Monthly Fav. Surprise RR * May '21

Except for the Tybee Island lighthouse, I've been to the all other places depict on these cards. 

Photo by Steve ?

Ordered by General James Oglethorpe, Governor of the 13th colony, in 1732, the Tybee Lighthouse has been guiding mariners safe entrance into the Savannah River for over 270 years. The Tybee Island Light Station is Georgia's oldest and tallest lighthouse and one of America’s most intact having all of its historic support buildings on its five-acre site. Rebuilt several times the current light station displays its 1916 day mark with 178 stairs and a First Order Fresnel lens (nine feet tall). - in: https://tybeeisland.com

This nice card was sent by Pixie.

Infografia: Pere Vivas

Blanca sent me a card from the future. I've been to Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, twice and I've many, many cards of the basilica. However this is the 1st one showing how it will look like when the project is finally complete. 

Sagrada Familia was slated for completion in 2026, the 100th anniversary of Antoni Gaudi’s (the original architect) death. However, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project is going to miss that completion date. Construction was halted back in early March of 2020 when Spain went into a national lockdown and more recently again in October. No new completion date has been provided.

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Helsinki's Cathedral is a Lutheran Evangelical Cathedral and the city's main postcard. The neoclassical-style cathedral was built between 1830-1852 to honor Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and designed by architect Carl Ludvig Engel. 

The card was sent by Heli.

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I've already lost count of how many cards I've from Kinderdijk but I don't mind getting new ones. This one was sent by Martina.

The windmills at Kinderdijk are one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Netherlands.

Even though the mills at Kinderdijk were replaced by steam-powered, then diesel and electric water pumps, they are still kept in good working order and can be put into action any time, either for show or in case of power failure.

This was exactly the case during WWII when diesel shortages forced locals to return to wind power to keep their feet dry. Today the sails can sometimes be seen turning on national and regional Mills Days (Molendagen). - in: https://www.culturalcruiseseurope.com