Norway - Tea

May 30, 2016

Lidia sent this great card from Norway to me.  She wrote a lovely chatty note on the back, the kind I really like.

I have just added tea related cards to my list of Postcrossing Druthers.  I am a bit of a tea hoarder.  I love the stuff, so pictures of tea and tea cups please me a lot!

Lidia writes,"I hope you don't have this card yet:) I love tea much more than coffee, it's color, it's smell, it's taste - and no sugar - thank you :-) Otherwise, I like reading, but the facebook and youtube takes over too often, unfortunately :( I wish it didn't.  I also have 3 kids, 21, 14 and 12, and I am a Christian - this is my life, ha ha :-). Have a wonderful life!! Best Wishes - Lidia"

Tea Time
Photo by Rozmarina

 One of the stamps is of course printed on, but the other is quite nice.  I know that lighthouses are very popular with some people. This one is rather beautiful.

Norway

April 16, 2016

Happily, my postcard drought seems to be over for now.  In the last few days I have received enough cards to keep me posting for a while.  Hurray for that!

This long card arrived from Norway with a lovely friendly message on the back.  Kari sent a food related card that I could just eat right up!

She writes, "So these are cloudberries!  They are considered a major delicacy here, and are notoriously hard to cultivate.  If you know of a good mountain marsh for cloudberries, you keep it a family secret for generations.  I'm not even exaggerating. :=) 

"Cloudberry cream" is my favourite dessert.  I live in the town Drammen with my husband and our new hamster.  I'm a cat person and hubby doesn't want any pets, so we keep hamsters as a compromise. :-) Still working on taming the new one.  It's taking a little longer than expected.  Happy Postcrossing! All the best, Kari"

Cloudberry

 What is more Norwegian than a Viking ship?  A really lovely stamp and happy to show off the Airmail sticker too.

Thank you Kari!

Norway

August 12, 2015

Terje sent this card to me from Norway.  He had a short message on the back of the card. He wrote, "Hello.  This card are from my home region in the western part of Norway.  I like to travel and see new culture.  Have a nice day, Terje"


Sadly, the postcard had quite a battle to get here and was badly bent along the way.  You can see it on the scan, the other side is bent too, but not as badly.

By the Voss-Gudvangen Road.
In the background Stalheim Hotel.

The stamps are interesting, as are their arrangement.  I like the athletes, but as a farmer's kid, I get a kick out of the other two as well.

Norway

March 26, 2014

My last card was La Scala, the Italian opera house, but this one is Norway's new opera house.  Isn't that cool?

Linda writes that she is sending me this card because she loves Oslo's new opera house - a beautiful building -and she attends performances there as often as she can.  She lives slightly north of Oslo and it is an easy trip for her into the city.  She notes that she hasn't been able to find postcards about books or films yet, but she keeps looking for them.

When talking about movies, her favourites are the classic musicals from the 1950's and 1960's -- Carousel, Oklahoma, West Side Story, Showboat, etc., etc.  She also loves Casablanca and watches it on DVD occasionally.

She sends her best regards from Norway.

Norwegian Opera & Ballet House, Oslo

A very interesting stamp too.  It looks like hikers, but I'm not sure if there is another significance.  In looking at the card there is a holographic image of a hiker underneath the capital A on the card.  Unfortunately, it doesn't show on the scan.  

Thanks Linda!

Norway

September 18, 2013

Signhild from Norway sent me this cool black and white card.  I have a special feeling for Norway as I lived there for about a year when I was a child.  I went to an American school, so I didn't learn Norwegian, but loved the country and the interesting people.

Signhild writes,"I grew up with the books of this guy (Abraham Berge) taking up a huge space in my mentality (and a bit smaller one in the bookshelfs, as he only wrote two..) Great was the surprise the day I learnt that he actually also had been a prime minister of Norway.  His books are on local history, so I guess he's never been translated. "  She closes by saying Happy Postcrossing and Greetings from Signhild.

Abraham Theodor Berge (1851-1936)

She also used this very cool Aurora stamp on her card.

Thanks so much for a great card!