Yes, you are reading that correct. I'm back from more than a month away. I was on a nice long Caribbean cruse. It was great , totally relaxing and well needed. The timing was just wonderful, all the time we were gone, the temperatures here in Alberta just dropped to the bottom. My sons said it was just bitter cold with temperatures in the minus 30s with windchill on top of that. Just a wonderful time to be in the Caribbean where temperatures were in the high plus 20s. Now, as I have done with every cruise, I'll be doing a Cruising Thru Postcards blog - edition 11, when all the postcards I sent have arrived back here. All right, it's on to some of the cards that built up here while I was gone. There were quite a few and it will take a number of blogs to get thru them.
First is a card from Zambia , a card posted way back on September 3, 2018 - only 5 months on the go. It's an aerial view of Victoria Falls or The Smoke That Thunders. On the right side is a statue of Dr. David Livingstone.
This card is from Bruce of South Africa and Jean Pierre of France. They used 2 stamps on their card. On the left , from 2014, is a stamp from a set of 32 Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Independence of Zambia. On the right, the larger stamp was issued in a set of 5 in 2001 and showcases a Solar Eclipse.
Next is a great view of Paris with a Stryge atop Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower in the background. Stryges are winged female demons - half woman and half bird.
Jean Pierre used a 2018 French Scratch stamp with a Christmas / New Year Reindeer Greeting. It is from a set of 12.
Today's third card comes from Germany. Dominique's card shows part of the former Michelstadt Castle , also known as the Kellerei. Michelstadt in the Odenwald is a medieval town of just over 16,000 people.
Dominique used the 2018 stamp showcasing German Television Legends - the 1963 Dinner For One.
My next card will be the last for today. Gotta ease back into this blogging business. It's from Brussels , Belgium. Johan's card shows one imaginative vision of the Royal Palace in Brussels.
Johan used a First Day of Issue - 28Jan2019 - stamp on his card. It is 1 of 4 in a set showing Animals At Work.
There you have it - today's blog, my first in over a month. Thanks for cards today go out to Bruce, Jean Pierre, Dominique and Johan. Hopefully it won't be another month before I'm here again. Hopefully it'll be tomorrow. See you then.
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