MEXICO ~ Coyoacán market ~

...Wonderful market postcard...an abundance of colorful and tasty looking tropical fruit... most of them are new to me.... Many Thanks Eddy also for the great stamps!

Coyoacán (place of the coyotes) remained completely independent of Mexico City during the colonial period until the mid nineteenth century.

With its narrow, cobbled streets, colonial churches, vibrant markets, world-class museums and sidewalk cafes, its historic center is a popular destination for residents and tourists.

Stamps:

The 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis & Reference
(Issued 17-10-2014)

National Football Team
(Issued 27-05-2014)

SRI LANKA ~A Taste of Spice ~

...A great spicy postcard...Sri Lanka curries are known for their fiery hot spicy flavors...must say, I'm not such a spicy person (◕‿-)...Thanks once again Ravindra!!

Photo: Anver Deen The use of spices is very imperative to Asian cuisine. The spices that are mainly used in  kitchens are, coriander, cumin, turmeric, black pepper, mustard seeds, fennel seeds, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.

During early historical times Sri Lanka was renowned for its quality spices. During ancient times the Greeks, Romans and the Arabic maintained there links with Sri Lanka through the spice trade.

Sri Lanka is also famous for its spices gardens. These spice gardens offers tourists memorable visits to various spice plantations in Sri Lanka.

Stamps:

Solar System - Jupiter
(Issued 05-12-2014)

FINLAND ~Berries-Lapland~

Lovely and colorful wild berries postcard, the "fruits" of Lapland!!(FI-1675851) Thanks a lot Petra!!

Sweet self adhesive stamp: Valentine's Day
Animals living in the world of colors and candies. (Issued 21-01-2013)

The climate of Lapland (the Arctic far north of Finland)creates special growth conditions for berries and the sunlight nights in the summer give them strong aroma.  The sun shines 70 days and nights continuously in Lapland. About 50 different berries are found in Finland and 37 of them are eatable. The most valuable berries are lingonberry, bilberry, raspberry, cranberry, buckthorn and crowberry. But only few percent of wild berries are picked and used yearly.

SRI LANKA ~Vegetable Seller~

Yippie!! I've got mail today!:D:D It's hard for a "postcardlover" going every morning to your mailbox and to find nothing in it for more than a week...
But thanks to Ravindra I received this wonderful local vegetable stall..(I already have one postcard of a fruit stall).Some of them I recognize but most of them are completely new for me...The green ones just by the foot of the lady are callled "Ladies Fingers" and they seem to be delicious!
...With in Belgium temperatures from around -10° celsius this exotic card feels a bit strange and I know where I would want to be right now!:D:D Thanks a lot Ravindra!!

I do love the train stamps!!

Agriculture is the most common vocation of the Sri Lankans, and about eighty (80) different varieties of fruits and vegetables are grown in Sri Lanka’s varied agro-climatic areas. Most of this vegetables are specialy grown in the dry zone of Sri Lanka.

SRI LANKA ~Fruit stall~

After receiving a card showing Sri lanka's breakfast and one with their lunch and dinner... I got today an wonderful card with all local fruits at a fruit stall... The only one I recognize are the bananas and especially the quantitiy of them! The fruit must taste so much better than the ones we buy at our "local" ...supermarket.:D Thanks Ravindra for another great card!!

And like always with colorful and really nice stamps!!

SRI LANKA ~Food~

Thanks to my dear postcard friend Ravindra I received another delicious looking food card. This time instead of a breakfast postcard view (received march7) it shows what they eat for lunch and dinner, Curry and Rice...
Immediately when I saw this card I thought... it must be fantastic if it taste as good as it looks... I'm wondering how it smells, if it taste hot and spicy...

With 4 nice stamps of the zodiac series, issued on October 9, 2007 and two stamps of four issued on 14th May 2011 to mark the 2600th Sambudda Jayanthi centenary of the enlightenment of Buddha.

More than 15 varieties of rice are grown on Sri Lanka, from tiny white, translucent pearl shapes to long-grained Basmati and the red Kakukuhaal.The fully cooked (not al dente) rice has the highly spiced accompaniments rubbed into it and each mouthful is gently massaged by hand to mix the flavors.
Sri Lankan Rice & Curry usually includes a variety of small curry dishes - vegetable, meat or fish and a proper Sri Lanka Rice & Curry would not be swimming in sauce (isma), as this would be too messy!