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Amanda & the Sea Lions!

Here’s a neat postcard from Finland! Shown here is a painting by Zhu Zong-Ci of one of Helsinki’s most iconic landmarks: Havis Amanda. This statue, created by sculptor Ville Vallgren, was put up in Market Square early in the 20th century. It’s a bronze statue of a woman, set up […]

Postcrossing

Man the Brakes!

Check out this super cool double-view postcard from Finland! For the first time in a while, I had to photograph the pictures of this card since the scanner seems to just blend them together in a peculiar fashion. This is a view – no, TWO views – of Linnanmäki! This […]