This and That: A Blog

 North American Cities are the theme this week for Thursday Postcard Hunt. United States is represented by this postcard of Lake Merritt , Oakland, CA.   This is a place from my childhood!  It includes Children's Fairyland .  When I was little there was a small zoo, and silhouette cutters.  You don't see them around anymore, the small zoos or the silhouette cutters.  I wrote a post about Fairyland postcards in August .   Mexico City, Mexico  The Caballito Roundabout, Reforma Ave.  Rather an oblong roundabout.  Do you have roundabouts?  We have a handful around here.  I don't like them.  That could be because they are not a thing we are used to, so no one really knows how to drive in them properly.  That includes me.   Montreal, Quebec, Canada from atop Mount Royal. March is a new theme, Animals!  Next week is Animals in the Wild.  I am looking forward to March postcards. I love animals!

 Let's travel to Southern European Cities for this week's Thursday Postcard Hunt . First, a Multi-View of Athens, Greece. Moving west we find two of Florence, Italy.  Heading west again, we come to Binibeca (Binibeca Vell), on the Balearic Island (Spain) of Menorca.   Next week will be Northern European Cities.

 Cities is February's theme for Thursday Postcard Hunt .  This week is Asian Cities.  China Beijing Olympic Park On the left is the National Aquatics Center, and the right is the Beijing National Stadium.  Their nicknames are The Water Cube and Bird's Nest.  The city of Beijing is in the background. Hong Kong In the foreground is the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter, the first such shelter built in Hong Kong to provide shelter for vessels during typhoons.  The mountain in the background is Victoria Peak. Japan The city of Kobe seen from Suwayama Park. Nepal Patan Durbar Square in the center of the city of Lalitpur.  It's one of three Durbar Squares (public plazas in front of old royal palaces) in the Kathmandu Valley, all UNESCO World Heritage Sites.  Next week's Cities will be Southern European.