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Category: Postcards

Here’s a collection of the most interesting, breath-taking or simply unusual postcards that I’ve found around the world, one postcard posted weekly. Covering the walls of all the various rooms I’ve lived in, in all of the various countries, a growing number of postcards have followed me around, always reminding me of past adventures. Hence the name of this blog.

Postcard of the Week: Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang is one of the most beautiful cities in South-East Asia. It’s so petite and intimate that it can barely be called a city in fact. It sits upon […]

Postcard of the Week: Limoncello Recipe

Although this recipe purports to be for Limoncino, that is in fact just the Ligurian name for the better known Limoncello, an after-dinner lemon liqueur produced all over Italy, although […]

Postcard of the Week: Exeter

          I simply couldn’t leave out a postcard from Exeter, my home for three years during university. When looking into various universities during my A-Levels, I read a sentence about […]

Postcard of the Week: Azulejos

Azulejos are bluish tiles that are found all over Portugal, especially in Lisbon. In this colourful city it’s actually more unusual to find a wall without decorative tiles than with. […]

Postcard of the Week: Peñiscola

         Peñiscola is a small town on Spain’s east coast, in the region of Valencia. Its population in winter is just 5,000 people, but swells to around 300,000 in the […]

Postcard of the Week: Tapas

This postcard comes from Barcelona and pays a wonderful homage to the unforgettable and irresistible tradition of Spanish tapas. Granada, however, is the true home of tapas, where you will […]

Postcard of the Week: Feria de Sevilla

The Feria de Sevilla is essentially a week-long party that takes place every April, typically two weeks after Semana Santa, in the capital city of the incredible Andalusia, involving hundreds […]