Arizona State Map Card!

I love collecting map postcards and I particularly enjoy getting maps of American states in the mail! Today I got this one, US-4773950, from tilly30318, in the United States of America of her home state of Arizona.

US-4773950

So, three facts about Arizona:

• Their symbols of the state are Cactus Wren (bird), Palo Verde (tree) and Saguaro Cactus Blossom (flower).
• The capital is Phoenix, home to near 1.5 million people. 
• Their American Football team are the Arizona Cardinals and are the oldest continuously run professional football team in the United States of America. 

Canada Map!

Today, I have received a Flikcr swap postcard from akaroxy2 in Canada. She sent me a beautiful illustrated map card of her country. I love to get map cards and in swap I sent to her a card featuring the British Royal Family, which is one kind of card that she collects. It is always kind to be able to fulfil a wish for a fellow postcrosser!!

Canada map postcard from akaroxy2

 3 facts about Canada:

• Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the 4th largest country by land area in the world. 
• The country's main languages are English and French. 
• The capital of Canada is Ottawa, with about 900,000 people living there although its largest city is Toronto with 2.6 million residents. 

Map of Saxony-Anhalt

Today I received a lovely map card of Saxony-Anhalt, or Sachsen-Anhalt in German, from Minimuffin, otherwise known as Peggy, who is my newest long-term postcard exchange pal! She lives in the capital of this federal state, Magdeburg.

Map of Saxony-Anhalt

3 facts about Saxony-Anhalt:

• By size, Saxony-Anhalt is the 8th largest state and by population, the 10th largest, out of 16 in Germany.
• It is home to more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any of the other states in Germany, 5 of them in all. 
• Martin Luther, a German friar, Catholic priest, professor of theology and seminal figure of the 16th-century movement in Christianity known later as the Protestant Reformation, was born in Eisleben in Saxony-Anhalt in 1483.

The World in Words postcard

Today I got another world in words card...this time from Russia. Jackie_Opps sent this card to me on 5 July 2014 and it has travelled 5852 kilometres in 16 days to reach me. It is my 913th received official Postcrossing postcard.

RU-2840747 - The World In Words

Ohio!

Today, I have received another map card, this time of the state of Ohio in the United States of America from clarajane. I have had the pleasure of visiting the USA and enjoyed my trip a great deal. Never visited Ohio, maybe one day!

Map of Ohio

3 facts about Ohio:

• A midwestern state, also known as the Buckeye state, Ohio was admitted to the Union on 1 March 1803 as the 17th state
• The state symbols include the Scarlet Carnation (flower), Cardinal (bird) and White-tailed Deer (animal)
• Columbus is the state capital, with a metro population of 2.3 million with 11.5 million living across the entire state

Map Postcard of Portugal!

I adore certain 'types' of postcard. One type of postcard I enjoy collecting is of maps! Any kind of map, country, state, region, transport, world, maritime...you name it, I like it if it is a map of some kind! Yesterday, I received a private swap card from JoaoNogueira who lives in Portugal of a map of his country.

Map of Portugal

3 facts about Portugal:

• The capital city is Lisbon, on the country's west coast and Porto is the second largest city, in the north of the country.
• Approximately 10.5 million people live in Portugal, with about three-quarters living in coastal areas.
• As of 2013, Portugal has 15 sites inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list, including the culture landscape of Sintra and University of Coimbra.