Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Saturday, 2 May 2015

Wilderness of Norway

This postcard is quite old in my collection: received last year in November. Too many beautiful cards and only a tiny amount of available time to write about them. That's the sad part (if there is any) about Postcrossing, besides the fact that some of sent postcards did not make it to destination. But that's another story. This one was the fastest by far: 1 day.
It shows fried trout and cloudberries near a river, somewhere in wild Norway. Eaten by a bonfire on the spot where they were catched/found. It just makes you wish to be there, away from city's corroding fuss.
The stamp (ND 2014) is showing two viking warriors and is meant for European area usage.

Thank You, Jan !

Country: Norway
Description: Trout and Cloudberries by the fire in Norway
Publisher: Aune Forlag
Photo: Jon Østeng Hov

Monday, 27 April 2015

Belarusian Easter Postcard

I know Easter has been gone for a while now, but I'm eager to post a few things about this postcard received in Holiday Card RR (E55/2). It shows a colored kulich (a spongy yeast cake that is traditionally baked for Easter Sunday in Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and Western Russia) and dyed red Easter Eggs, near a white blossomed tree and willow catkin branches.
The text "Са Святам Пасхi!" (which means Happy Easter in Belorussian) is written in golden color, the same used in the folk motive on the right.
The Postcrossing stamp (designed by Inga Turlo) was issued in 2014. The Letter N is equal to the surface tariff of a postcard abroad Belarus. More information about the stamp can be found either on Belpost site or on Postcrossing blog.

Thank you, Alena !

Country: Belarus
Description: Easter kulich and eggs
Publisher: Belpost / Belposhta (2015)