PFF – Haris the Toy Voyager

By ilyani | Published 19 June, 2009

Hello! I have made a few postcards posts featuring Haris previously, but now I decided to introduce properly this little friend of mine to all my Friday Postcards friends! :)

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This is Haris. A cool kitty, can be naughty at times and likes to eat alot! No wonder he looks as if he gained weight after one month traveling to Paris last February! Well, he started his journey on behalf of imajica (who wishes so hard that she could fit an envelope to travel Europe too -___- ) and has been to Paris, Rome, Budapest recently and now is staying with Essi in Lappeenranta, Finland! He will soon probably be visiting Poland and Macedonia!

Please see Hari’s travelog on ToyVoyagers for his journey diary and loads of photos! And here’s the map showing his path (before Finland)

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And what does this kitty toy have to do with Postcards, you ask? :) Now let’s take a look back at my previous postcards of Paris (and Eiffel Tower!), Budapest, Rome, and Finland all featuring Haris!! :D It’s really good to know (at least) I have some postcards with places he went to!

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Happy PFF from Haris and imajica to everyone!! xx

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Stockholm

By ilyani | Published 18 June, 2009

Stockholm in Sweden is one of the capital cities in Europe that I fell in love at the first sight (I am talking about seeing the images on postcards, of course as I have not yet been Europe, which is sad -__-). This city particularly strikes me with alot of water of the Lake Mälaren and Baltic Sea all around it, I have mentioned this several times before that I have a thing on waterfront cities, and Stockholm is located on 14 small islands in the edge of the Scandanavian peninsula.

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Sent by Skrallan, 2006, via Another country tag.

Here it is what I am talking about! It does look like a floating city, doesn’t it?? :D And it’s so exciting that you have to cross many bridges to reach a place, yet the roadways don’t look very busy! (read: bridges in Malaysian cities are the most congested places! Yikes). And really, I love how well this city is structured, with awesome buildings, modern and old.

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Sent by MerJade, 2009.

View above is how you see from the top of the City Hall Tower. And picture below shows the Stockholm Palace, the official residence of the Swedish Monarch. There used to be a fortress in this site and they reconstructed it to be a palace in 1697-1760.

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Sent by MerJade, 2009

Here’s the City Hall and its tower! It was built in 1911-1923 and is home to the Municipal Council for the Stockholm city, and also the venue of the Nobel Prize banquet!

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Sent by MerJade, 2009.

Oh yeah suddenly I have been blessed with many beautiful postcards from Sweden, if you must know ;) and this is among my favorite – as it shows a city tram! I have come to learn that trams are among the earliest public transportation in Europe which is really appealing to me. This Stockholm old tram goes to Djurgården island with many museums, zoo, and amusement park.

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Budapest revisited

By ilyani | Published 18 June, 2009

I have previously featured some Budapest cards, especially in the Danube river area, with the Chain Bridge and the Parliament House, but let’s make a trip again to this capital of Hungary, with some more postcards :P Why? Because Haris was there recently!

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Photo by Szirmaik

This awesome-looking building is the Great Market Hall, it’s a famous spot in Budapest! And I have actually got a card from there!

This is a really huge indoor market! I mean, it looks like the market consists of many rows of stalls inside, and these kinds of covered stalls are usually built outdoors in Malaysia, which we call Pasar Tani (dont know how it translates to English.. Agro market, maybe?). There are various of things you can find here, from fruits and vegetables, milk, meat, bread to folk embroidery and souvenirs. Garlics, peppers, and paprika are among Hungarian traditional spices. Hungarians also like plums, watermelons and apples!

Another Budapest card that I did not put previously, this is the interior of the Matthias Church. The current building was constructed in the 14th century, and was the second largest church in medieval Buda.

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