Monday, March 21, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Middelburg, Netherlands
A nice postcards from Middelburg Postcrossing meeting signed by all members.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Portland, OR, USA
Official Postcrossing card sent by Michael.
Bird's-eye view of Portland, Oregon, home of the world famous Stumptown coffee roasters
Stumpton Coffee roasters was founded in Portland, Oregon in 1999 and is dedicated to serving the freshest, most unique, hand roasted coffees.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Friday, March 04, 2011
Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom
Postcard sent by Kirstie (Postcrossing forum - **Choose a country** tag).
Castle Stalker, Appin, Argyll
Photograph : Colin Baxter
Castle Stalker is a four-storey tower house or keep picturesquely set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe. It is located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north east of Port Appin, Argyll, Scotland. The islet is accessible (with difficulty) from the shore at low tide. The name "Stalker" comes from the Gaelic Stalcaire, meaning "hunter" or "falconer", and should therefore be pronounced stal-ker, with the l sounded, not as in the pronunciation of the English word stalker.
In recent times the castle was brought to fame by the Monty Python team, appearing in their film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It also appeared in the film Highlander: Endgame. The Castle's implausibly picturesque appearance, with its bewitching island setting against a dramatic backdrop of mountains, has made it a favourite subject for postcards and calendars, and something of a cliché image of Scottish Highland scenery. Castle Stalker is entirely authentic; it is one of the best-preserved medieval tower-houses surviving in western Scotland
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