Edersee, Germany

From Wikipedia: The Edersee is a large reservoir created by the construction, from 1908 to 1914, of a rock and concrete dam across the Eder river, near the small town of Waldeck in northern Hesse, Germany, to generate hydropower and regulate water levels for shipping on the Weser river. It lies at the northern edge of the Kellerwald.
Another card I received through "Your Hometown" RR, another interesting place I have never heard about. Michelle was sweet to write about the history of this area: "That's the Valley where I live. It's a famous area with many tourists. The reservoir was built in 1908-1914 and destroyed in 1943 (*Operation Chastise, by special bombs dropped from British Bomber plane*). The water destroyed many villages and killed many people. But it was rebuilt and today, it's a very nice place. There are many castles in this area which are great to visit. There lived princes from 1137 until 1692. I love this area!"

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Wezep, the Netherlands

Another card from a small town, this time in the Netherlands. It came by the way of June Round Robin, from Wim. He writes,"Wezep is a little village of 13,500 inhabitants. You can see two farm houses, a mansion, a church, and our very nice swimming pool." Looks like a nice place to live!

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A tranquil Setting

This card arrived through "Your Hometown" Round Robin from Morris, Connecticut. Morris is a small town with population of ~2400 people. They are celebrating 150th anniversary of their town this year! Congratulations! I'm sure such a small town doesn't print many postcards. :) So, the nature view is an appropriate card. There are no views of the town on Google Maps, either.

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Hainan Island, China

Here is another card from China received through China X Other Countries Round Robin. My sender, Yibua, says: "Many greetings from Hainan Island, China. My hometown is the most Southern place in China, surrounded by sea. Summer is all year around!" Unfortunately, I don't know what the significance of this house is. It looks like an appartment building, almost. :) On the card, the discription reads, The Diaojiao House at the Sunxi River Bank.
I liked the stamps:


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Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai, China

A nice large card arrived from China as a part of "Your hometown" Round Robin, from Feiyi. She writes, "This is a card of Hongkou football stadium, and I just live in the building behind the stadium. Near it is a park called Luxun Park. The famous Chinese writer Lu-xun's grave lies in it. This area used to be controlled by Japanese, so a lot of Japanese style buildings can be found." Very wonderful to receive such a card and have a little story behind it! I am reading "The Shanghai Girls" by Lisa See right now, so it is amazing to see what modern Shanghai looks like! The book is amazing, too!

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Datça, Turkey

"Datça pronounced Datcha, is the name of the ~80 Km long peninsula National Reserve between Aegean and the Mediterranean seas and also the administrative town center of the peninsula," says the internet. :) Of course, I have never heard of this wonderful place that looks so alluring! I would love to go yachting and exploring there...
Received this card through June Round Robin from Huruldur. Thank you for a wonderful glimse of your country. A beautiful stamp needs to be included!

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Native Animals RR #2

Second half of the Native Animals Round Robin has arrived! It is 2 postcards, both are so pretty! The Chinese postcard arrived from Feiyi and is called "My happy life". "During a typical day a giant panda spends 60%of the time awake during which most of their time is spent eating bamboo," reads the discription.

Another card arrived from Russia, from strix-ru of St. Petersburg. This is a one handsome looking squirrel! LOL It looks very much like I used to imagining squirrels when growing up (we didn't have that many of them in my city). The ones here in the US are very different. They are not quite that pretty orange-brown color but rather grey. Alexandra also included the fitting stamps: