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Showing posts with label Iberia. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 15 July 2014

#67: Second postcard from Gibraltar

Rock of Gibraltar

Bird and football stamps

Received from Adriana from Gibraltar.

The dialect spoken in Gibraltar is called Llanito - a mixture of English, Spanish, Genoese and some local words.

Tuesday, 18 March 2014

#15: Third postcard from Spain

Church of Saint Joan de Boi

King Carlos, train and fish stamps

Received from Rosa from Lleida.

There are four official languages in Spain (Castilian, Catalan, Basque and Galician), three unofficial regional languages (Asturian, Aragonese and Aranese), and several more dialects of these languages (Andalucian, Valencian, etc.).

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

#107: First postcard from the Azores

Angra do Heroismo

Cat stamp

Received from Maria from Terceira.

The Azores are located about 930 miles west of Lisbon and about 1,200 miles southeast of Newfoundland.

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

#67: First postcard from Gibraltar

Runway crossing the road

UEFA membership stamp

Received from Rachel from Vineyards.

Gibraltar is located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean and shares a northern border with the Province of Cádiz in AndalusiaSpain.

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

#15: Second postcard from Spain

Map of Spain

Art and bridge stamps

Received from Verónica from Spain.

Spain is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and north east by FranceAndorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.