Castle | A Postcard from Poland

This was a postcard I got from a penpal way back 2005 from Poland ... we drifted and I can no longer remember who stopped writing. But I still have all of her letters and maybe one day I'd write her again, hopefully it won't be returned back to me like all the others. But this postcard is one of my absolute faves, I love castles old and new ... must be because it's not available here ... you'd always want something you don't have.

Chocolate Hills : PFF

Here goes another round of Postcard Friendship Friday and for this week my entry would be another one from the Philippines.

The Chocolate Hills in Bohol. This is the major attraction in the province of Bohol and one of the many attractions in the country. When I was like 6 years old in my first grade we had this reading book full of children's stories and one of the stories there which I just can't get out of my head is that of the Chocolate Hills. In the story it was said that long time ago there lived a giant, he was a good mighty giant and the people loved him, he was the guardian of the hills. The townspeople would go to his home with a pail and a small bundle of food for the giant and in return they'll have their pails filled with choco goodness.

News of the abundant chocolate reached far and wide that people from other towns flock the area asking for chocolates in a very greedy and aggressive manner. The good giant became very angry and one night left the town close the doors of his home and turned the hills into nothing but hard dark solid soil.

Well there goes the story I guess you'd be able to figure out the rest of the ending ... all during those time I really thought that the Chocolates Hills were really made of chocolate and I kept telling my mom if only people weren't bad we could have had some, she was kind enough not to burst the bubble of an overly imaginative 6 year old. Over time I did grew out of it realizing that the story was nothing but a work of fiction.

Last 2007 I visited the place with a friend and it brought back the story to mind which made me smile the entire time I was there. The hills changed colors, during the summer its colored green and during the wet or rainy season it's all dark chocolate brown thus deriving its name.

There yah go, hope you guys enjoy my entry for this week.

Pleasant Surprise : PFF

When I arrived home yesterday after work I found this postcard amongst other mails waiting for me. At first glance I thought it was a postcard sent through postcrossing but when I took a closer look at it looking for the ID number there was none. Read the message and I was very surprise that it came from Chris Overstreet of Wild Postcards and Girls Go Postal. He was the very first to comment on my first entry for PFF.

It has the French stamp on it and a French inscription, Chris said on his message that the building behind the garden which is the Louvre used to be a palace. It's really pretty, wohooo another beautiful addition to my collection.

Thanks much Chris!!!

Baby Postcard from Russia : PFF

I have been a member at postcrossing.com for quite sometime and in the process I have received around 6 postcards from random places in the world. For this edition of PFF am posting a baby postcard in black and white from Russia. It came as a wonderful surprise (I love surprises!) to find it waiting for me in my mailbox. It has that vintage kind of appeal on it and it sure is a wonderful addition to my collection.

Cebu Metropolitan Friday: PFF

I was bloghopping when I found this meme scheduled every Friday and its called Postcard Friendship Friday and decided to join. Ever since I started penpalling and swapping I've been collecting stamps and postcards from other countries. So for my very first entry I will post a postcard from my very own native land hehehe.



I have this affinity for old churches and castles and though we literally don't have any old castles here but looking at them online always got me wistful. The postcard above is of Cebu Metropolitan Cathedrals, one of the oldest churches here in my city.

Guess thats all for this entry. Till next week :)