Posts tonen met het label United States of America. Alle posts tonen
Posts tonen met het label United States of America. Alle posts tonen

zondag 10 juni 2012

St. Louis USA


Saint (St). Louis is a city of the state Missouri. The population of the city is 353.837 residents, that of the agglomeration 2,8 million (2006).
Saint Louis was founded in 1764 as a trading post by Pierre Laclede Liguest from New Orleans and is named after Saint Louis. Pierre Laclade Liguest chose this location because of the proximity of the great Mississipi and Missouri rivers. Most of the natives was of French descent. In 1770 St. Louis was sold to Spain. In 1780 the Battle of Saint Louis took place here during the American Revolutionary War. In 1803 it baceme part of the United States of America and in 1809 the settlement was officially a city.

dinsdag 17 januari 2012

San Diego - U.S.A


My first card I've received was a while ago, I received it on the 17th of January 2012, and it came from San Diego, California in the United States of America. 

San Diego lays by the west coast of America near by the  border of Mexico. San Diego have 1.3 million of resident and is very famous by his industrial and commercial center.


 You can see the card here above. The card is a picture of the Balboa Park, with a lovely church on the backside of the view. I don't know what church the church is, the writer of this card just telling me that this is here favorite side seeing spot in San Diego. I love the spot to, it's a lovely picture of de Balboa Park.

You also see the lovely stamps in the upper right. 3 lovely stamps I didn't have jet.