OFFICIAL Card - Estonia

Another lovely little bird flying in to my mailbox compliments of Anastassia from Tallinn, Estonia. This was her first card to Canada - lucky me! These two little Waxwings look straight out of a wintry scene. Birds, I like. Winter, not a fan!

Greetings from Estonia - Direct Swap with Janne

Janne is from Estonia and we connected on Facebook.She too has most of the "Greetings from" series collected. I must admit I was very surprised to learn some of the facts about Estonia as it is a country I know little about. In fact, I didn't know any of the "famous" Estonians nor did I know is was such a tech-forward country. Having said that it will give me something to Google later. Thank you Janne!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!!! After a brutal 48+ hour power failure brought on by the worst ice storm this area has seen in over a decade the lights are on and just in time for Christmas!

This card was one I won in a lottery Heidi from Estonia was hosting. A wonderful Christmas maxi-card. Lucky me!

Lottery Win - Estonia, Latvia and Sweden from Tiina - Part I

Overall, most days I do consider myself a lucky person. I enter almost every contest that interests me and for the most part have had some pretty good wins. The lotteries section of the Postcrossing Forum is no exception. I have won some great cards just by being lucky. In August, Tiina was hosting a lottery promising at least 5 cards from her upcoming vacation. To say I hit the jackpot with this win is an understatement!!! 19 wonderful postcards with incredible stamps from three countries. It was the next best thing to being on vacation with her. I am going to split the cards up over a few posts as they really deserve their own spotlight. Thank you Tiina once again - you were so descriptive with your messages I felt like I was there with you.

From Parnu, Estonia her hometown, it is known as Estonia's summer capital.

Next from Riga, Latvia a big Christmas Tree. Tiina writes Latvians believe they were the first to bring trees at home. She also writes she has heard the same thing in Tallinn.

Card 3 is a map of the area she visited that day, Hunnebostrand, Sweden. The stamp is beautiful!

Card 4 is also from Hunnebostrand and Tiina writes about the hike they took to the hightest mountain in the are as seen on the card. Another super snowflake stamp too!

Next came a card from Ulebergshamn which Tiina describes as a lovely little harbour with white houses. They were intrigued on their walk that day to discover "what's behind the next cliff?"

OFFICIAL Card - Estonia

Rille from Estonia sent me this multi-view card of the capital city Tallinn last April. She wrote telling me there are many historical areas that were added to the UNESCO list recently and the town was chosen a joint European Capital of Culture for 2011. To date this is my first and only card from this country.