Australia Creative Card

A card of various images

Just a card that came to me via postcrossing.com...see how creative wonders get spread across the world.

Map Postcard, Asia

A view of an older map.

It is a delight to get such cards

Lubeck Card, Germany

A great card with many scenes

It is always nice to get a multiview card showing many places.

Roman card From the US

A multiview 

This Roman card was sent from the US.

Calgary Card, Canada

A cityscape

Westminster Abbey

A grand view

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the most notable religious buildings in the United Kingdom and has been the traditional place ofcoronation and burial site for English and, later, British monarchs. Between 1540 and 1556 the abbey had the status of a cathedral. Since 1560, however, the building is no longer an abbey nor a cathedral, having instead the status of a "Royal Peculiar"—a church responsible directly to the sovereign. The building itself is the original abbey church.

According to a tradition first reported by Sulcard in about 1080, a church was founded at the site (then known as Thorn Ey (Thorn Island)) in the 7th century, at the time ofMellitus, a Bishop of London. Construction of the present church began in 1245, on the orders of King Henry III.^[3]

Since 1066, when Harold Godwinson and William the Conqueror were crowned, the coronations of English and British monarchs have been held here.^[4][5] There have been at least 16 royal weddings at the abbey since 1100. Two were of reigning monarchs (Henry I and Richard II), although, before 1919, there had been none for some 500 years.^[6]

River Thames, London

A view of the River

Tower Bridge London

A view of the Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge (built 1886–1894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and has become an iconic symbol of London. Tower Bridge is one of five London bridges now owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. It is the only one of the Trust's bridges not to connect the City of London directly to the Southwark bank, the northern landfall being in Tower Hamlets.

The bridge consists of two bridge towers tied together at the upper level by two horizontal walkways, designed to withstand the horizontal tension forces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge on the landward sides of the towers. The vertical components of the forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers. The bascule pivots and operating machinery are housed in the base of each tower. The bridge's present colour scheme dates from 1977, when it was painted red, white and blue for Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee. Originally it was painted a mid greenish-blue colour.^[1]

The bridge deck is freely accessible to both vehicles and pedestrians, whilst the bridge's twin towers, high-level walkways and Victorian engine rooms form part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition, for which an admission charge is made. The nearest London Underground tube stations are Tower Hill on the Circle andDistrict lines, London Bridge on the Jubilee and Northern lines and Bermondsey on the Jubilee line, and the nearest Docklands Light Railway station is Tower Gateway.^[2] The nearest National Rail stations are at Fenchurch Street and London Bridge.

Neva River , Saint Petersburg, Russia

A Bridge opens up

Always nice to get a card from different places.Anyone can join in this venture

Green Parakeet,Parrot

A green bird

A nice green bird on a green card.

Yellow Billed Stork, Kuala Lumpur

A bird who walks naturally

If you think this bird is great but cannot get the bird, do note a postcard is available.Do make your choice known to me to get this card.

Malaysia Southern Ground Hornbill

A tasty item

This bird has a good appetite.