Nesebar (often transcribed as Nessebar and sometimes as Nesebur, Bulgarian: Несебър, pronounced [nɛˈsɛbɐr], Thracian:Melsambria, Greek: Μεσημβρία, Mesembria) is an ancient town and one of the major seaside resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, located in Burgas Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Nesebar Municipality. Often referred to as the "Pearl of the Black Sea", Nesebar is a rich city-museum defined by more than three millennia of ever-changing history.

It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations and seaports on the Black Sea, in what has become a popular area with several large resorts—the largest, Sunny Beach, is situated immediately to the north of Nesebar.

Nesebar has on several occasions found itself on the frontier of a threatened empire, and as such it is a town with a rich history. The ancient part of the town is situated on a peninsula (previously an island) connected to the mainland by a narrow man-madeisthmus, and it bears evidence of occupation by a variety of different civilisations over the course of its existence. Its abundance of historic buildings prompted UNESCO to include Nesebar in its list of World Heritage Sites in 1983.

Paphos /ˈpæfɒs/ (Greek: Πάφος [ˈpafos]; Turkish: Baf) is a coastal city in the southwest of Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos[2] and New Paphos.[3] The currently inhabited city, New Paphos, lies on the Mediterranean coast, about 50 km (31.07 mi) west of Limassol (the biggest port on the island), which has an A6 highway connection. Paphos International Airport is the country's second-largest airport.

Near Palaepaphos (Old Paphos) at the seaside of Petra tou Romiou is the modern mythical birthplace of Aphrodite, theGreek goddess of love and beauty, and the founding myth is interwoven with the goddess at every level, so that Old Paphos became the most famous and important place for worshipping Aphrodite in the ancient world. In Greco-Roman times, Paphos was the island's capital, and it is well known for the remains of the Roman governor's palace, where extensive, finemosaics are a major tourist attraction. Paul the Apostle visited the town during the first century AD. The town of Paphos is included in the official UNESCO list of cultural and natural treasures of the world's heritage.

The Historic Centre of Riga boasts the largest collection of Art Nouveau buildings in Europe. Between 1896 and 1913, the city expanded and a housing boom followed. The style which developed in Riga was influenced mainly by German, Austrian and Finnish architects. Mikhail Eisenstein is one of the most famous proponents of the style in Riga. 

After the revolution of 1905 a distinctively Latvian variation of Art Nouveau developed, known as National Romanticism. Architects started to use traditional Latvian folk elements and natural building materials. Typical elements were steep roofs, heavy structures and the use of ethnographic ornamental motifs. 

Riga as a city made its first mark in history in the 1201. In that year, Albert the Bishop of Bremen established his first German fortress here. With his Knights of the Sword he executed a Crusade to the Baltics. The town started to prosper as a trading station. This resulted in joining the Hanseatic League in 1282.

2012 Postcrossing in My Classroom

I have been a member of Postcrossing for almost a year now.. 356 days to be exact.. http://www.postcrossing.com/user/Erica8899  so far I have sent 86 postcards and received 78 postcards.. I do a lot of direct swap too with members of several FB postcard groups..

:)  In case you are wondering, Postcrossing  is an online project that allows you to send and receive postcards from all over the world!   

I have another blog : http://spoons-of-love.blogspot.com/, where I uploaded some of my postcards collection..  Do visit my postcard blog ! :p but  haven't updated it yet since last June.. will do so in a week or two.. :)

This year (January 2012), I'd organize a program called 'Learning English is Fun'. It's a POSTCARD EXCHANGE program with my high school students aged 13 to 15 years old. It can be a one time exchange or continuously throughout the school year (once a month).

My students will most probably write about themselves, their family, hobbies and ambition etc.. You have to bear in mind, that they are 13 to 15 years old students.. As English will be their second or third language, They don't really know how to write in ENGLISH very well.. :-)

All postcards that will be send through this program will be written by the students under teacher's supervision.


Here is the link to the FB Page :  https://www.facebook.com/Teacher.EricaChan

So far, most of the students had at least received one or two postcards from their pen-pal.. only a few are still waiting for a reply from their pen-pal...

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These are the list of My Postcrossing Friends who Participate in this program:

1 x  Exchange
- Amy Steely : Chung Xing Yi (G), Tiatira Justin (G) & Abdul Majid (B)
- Yenny Rere : M.Rahimi (B)
- Olya Manina : Haslinda Md.Irwan (G)
- Ralf Hinterhölzl : Christine Famila

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Once A Month

Philippines
- Jonathan Blaza : Christine Familla
- Eduard Azurin : Nur Hajjratul Aswa

USA
- Georgina Muela : Nur Fadzilah (Girl)
- Ria Cabral : Nur Atikah , Tiatira Justin & Ellis Chu Yee Mee (G)
- Amy Genberg : Siti Syazira (G)
- Gregory Lentz : Agustitin (G)
- Linda Roberson : Nuraina Syawana (G) & Ali Azrul (B)
- Kim Hansen Amundsen : Nur Fatehah
- John McDade : Md.Norazman
- Suzanne Lee : Nur Shafinaz
- Lori Holmes Fournier : Siti Nur Farah Ain
- Hallie Berline Feldman : Mohd Uwaiz
- Carrie Courter : M. Syahrizal
- Shelia Dawn Carter : Syazana Nadiah


Malaysia
- Jiaqi Holiday : Ibrahim (Boy)

Netherlands
- Christel Van der Ree : Chung Xing Yi (G)
- Monique Dubbeldam : Nurul Ezanni (G)
- Edith De Jong Hof : Ikhwan Zainal (B)
- Marcel de Jong : Abdul Majid (B)
-Annemieke Reinderink : Mohd Syamirul

United Kingdom
- Julia Aulich : Nur Atirah (G)
- Patrycja Jasinska : Rahimi Ramlan (B)
- Gilly White : Nur Ain (G)

Germany
- Katrin Witzmann : Nurul Fatin Syafiqah (G)
- Felix Rommel : Nurul Izzah Syazwani (G)
- Anke Gunther : Sakilah Sainan (G)
- Benedikt Binder : Ibrahim (B)
- Penelope Avril Binder : Nur Nabila (G)
- Britta Fritsche : M.Rahmat (B)
- Melanie Becker : Nur Ilya Shamiza (G)
- Santa Mervien Alexandra : Edika Sharul

Romania
- Calin Zborovsky : Nur Farahdila (G)

India
- Bhaskar Pakrasi : Nurul Syahirah (G)
- Shivani S Poojary : Nurul Asmiatinah (G)
- Colin D'souza : Ariina Natasya (G)

Australia
- Nicole Hansell : Siti Hamizah (G)
- Annie Jones : Ismail Harun (B)
- Vikki McGrath : NorMaisara (G)

Indonesia
- Peifen Lin : Nurasimah (G)
- Hardian Syahputra : Nasir Sobre (B)
- Priscilla Cieldz : J.Nurnismaliah (g)

Taiwan
- Yi Ting Chen : Dayang Maysarah (G)
- Sherry Chiang : Nur Shazarinah (G)
- Paoli Lee : M.Hakimi Muis (B)
Siti Nur Azmahani (G)
Norazman Hadisel


Canada
- Linda J Milsap : Nazzura Sutrisno (G)

Costa Rica
- Soph Machado : M.Hakimi Hamidi (B)

Czech Republic
- Luci M. Kraus : M. Syahrizal (B)
- Marketa Selinijana : Nuriza Kallang (G)

Thailand
- Miso Pim : Dg. Siti Noorhafiza (G)
- Tukta Chaywichian : Siti NurNatasha Amira (G)

Denmark
- Sabrine Kortsen : Siti Aishah Jafri (G)

Japan
- Saya Kitajima : Md. Shahrul Niezam (B)

Poland
- Klaudia Ziegiel : Nasrulnizam
- Pawel Maciejewski : M.Hanafee

Finland
- Satu Kylmälä : Mohd Shahrazi

Trinidad and Tobago
-Angel Boodoo : Mohd Shafiq Sabie

Brazil
- Maria Gabriela Dias : Dannyen Johnny

Scotland
- Hannah Kennedy : Normeraznah Adbul Musad

Portugal
- Ana Serodio Fernandes :Syazana Nadiah
- Celeste Silva : Farahin Aimy

France
- Angelique Pavy : Karmila Ramli

 So, what is Postcrossing?? :) 

 

http://www.postcrossing.com/about

What is Postcrossing?

The objective of Postcrossing is to allow people to exchange postcards via mail (real mail, not email) with random Postcrossers from around the world. Oh, and it is absolutely free, meaning, if you send a postcard, you will receive one back from another random member.

How does Postcrossing work?

It goes like this:

1. Register on the website. You will need to provide your postal address so that you can receive postcards.
2. Request to send a postcard. An address is displayed along with the member's profile. This address is accompanied by a Postcard ID - a unique code that identifies your postcard.
3. Choose a postcard, write something nice on it along with the assigned Postcard ID, and mail it to the address you were given.
4. Wait, wait, wait. :-)
5. Hoorray! The card arrives to its destination and is registered by the user! Now you too will receive a postcard! 

Is it free?

The Postcrossing website is absolutely free! You will not receive any postcards if you do not send any; that is what makes the system work. The more postcards you send, the more you will receive. It is simple, but you still have to send postcards to make it work.

Note that you will need to spend money on postage to send the postcards and to buy postcards if you do not have any.

Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa [varˈʂava] ( listen); see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Poland. It stands on theVistula River in east-central Poland, roughly 260 kilometres (160 mi) from the Baltic Sea and 300 kilometres (190 mi) from theCarpathian Mountains. Its population is estimated at 1.740 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 2.666 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 9th most-populous capital city in the European Union. The city limits cover 516.9 square kilometres (199.6 sq mi), while the metropolitan area covers 6,100.43 square kilometres (2,355.39 sq mi).

PL-336439

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Official name Historic Centre of Warsaw

Type Cultural

Criteria ii, vi

Designated 1980 (4th session)

Reference no. [2]

UNESCO region Europe

Aachen Cathedral, frequently referred to as the "Imperial Cathedral" (in German: Kaiserdom), is a Roman Catholic church inAachen, Germany. The church is the oldest cathedral in northern Europe and was known as the "Royal Church of St. Mary at Aachen" during the Middle Ages. For 595 years, from 936 to 1531, the Aachen chapel was the church of coronation for 30German kings and 12 queens. The church is currently the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Aachen, so named in 1802.

DE-1186981

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Official name: Aachen Cathedral

Type Cultural

Criteria i, ii, iv, vi

Designated 1978 (2nd session)

Reference no. 3

State Party Germany

Region Europe and North America