Postcard of the Week: the Austrian Alps
This is another slightly older postcard that was pinned up at home, and is of the Austrian Alps. I’ve only ever been to the mountains in Austria, specifically to […]
Postcard of the Week: Ski Portillo, Chile
While on first glance you may think this is the wrong season for this postcard, think again. This is actually exactly the right time of year to go skiing […]
Postcard of the Week: Whale Watching near Vancouver
Quite clearly, this is not a postcard of inner-city Vancouver, Canada. This is a postcard of a Killer Whale near Vancouver, in the Pacific Ocean off Canada’s west coast. […]
Postcard of the Week: French Chateaux
I received this postcard last week from my mother who’s been down in south-west France for a few weeks. I spent most of my childhood summers on the south-west […]
Postcard of the Week: La Scala Opera House, Milan
La Scala is Italy’s most prestigious opera house and has been for several centuries. I’m no “opera connoisseur” but I do appreciate it, and I’ve been to the opera […]
Postcard of the Week: The Headland Hotel, Cornwall
Whoever thinks England is an ugly place should be shown this postcard. It’s of the beach directly beneath the majestic Headland Hotel, near Newquay in Cornwall. It actually belongs […]
Postcard of the Week: Whistler, Canada
The postage mark on this postcard shows that it was sent 20 years ago in 1993! I was just 4 years old. My parents escaped to Whistler for a […]
Postcard of the Week: Barcelona
I spent the last week in BCN, the renowned Catalan capital. What most stands out to me about this postcard is not the colours, it’s the textures. Barcelona is […]
The Well-Travelled Postcard 