In these quarantine days, I believe that for many postcrossers, is it really hard not to outside and send cards. I've to work everyday, my post office is not far from work but due to restrictions on postal services in several countries, I stopped sending mail almost 2 weeks ago. I'm sot sending and I'm not getting any mail either. These two must have been the last I received.
Both arrived on the same days and I really enjoyed both. Thanks to Mafalda and Tiago.
Because of the virus, Mafalda gave up her trip to Georgia and went to Spain. When she diced to go she still hadn't realized how the situation was there. He returned to a place that she knows well and luckily did not bring any bad memories.
The Collegiate church of Santa María la Mayor is a medieval church in Toro, province of Zamora, Spain.
One of the most characteristic examples of transitional Romanesque architecture in Spain, the church of Santa María la Mayor is inspired by the Cathedral of Zamora, in turn, inspired by the Old Cathedral of Salamanca. The tower-dome is usually listed as one of the four most typical in León together with those in the cathedrals of Salamanca, Plasencia and Zamora.
It was begun around 1170 and was finished in the mid-13th century. Two different directors of the work have been identified, according to the different types of stone used (limestone in the old sections, sandstone in the most recent ones), and by the barrel vaults in the transept. The church is on the basilica plan, with a nave and two aisles, with a transept over whose crossing is the hendecagonal dome. The transept ends with three semicircular apses. - in: wikipedia
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When a new year starts I immediately start to think of my next trips. This year because of the virus everything is on hold and plans had to be changed and I decided that I'll spend my holidays in Portugal. This will be my small contribution to help the national economy. Thinking of possible destinations, Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast can be a good option, this is actually the only area of the country that I've never been to.
Classified as one of the 7 Wonders - Beaches of Portugal, the beach of Odeceixe, located at the northern end of the county of Aljezur, has the particularity to contain a river beach as it is limited to the east and north by the Ribeira de Seixe. Has so baths of sea and river. The stream, which includes the largest watershed of this county, affects the dynamics of that beach, not only by the amount of sediments but also by the power of the floods, which in very rainy periods may affect the shape and dimension of this beach.The Odeceixe Beach insert is thus on the edge of a valley dominated by this stream, resulting lofty cliffs sandwiched between shale and grauvaques characteristic of this region. The beach features a high quality landscape and biodiversity and can enjoy is a rare landscape of great beauty and the top of the cliffs. These are prime habitat for birds, providing excellent conditions for bird watching, as the white stork, the peregrine or red-billed chough. It is indeed in this Natural Park, the only place in the world where it is possible to observe the storks nesting in maritime cliffs. - in: https://cm-aljezur.pt
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If you enter some of the alleyways between the storefronts, you really get a feel of what Bergen must have been like in the middle ages. There are a few museums on the history of Bergen and of Bryggen, but the most interesting aspect is probably that almost all of the buildings are still in use. One example is the restaurant Bryggen tracteursted, serving food and drinks in a building first opened for this purpose in 1708. - in: wikitravel
