Les cannelés de Bordeaux

Here is one more sweet card from Joao! He sent it to me from France on his way to Czech Republic. Hope he has great time there mow.

It's a perfect breakfast for me. With a cup of my green tea :)

The backside contains a recipe, but only in French, sorry. Google translate can help with this :)

Pour 12 cannelés: 1/2 lait, 1 pincée de sel, 2 oeufs entiers + 2 jaunes, 1/2 gousse de vanille, 1 cs de rhum, 100 g de farine, 250 g de sucre, 50 g de beurre.

Faire bouillir le lait avec la vanille et le beurre. Mélangez la farine, le sucre et les oeufs. Versez ensuite doucement le lait chaud. Mélangez bien pour obtenir une pâte fluide, puis ajoutez le rhum. Couvrez et placez au frais pendant toute une nuit. Sortez la pâte du réfrigérateur 1 h avant de les cuire.
Préchauffez le four à 275°C. Beurrez ou huilez les moules et versez la pâte en laissant 1 cm. Baissez le four à 190°C et faites cuire environ 75/80 mn. Les cannelés doivent avoir une croûte brune et un intérieur moelleux. Les démouler encore chaud sur une grille.

St. Marco Wharf - The Dawn

This is one more card sent to me by Oxana from Venice. Now for me this city looks like romantic place. The city of a dream.

Venice is a city in northeastern Italy sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. It is located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline, between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site, along with its lagoon.

The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century BC. The city historically was the capital of the Republic of Venice. Venice has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Masks", "City of Bridges", "The Floating City", and "City of Canals". Luigi Barzini described it in The New York Times as "undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man". Venice has also been described by the Times Online as being one of Europe's most romantic cities.

The Republic of Venice was a major maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially silk, grain, and spice) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century. This made Venice a wealthy city throughout most of its history.It is also known for its several important artistic movements, especially the Renaissance period. Venice has played an important role in the history of symphonic and operatic music, and it is the birthplace of Antonio Vivaldi.

Here is an Italian stamp:

Pula, Croatia

Today I'd like to tell about postcards sent to me my best friend Oxana from Chisinau. She with her husband Vova had a trip last month and sent to me some postcards from these places.
Now me and my husband think about Croatia like a place for our September trip (we also think about some different countries and cannot choose one).

Pula is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula. Like the rest of the region, it is known for its mild climate, smooth sea, and unspoiled nature. The city has a long tradition of winemaking, fishing, shipbuilding, and tourism. Pula has also been Istria's administrative centre since ancient Roman times.

Here is a nice black stamp:

Cappadocia, Nevşehir, Turkey

Hurray! I received 2 amazing cards this week from Joao. This time postcards came to me from Turkey and they both are really wonderful!

Now I only dream to fly on a hot air balloon, but Joao and his wife already did it :) guys, you're cool!

Cappadocia, which was inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985 on natural and cultural criteria, is situated at a distance of 14 km from Nevsehir, and it covers a 40 square km area between the county seats of Avanos and Urgup.
Goreme National Park and Cappadocia is a unique design of nature with slopes full of fairy-chimneys, rich water resources at the base of the valley, abundant flora, and numerous rock cut, frescoed churches.

Cappadocia, which was sculpted out of the tuff of the Erclyes and Hasan Mountains through millions of years by sand and water erosion, became the seat of several civilisations, and a silent witness to the cultural history of Anatolia. Cappadocia also covers underground cities. These enchanting and only partially revealed subterranean cities of Cappadocia are believed to have deeper levels awaiting exploration.

It looks like really interesting place! ;)

Coimbra University

This interesting and beautiful card is sent to me by my friend Joao. Hey, friend, you send me more Portuguese cards than I receive via official postcrossing site, huh :)

The University of Coimbra is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. Established in 1290, it is one of the oldest universities in continuous operation in the world, the oldest university of Portugal, and one of its largest higher education and research institutions. It is organized into eight different faculties according to a wide range of fields, granting academic bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in arts, engineerings, humanities, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, sports and technologies. It is a founding member of the Coimbra Group, a group of leading European research universities, whose inaugural meeting it hosted. The University of Coimbra has approximately 20,000 students, and hosts one of the largest communities of international students in Portugal, being the most cosmopolitan Portuguese university.

On June 22, 2013, UNESCO added the university to its World Heritage List

As usual Joao sticked nice stamps for me. Thanks again! I really appreciated all your efforts!

Cream cake

Hurray! My collection of sweets has new item now :)

My apologies if you see this message in evening or night. It looks so delicious.

This card also sent to me by Joao. He said that these are the best cupcakes in the whole world. And I believe him.

The original recipe is a secret well kept!

Joao share with me that these cakes are delicious with a touch of cinnamon and a hot cup of coffee. Mmm, yammy! 

This card also contains wonderful stamps:

Roses

These beautiful roses was sent to me by my friends on this site Joao. Thanks a lot for your cards and friendship!

Description from the backside of the card:

Rosa 'Lawrence Johnston' and Rosa 'Cupid', a Hybrid tea, by Graham Stuart Thomas. First published ain Climbing roses  old and new (1965)

Graham Stuart Thomas was an English horticulturalist and garden designer, best known for his work with garden roses, his restoration and stewardship of over 100 National Trust gardens and for writing 19 books on gardening, many of which remain classics today.

In his obituary in the LA Times, Clair Martin, rose curator of Huntington Botanical Gardens said: "Thomas set about preserving the heritage of old roses when many of them were on the verge of extinction".

I like flowers, I like these roses, I like this card! :)

Of course, this card has absolutely amazing stamp!