Thursday, July 1, 2010

0010 - St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral

Kyiv - Another tricky one to pronounce.. This is one of the oldest cathedrals in Ukraine, but was completely destroyed during WWII so this is some sort of a replica.

0009 - Chevalier Féréol de Bonnemaison

This is a French painting, but I'm labeling this under "USA" as it's displayed at The Brooklyn Museum. It's called "Young Woman Overtaken by a Storm" .

"Taking shelter underneath a sturdy oak, an elegantly, if scantily clad young woman—perhaps separated from her party of nature-seekers—tearfully cowers as powerful winds whip at her gauzy attire. In this picture, exhibited at the Salon of 1799, Bonnemaison pays homage to the era's prevailing, classically inspired tastes: the young woman wears the high-waisted, muslin robe à l'antique and delicate cothurnes, or sandals, that became all the rage for fashionable French women in the 1790s. At the same time, the threatening storm—evidence of nature's force—hints at a nascent Romanticism and its embrace of the sublime." - http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/

Monday, June 21, 2010

0008 - Bayon Temple - Siem Reap

This one's not from my Postcrossing exchanges, but from STEPH! She sent this when she was in Cambodia for her OCIP. :)

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

0007 - Trulli de campagna

"Trullis" are ancient cone buildings built by dry-stone technique. This beautiful Trulli is located in Southern Italy :)

Monday, May 10, 2010

0006 - At the Copa, Copacabana

Copacabana is a borough located in the southern zone of the city Rio de Janeiro, known for its 4 km beach which is one of the most famous in the world.

Seems like fun!

0005 - Terveiset Ylikiimingista

Well go figure how to pronounce that!

The upper picture is of a museum and the bottom one's of some natural landscape.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

0004 - Hamburg

Hamburg's a big town in Germany and those 4 pictures above are some of their landmarks.

Clockwise starting from left:

1) Heinrich Hertz TV Tower - This tower stands at about meters and there's a revolving restaurant at the top as well! :)

2) Not sure if this is the flag of Hamburg.. Someone enlighten me?

3) Couldn't find any info on this one.. Help!!

4) Speicherstadt - These are warehouses situated in the free port area of Hamburg.