Post Tagged with "picture postcards"

Picture Postcards: Colours of New Zealand

Black
Glimpses of All Blacks

In October 2011, the All Blacks, New Zealand’s national rugby team won the Rugby World Cup. The crowd at the victory parade was a sea of black.

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Samoan food van in Auckland, New Zealand
New Zealand Languages
Malaysia to New Zealand

May 13, 2012 1 comment

Picture Postcards: Colours of Ottawa


This month our theme for Picture Postcards is “Colours”. Our Contributing Editor, Ana, took this photo of wintery skies in Ottawa to represent the colour grey.

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Maple toffee
The 4-Way Stop Courtesy
A Wedding on Yukon Time

May 6, 2012 3 comments

Picture Postcards: Kendo in Japan

Kendo
Most universities have a kendo club in Japan. These students were practising on a winter’s afternoon.

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Picture Postcards: Japanese lunch
Picture Postcards: Ukon tea from Okinawa
Five unusual servings I’ve encountered in Japan

April 29, 2012 3 comments

Picture Postcards: Street art in Paris


This week’s “anything you want” photo come from DeeBee in Paris who loves the street art in her European city.

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Windmills in France
Laguiole, a prestigious folding knife
The Bouquinistes, book sellers along the Seine River

April 23, 2012 0 comments

Picture Postcards: Songkran in New Zealand

Kids flinging water for Songkran
Songkran, or Thai New Year is celebrated all over the world by Thai immigrants. This photo was taken at the festival in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Khao Chae: a Cooling Thai Summer Treat
Traditional Maori Craft in New Zealand
Meet Marie, a Polish- American married to a Brit, mother to a Thai toddler, living in New Zealand! Wow!

April 15, 2012 0 comments

Picture Postcards: Holi Festival in India

Holi Festival in Jaipur
As we continue with our “anything you like” category of Picture Postcards this month, we take a look at Sysilia‘s photo from our Flickr group. She snapped this of the recent, colourful, Holi Festival in Jaipur.

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India as seen by Anu
Neha: From Mumbai to Zagreb
Picture Postcards: Graffiti in Mumbai, India

April 9, 2012 1 comment