Old cards

I bought these cards from Pori travel agency. I sent them to Germany, Poland and Usa.



I especially like this one. The building behind the skaters is the same one that I go to university now. It used to be a cotton factory.

Black monster with wings

Today I'm sending 4 cards. To USA, Serbia, Germany and Estonia. This one is going to Germany and all the rest were traditional Pori cards. I have to buy more of those later today.

Sheeps

This one is going to Austria. It has a certain autumn feeling. Yesterday we got the first snow this winter. But it has all melted away now. I wish we will have a real winter this year!

Beautiful autumn

This kind of cards will be sent to Germany and France. I just love the colours in this card.
Also one traditional Pori card is going to South Australia.

The weather is getting colder day by day. Nights are really cold and roads are dangerously icy. In some parts of Finland there is already some snow. This part is usually the last to get so much snow that it would last long. There hasn't been much snow in the last few winters. Sometimes there is a lot of snow and temperature is -25 celsius, but mostly the winter is just -5 degrees and some snow.

Birds and flowers

Today I'm sending two cards. The Vincent van Gogh card is going to The Netherlands and bird card to Italy.

Bumblebee

This card is flying to Canada. I chose this card because there's a bumblebee on it. I just love the word "Bumblebee" :)

Peregrine

This bird card is going to Puerto Rico. The printed text on the back says: "The rare peregrine is the fastest bird in Finland. The juvenile, after its virgin flight, has already a stern stare of an adult bird."

Best scenery card

Finally I found a nice city card of Pori. I bought 5 of these. The first one is going to USA.
The building on the other side of the bridge is actually the university I go to.

And on the other side there is a nice map of Finland and where Pori is situated.

Forest strawberries

This sweet summer card is going to Germany. Summer has been really weird this year. In early June we had a good heat wave and yesterday it rained so much that cars and houses were in danger. I just hope there are some warm days still left!

Church

Two of these cards are on their way to Germany and Turkey. I bought the cards from a small local shop in Kauvatsa. My summer job as a paint factory office clerk is situated here. Kauvatsa is a really small country village 50 km from Pori. I've been working here for seven summers - that's really a long time, but I like job and people. Kauvatsa is a part of Kokemäki, a little bit bigger town (population 8000). I lived in Kokemäki for 13 years. I moved to Pori to study when I was 19 years old.

Multiview city card

This card is going to Germany. Receiver asked for multiview city cards. This one has an air photo of Pori and smaller picture from our promenade. From the air picture you can clearly see the Kokemäki river. On the other side of the river on the left side of the bridge is the Pori university consortium where I go to school.

Two languages

This card is going to The Netherlands.
Pori is Björneborg in Swedish and "Terveiset" means "Greetings" ("Hälsningar" is the same in Swedish).
Finland has two native languages. That means everyone has to learn both of them in school, but most people don't speak Swedish so well (me included). Some cities in the coast operate mostly in Swedish. I guess Poris language used to be Swedish many years ago, but now we only use Finnish.

Favourite food

This card is going to Iowa, USA. Callie said in her profile that she would like to know what kind of food people like. I wrote that I like mexican, indian and chinese foods.

City cards

Today I'm gonna send three postcards. One to Portugal, one to Canada and one to Greece. I chose cards from my home city. I'm not too happy with any of the Pori cards. They are quite boring and old stylish.

Wild life

Today I'm sending two cards. The bunny card is going to The Netherlands and squirrel is going to Brazil.