction began in 1163 and the church was completed in 1345. The church is roman-catholic and the foundation stone was layed by Pope Alexander III.

The second card shows a book/picture boot by the Seine. This is very popular by the tourists to shop “touristlike” souvenirs, but to buy more authentic books you have to go elsewhere. The river Seine is much used waterway in Paris, and when you are tired of walking the streets of Paris its very relaxing to get on a boat and sail the Seine. In the evening you can sail the Seine and have a dinner on the river on the same time. “Merci et la bonne nuit”