Monthly Fav. Surprise RR * April '25

 Lets go back in time to last April with these MFS RR cards.

 

 www.papersisters.de

 Let's go back even further with this postcard, sent by Michelle, that recalls some events from 2024, such as the European Football Championship in Germany, the Ice Hockey World Championship in Czech Rep., European and American elections, Summer Oplympic Games in Paris....

 

Christian Bäck

A new German windmill, the oldest surviving windmill in East Frisia. 

Dornum Post Mill  was built in 1626, during the Thirty Years' War.

The card was sent by Merle.

Maloe More is a strait in Lake Baikal, Russia. It separates the largest island of the lake, Olkhon Island, from the western shore of Baikal. The length of the strait is about 70 km and width 5 – 16 km. The maximum depth is 210 m in the northern part where the strait opens to the open Baikal.[1] In the south, Maloe More strait is connected through the narrow Olkhon Gate strait to the central part of the lake. - in: wikipedia

card sent by Nataliya.

Xiny may have sent this card in April but it only arrived last week. 

Situated to the west of the central urban area of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, West Lake spans an area of 4,235.76 hectares. It is famous globally for its enchanting natural scenery, the ten poetically named scenic places, and its extensive history and rich cultural background. As the most prominent “Cultural Lake” in Chinese history, West Lake has always been a place of great spiritual significance and is widely known as a “Paradise on Earth.” In June 2011, the West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou was officially reviewed and added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. - in: https://www.chinadiscovery.com