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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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Belgian cathedrals

By ilyani | Published 31 May, 2009

I wanted to feature either one of these cathedrals in my previous Belgium entry.. but couldn’t really decide which so I didn’t put both. They’re from different cities in Belgium but what the heck, I can put them together in this post :) Sometimes I realized myself that my selection of cards to put in this blog is rather varied and easygoing, though I wanted to put a few cards with mutual theme, or place, or set, but that’s not THAT necessary actually.

Sent by drs_dolittle

Sent by drs_dolittle

The Saint Bavo Cathedral of Ghent was constructed during the 14th through 16th centuries. I love the color and light in this postcard.

sent by Marleen

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And this is the Notre-Dame (Cathedral of Our Lady).. it’s a bit confusing me coz I realized that I have featured postcard of a Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris before.. then again there are actually several cathedrals with this name in other countries like Canada and Luxembourg. Well this Belgian Notre-Dame is located in Antwerpen, the second largest city of Belgium after Brussels. This cathedral was built in the 14th and 15th century.

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Roma – Rome

By ilyani | Published 22 May, 2009

Hi everyone, my name is Haris. I went to Rome, Italy with Valerie and she took this photo of me here to show off to imajica! :P

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AAAAAGH! Haris is hijacking my postcards blog again!! *mad* But hmmph, since I received a neat Rome postcard from Valerie, I’ll forgive him. And having said that, I guess I’ll just feature all Rome cards I have gotten so far as well…

From Octabis. Yes, Valerie is so sweet that she sent everyone of GTKY gang a card from Rome! This is a magnificent view of Ponte Sant’Angelo (Bridge of Hadrian) that was constructed during 134-139, and at the back is St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City which was built in 1506. Pilgrims used to use this bridge to reach the basilica.

IT-18537 from Claudia. This is the Fontana del Moro (Fountain of Moro) which is one of the three fountains in the Piazza Navona (Navona Sqaure). It was designed by Giacomo della Porto and built in 1575. This piazza used to be the place where the Romans came to watch games and competitions, and its fountains have been featured in several film scenes.

From Mauclella. This right hand belongs to Costantine, the Emperor of the Roman Empire around year 300. See also his face and foot here.

From Muffins. The famous Colosseum!! This Roman Empire’s largest open-air theater was built in 70-80 AD where 68,000 people could sit inside and 5000 people standing. The Colosseum was used for gladiatorial games and battles, and approximately 500,000 people and over a million wild animals died in the Colosseum games!

From Iside82 with different views of the great Rome. Apart of the Colosseum and the St Peter’s cathedral, seen also here are The White Alton of the Nation (built in 1800) and the Tiberian Isle in the middle of Tevere River.

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