Noah's Dove / 洪水過後

JP-154061
Originally uploaded by Dodd Lu

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 17 to 22 March , 2011
Sender: Sinikka, Tokyo

寄自：臺灣臺北市
日期：2011年3月11日到22日
寄者：東京中央區 Sinikka

This is the first Japanese postcard I receive after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (10 days after the quake). Although I do not know the sender, the postcard still moves me. It's like the Dove which brought the Olive back to Noah's Ark. Everything is all right there in Japan, and the world is still turning.

I know that most damage was not caused by the quake but by the tsunami. The sea in the postcard looks so peaceful. No one can imagine that it brought such a big catastrophe. I hope that the radiation problem is solved sooner, and Japan back to the normal sooner.

The world is with all Japanese. We pray for Japan.

這張是日本東北大地震後收到的第一張日本明信片（震後十天）。雖然我不認識寄件人，不過從近災區（東京）收到報平安的信，有種微微的感動。就好像鴿子帶著橄欖枝回到諾亞方舟一樣，告訴你眾人均安，世界一切安好。

地震其實不是災害的主因，是海嘯才席捲了沿海地帶。圖案是千葉的勝浦灣，海面是如此的平靜，顏色是多麼暖和。誰知這片海會帶來殘酷的水，再帶走這樣多的性命。不論接下來的輻射災害最終如何解決，我相信人們都會更加懂得與自然相處之道。天空終究會出現彩虹。

也祝日本早日恢復。頑張って！日本！

We Must Libertate Taiwan / 光復大陸，解救苦難同胞

We Must Libertate Taiwan

Originally uploaded by Dodd Lu

From: Shanghai, China
Date: 20 June to 6 July, 2010
Sender: Ys Chang

來自：中國上海
日期：2010年6月20日至7月6日
寄者：張ys


Aj Deng came to give me the character postcards which we ordered together. We checked out my post office box together and received this postcard. I let him see the postcard first and did not notice the sender. I thought it is a postcrossing postcard in the beginning and was a little bit pissed off. I really needed a reason why the sender chose this, even a joke is fine. After I turned to the back and found it is from my fellow Taiwanese, there is no need of a explanation. This is the kind of humour among the same community group.

上面三張圖片， 構圖與設計都差不多， 但是口號逐漸加重！！

昨日和小鄧鄧老師相約郵局面交團購的文字明信片。同時收收信箱裡的信件，結果就發現這張片子了。原本以為這張大陸來的片子是國際交換明信片的正式片，褐色牛皮紙質還滿有設計感的。一時想說沒什麼關係先給鄧老師看，沒想到一翻到正面，就看到這個圖案了。

真是個重踩地雷的片子呀！

寄件者絕對要好好給我一個解釋。因此趕快先把片子要回來看看到底寫了什麼內容。結果看到寄件人姓名，就完全沒什麼好計較的了。是先前就打過越洋電話來問地址順便預告的張ys。

這種趣味，大概就像黑人之間才能稱呼自己「黑鬼」，原住民之間才能戲稱自己「番仔」，這一種同族群內的幽默吧！

收到時，人不在家沒有掃描器可用，想先在網路上找找圖案，分享給片友們。沒想到這並不是一個知名版本，反而找到了左邊的另外三個版本。在50、 60年代，中國大陸大概是傾全國之力進行這種政治宣傳。所以全國美術人才全在進行這種主題的創造，也不奇怪。

稍微看了一下這些圖片出現的網路文章，自然有兩種立場。二十世紀末的文字，保存著上世紀的政治思想，與圖案上的主義一致。然而，說到底「一定要解放臺灣」的政治思想如果是建立在「反資本、反美帝侵略」，那麼從來都不是臺灣的實情。不過在某論壇又貼了張圖片，有出現「火燒島集中營」，這個就貼近實情多了。

點開大圖欣賞「臺灣同胞」胸前的號碼牌

到了二十一世紀後，這些網路圖片搭配的文字，變成「這在當時都是個謊言吧？早該讓臺灣來解放大陸，大陸才是在水深火熱裡吧？」這類的「反動言論」，只能說這種言論是牆外的吧。

除了圖片外，還要對照一下寄件人張ys的四人旅團，最後搞了分裂，變成兩兩自強小團，也是頗有趣的。旅團拆夥分開來行動的也是種「民主自覺」。

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明信片出版與版權所有：Edoo & Egoo一朵一果文化事業有限公司

Legends from the sea / 飄洋過海的傳奇故事

PL-90010-1
Originally uploaded by Dodd Lu

From: Kraków, Poland
Date: 8 to 21 May, and
           25 May to 2 June, 2010
Sender: Karolina

來自：波蘭克拉科夫
日期：2010年5月8至21日及
            5月25日至6月2日
寄者：卡羅琳娜


Last month, I received a postcard of sailing from a Polish inland city. After I checked the Wikipedia, I found that it was the former capital of Poland and the European Capital of Culture for the year 2000.

I appreciated the postcard so much not only because the theme I like but also the great job the sender had done. The sender, Karolina, tried to find the postcard to match my interests and showed me the culture by telling me a local legend. She was new to postcrossing, so she was keen to write me another postcard to tell me another story . Therefore, I got the second postcard and another story.

Here are the two legends in brief by Karolina:

• The first story: The Pigeons and the "Encouragement" Message, 

Long time ago, Cracow was often target of enemies' attacks. During one of siege townspeople last their will to fight and hope to win. They were hungry and tired so they started to catch even pigeons but soon number of those birds started to lower, so hunting them became prohibited. Townspeople thought of giving up. Then one brave men sneaked out of the city and took six pigeons with him. Every bird had different colour. Couple of days later first bird returned to town with a message, 'Reinforcements will come in six days. From now on every day people saw a new pigeon with a message, '... five days... four days... ' In final day to  town arrived white bird but no one read the message. People believed strong that rescue will come on time so they started to fight and they struggle so hard that they won. After that, they finally read the message and they were dumbfounded because it said, 'Reinforcements were stopped, surrender the city!'

• The second story: Wawel Dragon,

Long time ago, there was a dragon living near King's castle. The dragon except for animals ate also young girls. King was afraid of his beloved daughter. He told to knights that the one who'll kill the dragon will receive beautiful princess as wife and half of the kingdom as reward. Many tried but dragon killed all of them. The poor shoemaker called 'Dratewka' made a sheep filled with sulphur. The dragon ate it and burned his throat. He tried to lessen pain and drank so much water from Vistula, Wisła in Polsih, River, that he splitted. Dratewka of course received his reward.

As what you may think, these are very very brief versions because the place of a postcard is so limited. Please use your imagination to expand the stories. Anyone who is interested in the second one, please look up the Wikipedia for more detail. Those who want to check out the King's castle and the river, please check out another postcard at the bottom which I received from Poland before.

PL-90010-2
Originally uploaded by Dodd Lu

上個月從波蘭的一個內陸都市寄來了一張揚帆的明信片，當時還想說怎麼來了個與當地不相關的片子。不過背面美麗的文字，卻讓我極為驚豔。一張寬幅的明信片，擠進了320多個字，敘敘道來關於波蘭的故事。（當天雖然收到兩張片子，但是99%的字都在這張上了。）

圖片的主題是配合我的興趣特地挑的，然後寄件人卡羅琳娜和我分享了一個當地的傳說。然後又說他是「交換明信片的新手」，所以可以寄片的額度很少，想要再寫一片給我，順便再跟我分享另一個故事。於是乎，我又收到第二張片子，一樣也是以配合我的興趣所選的海岸圖樣。我查了一下維基百科關於這個波蘭的內陸都市，沒想到他是波蘭故都，還是千禧年歐洲文化之都。我想和我分享故都傳奇，正是一種文化展現的方式吧。下面把小小的片子捎來的故事略為改寫翻譯。

故事都是這樣開始的，很久很久以前...

• 故事一：鴿子帶來的訊息

克拉科夫一直都是敵人想要取下的要塞。在某一次圍攻中，市民們靠著想要贏得最後勝利的意志撐下來。然而在頑強的抵抗中，能吃能喝的都被消耗一空，於是人們開始抓飛進城裡的鴿子。很快的，鴿子的數量也減少到難以捕捉了。大家只好先立個禁止補鳥的公約，然後開始考慮投降的事。

就在大家討論到底該如何與包圍在外的敵軍交涉時，有位勇士偷偷帶著六隻不同顏色的鴿子溜出了克拉科夫城。沒幾天第一隻鴿子飛回城裡了，還帶了個消息：「援軍再六天就會到了。」接下來的每一天，都有一隻不同顏色的鴿子飛回城裡，也帶著一樣的消息「...五天...」、「...四天...」、「...三天...」。城裡的人們士氣愈來愈高昂了，紛紛摩拳擦掌開始期待著再過兩天的大反攻，和援軍來個裡應外合。第六天，飛來了一隻白鴿子，想必這就是攻擊的信號了，城門一開，轟的一聲大軍就殺了出去。由於大家都在等著援軍到來，所以死撐活撐也要把敵人打個落花流水，絕對不能讓援軍白跑一場，更不能讓援軍看到自己疲弱的樣子。經過了數場鏖戰，沒想到援軍還沒到，克拉科夫城的將士們就得勝了。這時候，大家才想到回城裡看看那隻白鴿子帶來的消息。

上面這麼寫著「救援行動終止了，請投降避免傷亡！」

• 故事二：瓦維爾的龍

瓦維爾有一隻邪惡的龍，住在國王的城堡附近。這隻惡龍會破壞整個農村、吞噬牲畜，殺害村民、掠奪他們的家園，更甚者是喜歡吃年輕的女孩。國王不但懼怕惡龍欺凌他的子民，更怕自己摯愛的公主也會淪落龍口。因此只好求助於英勇的騎士們，他發出公告說：「不論是誰，只要可以打敗惡龍，將可以娶公主為妻，並且馬上獲得一半的王國。」那知惡龍實在太過強大了，眾多的騎士前仆後繼都鎩羽而歸，王國中的女孩還是一個接著一個犧牲。

有一天，有個窮鞋匠德拉特瓦 (Dratewka) 看到這個公告，馬上決定要接受這個挑戰。他做了一隻填滿硫磺的羔羊娃娃，並放在惡龍躲藏的洞穴口。惡龍出洞後，果然馬上吃了這隻假羔羊，因為生吞活剝的關係，連硫磺也吞下肚子裡。這讓牠非常地口渴，轉頭向維斯瓦河找水喝。但是，儘管喝了一半的河水還是沒法平息胃痛，因此惡龍又繼續喝個不停。最後，牠終於被滿肚子的水撐破肚皮炸開了。國王於是兌現承諾，讓小鞋匠德拉特瓦娶了美麗的公主和掌管一半的王國。王國裡沒了惡龍，小鞋匠和公主從此也就能過著幸福快樂的日子。

想必你一定可以猜到，這邊都是非常非常精簡的版本。不過篇幅有限，就請發會想像力自己編撰故事的其他細節。對瓦維爾的龍有興趣的朋友，可以看看維基百科裡的介紹。想要看國王的城堡和維斯瓦河的，可以看下面我收到的另一張明信片圖案。

Colourful Ghana from My Fellow Taiwanese Postcrosser / 來自同鄉的非洲明信片

Colourful Ghana
Originally uploaded by Dodd Lu

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 22 to 25 May, 2010
Sender: Ericdeng

來自：臺灣臺北木柵
日期：2010年5月22至25日
寄者：小鄧鄧老師

Eric Deng is a brand new postcrosser from my hometown. We met online a few years ago. I sent him a package of postcards to give him a big welcome and got this postcard for reward today.

He has not traveled to Ghana yet but got this postcard from National Tsing Hua University International Volunteer, Ghana Team. We have so little information about Africa in Taiwan, so Africa seems to remain 'The Dark Continent' to us. In fact, Africa has never been dark at all. It's colourful and worth visiting and doing volunteer work.

這是來自臺灣的非洲片。小鄧鄧老師是在網路上認識的海巡朋友，是位地理老師。他從清華大學國際志工迦納團的網頁訂購到這套明信片，寄了這張給我作為我歡迎他加入國際明信片活動的回禮。

不知道我的網路形象是不是跟黑色大陸上的人們一樣模糊不清，不過我是很努力做些「彩色人生」的事情。鄧老師來信提到做國際志工的事情，這點我可是認真考慮中的。但是根據我先前的瞭解，目前國際發展型志工的潮流是「專業」與「長期」。看來還是得多多培養自己的能力呀！

Dance Like Cotton / 棉花糖的舞蹈

2008 NTU 現代舞社舞展
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 18 to 19 May, 2009
Sender: Minicolor

來自：臺灣臺北松山
日期：2009年5月18至19日
寄者：color小貓

This is an ad card from the maker after the ad expired a year. The sender is one of postcrosser I met in the postcrossing meeting, Taipei. She was the member of NTU Modern Dance Club. I went to an union showcase of all dance clubs in NTU, but I have never been to any individual one.

This cotton candy girl is a symbol to me that dancers are flying on the stage like the cotton blown by the wind. So light and so freely.

這是一張來自於製作人，過期一年的廣告卡。我和寄件人是在交換明信片聚會上認識的。他是台大現代舞社的成員。我曾經去過聯合的花城舞展，也因為親友去過秋夜、吟星舞展。但是現代舞的獨立舞展就沒什麼印象了。

跳舞對我來說，是一種自由和解放。舞者在天空中跳躍，要從灑鹽空中到柳絮因風起不知道要修煉多久。所以這個棉花糖的卡片，應該暗示著舞者們都在舞台上得到糖一般的快樂。只是這個棉花糖頭女孩兒，不知道是在煩惱怎麼沒風，還是正在喘息，整個面容心事重重的。

Love Our Planet / 愛行星

Not Just a Card
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taichung, Taiwan
Date: 14 to 19 May, 2009
Sender: Nice

來自：臺灣臺中
日期：2009年5月14至19日
寄者：慧本家

Sending postcard can be a kind of propaganda. No matter what picture you choose, you express something. Usually, I prefer neutral postcard, like landscape, nature scene. But this postcard shows me the love of our planet. I love the theme. It is from a Taiwanese friend whom I left a message to on her blog about postcrossing. What a good choice for people from the same country! Thank you Nice.

寄明信片其實也滿像種宣傳活動。炫耀自己的遊歷、表達愛鄉情感，或更只是單純的商業廣告。我個人是比較偏好收中性一點的明信片，像是地景、物件或自然等。這張純粹是國內明信片愛好者的來片。我之前在他部落格的留言，他循線找到我的地址，寄來了這張表達了愛地球的意念。對於同一個國家的網友，這種國際化的宣傳明信片，實在很不錯。(而且它還是慈善明信片，片上有註明印製者因為我們的購買會捐錢給慈善團體)。謝謝慧本家！

Silk Belt Cuts the Rock / 涓絲之力

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Fort Polk South, Louisiana, USA
Date: 4 to 14 May, 2009
Sender: Belinda

來自：美國密西根
日期：2009年5月4至14日
寄者：Belinda

Plunge waterfalls are usually like a silk belt falling high on the riverbed. The white water usually attracts most of the sights. However, not only the water but also the yellow rock background and the travertine terrace make up this whole beautiful picture. The amazing power of water cuts off the hard rock and deposits the flat terrace.

懸谷式的瀑布，總是像絲帶一樣從山谷懸掛而下。白色的水流加上落水的聲音，總讓遊客的目光集中在瀑布上。不過這張大峽谷的明信片，除了白色瀑布外，背景的片片黃石真讓大峽谷的偉大不言自明。再加上瀑潭旁的石灰華階地，真讓人讚嘆水的威力，既能切割岩石也能沉積岩石。

East Side of the Mountain / 山嶺之東

CA-60417
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Calgary, Canada
Date: 30 April to 9 May, 2009
Sender: Pauline

來自：加拿大卡加利
日期：2009年4月30日至5月9日
寄者：Pauline

Banff is the first national park in Canada. I know Banff from the premier of Beyond the Arctic. Canada is not a mountainous country, but Rocky mountains are spectacular enough. The park is about an hour and half driving distance from Calgary. In the big country, people have different feelings of distance. One hour driving is far for Taiwanese, but not for Canadian. It seems they drive to the park quite often. The Banff Mountain Film Festival also shows their love of mountain. Although not a lot of people live around the mountain, mountain is still a good represent image of this country. And I believe that Canadians agree that.

班夫是加拿大第一個國家公園，離卡加利約一個半小時的車程。我是在去年去看征服北極的校園特映會。加拿大並不是一個多山的國家，但是單落磯山脈就夠壯觀了。臺灣雖然小，但是也造就我們的距離感比較小，開車一個小時就已經算遠了。其實我們離山岳很近，有機會應該多多去走走，享受島國山與海的自然風光。

Reading Empower People / 閱讀的力量

DE-330490
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Wetteraukreis, Hesse, German
Date: 25 April to 6 May, 2009
Sender: roedluvan

來自：德國黑森州維特勞
日期：2009年4月25日至5月6日
寄者：roedluvan

This is a postcard of a Christian Saint, Anthony of Padua. He is one of the most beloved saint because he is especially invoked for the recovery of lost things. One of his symbols is book, therefore, he is reading in the postcard. People usually come up with writing when make mention of reading. No matter reading or writing, the reader or the writer look so powerful and beautiful in their own world with great concentration. To write or to get a postcard is not like reading or writing books. But during the short period of a few hundred words, we also become powerful and beautiful.

這張明信片是天主教聖人帕多瓦的安東尼。安東尼守護的人很有趣，是那些丟失物品的人，所以讓他受到廣大的愛戴。而他的象徵聖物是書本，也就是這張明信片中他在閱讀的原因之一。常常和寫作相提並論的，就是閱讀了。不論是振筆疾書，或是徐徐翻動書頁，都有種專注的美感，也有種進到自己世界的權威，讓人靜靜的遠觀而不敢或不忍打擾。寄收明信片雖然和書本不同，不過也有那短短幾百字的時間，讓人進到寫作與閱讀的世界裡。

Bridge as Postcard / 像明信片般連結大陸

TR-17736
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Istanbul, Turkey
Date: 27 March to 4 May, 2009
Sender: Alet

來自：土耳其伊斯坦堡
日期：2009年4月5至15日
寄者：Alet

This Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge and Bosphorus postcard traveled almost 40 days. The bridge is 1,510 m long. Istanbul is 8,423 Kms from Taipei. Although this postcard was from the same continent, it connected two people at the two ends as the bridge connected two continents.

這張博斯普魯斯海峽和第二海峽大橋的明信片旅行了快四十天才到，寄件者前幾天還寄信來詢問到底到了沒。這座海峽大橋，所在的位置，讓它連接了歐亞兩個大陸。而它不僅僅就是這1,510公尺，化身為明信片後，它連結了兩個同處在亞洲兩端，相聚8,423公里的的人。

Kayaking Together / 一起來划獨木舟

Ai-men, Penghu, Taiwan 台灣澎湖隘門
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Penghu, Taiwan
Date: 16 April , 2009
Sender: H. HSU

來自：臺灣澎湖
日期：2009年4月16日
寄者：徐H

The English word for this kind of boat is kayak. It does not imply any single stuff. But in Chinese, 獨木舟, it means 'make in one single piece of wood' or 'handle by one person'. Hsu had gone to Penghu to serve in the military without no one, and he had said he is lonely several times. But he is not alone now. He is just the first one going to Penghu and gets more experience than his friends, like those kayaks laid on the beach together.

英文的Kayak沒有什麼「獨立」的涵義，不過中文的獨木舟，就可以指「獨木」或是單人操舟。徐自己一個人赴澎湖服役，也總是聽他抱怨軍旅中的孤獨。不過他現在不孤單了。他只是朋友群中第一個去澎湖的人，現在也比其他人有更多的澎湖經驗，就像這些擱在沙灘上的獨木舟一樣，有些乘風破浪的經驗總是比較多。

Head of a Man / 人頭島

US-382440
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Michigan, USA
Date: 5 to 15 April , 2009
Sender: Craig

來自：美國密西根
日期：2009年4月5至15日
寄者：Craig

There are nature human heads everywhere in the world. They look up, look side, in the river, in the lake and at the beach. This shapely one in the Lake Superior with those trees crown looks sedate. If it were a real man, he must be a resolute chief.

自然中，到處都有被認做人臉的形象。有的橫臉看天，有的側臉看山，也有看河看海的，這個是看美洲最大的蘇必略湖。這張由已經改名為密西根自然資源部(舊稱保育部)發行的明信片，寫著白人給這塊山崖的名稱「印地安頭」。搭配著島上的高樹，看起來頗有威嚴。

River 'Rings' / 雙橋清音

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Shenzhen, USA
Date: 27 March to 8 April , 2009
Sender: ERICA LIU

來自：中國深圳
日期：2009年3月27日至4月8日
寄者：ERICA 劉

Pabellón Qingyin, uno de los diez lindos paisajes de la Montaña Emei.

This is a UNESCO postcard from south China. The description is in Spanish. I worked out on that for a while. I thought the first two words was the name of the Place and checked all UNESCO list of south China. But I forgot that Chinese like to send postcards of places far away from their place. This postcard is about the place in Sichuan. It is Pavilion Qingyin, which means the pavilion with clear and melodious sound from the river.

這是張聯合國教科文組織認定的世界文化遺產明信片。不過片上的說明居然是西班牙文的，花了我一番功夫查詢到底是哪一個點。前兩個字看起來很像是拼音，我就一直看廣東到底有什麼世界文化遺產的名稱是類似這個拼音的。中國不知道是不是因為明信片出的不多，已經收到幾張離寄件人所在地很遠的明信片。結果重點根本就在最後兩個字--「峨嵋山」，頭兩個字只是這個景點的名稱--清音亭。這個景點是峨嵋十景之一，名字很好聽，就叫作雙橋清音。淙淙河水帶來襲襲涼風，再來個著長袍馬褂之人彈琴於庭中，真是給人幽遠的深意。

The Southernmost Night Market / 南國夜市

Kenting Street
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Kenting Hengchun, Pingtung, Taiwan
Date: 7 April, 2009
Sender: Dodd

來自：臺灣屏東恆春墾丁
日期：2009年4月7日
寄者：自己

I was too busy to write anything on the postcard on the trip, so I left the place in blank. When I dorped it to the mailbox, it stucked. The mailbox was full of letters and postcards. I wondered what were be written and sent? I hoped they tell their friends the beauty of the nature in this National Park, not only the party they had and the busy night market.

我的南境旅行非常緊湊，以致於只好把寫給自己的明信片空著先寄回家再補。還記得在墾丁大街要投郵的時候，塞進郵筒的時候居然卡住了，伸手進洞口就可以摸到已經投進去的郵件，一般落地型的大郵筒居然可以裝到滿到開口，真是太震驚了。實在很好奇大家在春吶時分都寫些什麼給親朋好友。希望是國家公園的美景與遊歷，而不單單是這裡熱鬧的夜市和前晚的派對。

Great Lake / 「大」湖

US-371956
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Granton, Wisconsin, USA
Date: 22 March to 1 April, 2009
Sender: Foss family

來自：美國威斯康辛州葛蘭騰
日期：2009年3月22至4月30日
寄者：Foss family

When I got this postcard, I thought that they have the sea-like water view. But Foss family said they live in a small farming village of 400 people in the center of Wisconsin. I check their village. It is about 300 km from the lake shore. What a great country! I have been to Ontario but not Michigan. Michigan is the only Great Lake totally in USA. I think Wisconsin section lake shore must be a peaceful section.

當我收到這張時，我才想說這家人可以有像海景一樣的湖濱景緻。沒想到他信中就說他們住威斯康辛州中間一個四百多人的小農村。我查了一下那個村，離湖邊大概有三百公里吧！還真是個廣大的國家呀。我只有去過安大略湖，沒有去過密西根。密西根是唯一一個全部都在美國的五大湖。我想威斯康辛段的湖岸，應該是比較平靜的一段。

Cat Family / 貓一家

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Noormakku, Findland
Date: 15 March to 1 April, 2009
Sender: Miia

來自：芬蘭努爾馬庫
日期：2009年3月15至4月30日
寄者：Miia

This is a painting of Raija Nokkala. It is usually hard for me to have feelings to cartoon postcard. I can only say it's cute.  Well, fish on the balloon, in the air, the balloon in the hands. Lucky cat family.

Raija Nokkala好像是個芬蘭有名的插畫家，不過網站上都是芬蘭文的資料，無從了解起。我通常對這種卡通明信片沒有什麼心得。也不知道該說什麼好，通常都是很可愛呀！不然還能說什麼？不過這張，嗯，在空中的氣球上的魚，被貓握在手裡，等等要帶回家吃大餐嗎？還是只是個泡沫大餐？

Leave or Back / 離與返

CN-56346
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Shanghai, China
Date: 2 to 30 March, 2009
Sender: Nicole

來自：中國上海
日期：2009年3月2至30日
寄者：Nicole

Shanghai Pudong International Airport / 上海浦東國際機場

Pudong Airport is the newer airport in Shanghai.  An airport is an interesting place. It is not like a plane which can carry people to realise their dream or bring them back with trophies. But here is the place for reunion or seperation with friends or family. Shanghai as a rapid growing city has many immigrants. There must be a lot of stories begining there.

浦東機場雖然不是中國最大的機場，但是身為上海新國際機場，甫一啟用沒幾年就竄升至運量前五名。機場和飛機有趣的地方不同。飛機載著人去追求夢想，或是載著帶回戰利品或是帶回失落的歸人。而機場則是這些人和親友團圓或分離的場所，也就是故事開始，或是畫下句點的地方。雖然浦東不是運量第一名的機場，不過上海身為一個成長快速的都會，有這麼多的移工，想必這裡承載的故事，絕對為數可觀，不同凡響。

Turtle Island / 龜山島

Turtle Island, Yilan, Taiwan
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Lu-tung, Yi-lan, Taiwan
Date: 27 March, 2009
Sender: zita TSENG

來自：臺灣宜蘭羅東
日期：2009年3月27日
寄者：曾可愛

風景戳理論上蓋了就要先銷戳或寄出，總之就是要先貼郵票然後寄出去。不過不知道這曾可愛是怎麼蓋的，這張明信片，包含了頭城龜山島和礁溪五峰旗瀑布兩個風景戳，然後又從羅東銷戳寄出。是我收到的第二個別人寄來的風景戳(第一個是總統府)，而且戳和片搭配的很好。

宜蘭在臺灣各縣市中，自有一番風格。本片龜山島即為蘭陽八景之一(北關海濤、龜山朝日、金面大觀、湯圍溫泉、武荖林泉、寒溪櫻花、太平雲海、蘇澳蜃市)。臺灣由於開發較晚，歌詠名山勝景文學作品並不多，不過我在宜蘭有許多地方都有看到文化單位引用詩詞歌賦來介紹風景。頭城海外這隻神龜，悠游千載，雖得雅士「羨他瀟灑出風塵」，但又不知其是否可以拋下臺灣的羈絆，遨遊大洋。

Go Where Men Had Came From / 回望所來處

RU-39249
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Moscow, Russia
Date: 15 to 26 March, 2009
Sender: Maria

來自：俄羅斯莫斯科
日期：2009年3月15至26日
寄者：Maria

Maria, a Russian girl, sent me this Canadian postcard of Reuters. Although it is not a Russian postcard, she drew some cute icons of Russia, Kremlin, bear, and vodka.
I just checked the transportation for Vancouver Island. It takes about one and a half hours by ferry. This picture is showing the ferry leaving the island and heading to the mainland where most of people live.

莫斯科的瑪利亞寄了這張加拿大的明信片給我。我通常不太喜歡這種和寄件者沒什麼關係，也沒說挑選理由的明信片。不過他在背面畫了一些原子筆畫，有克林姆林宮、俄國大熊，更有經典的伏特加酒。
不過還是要回到這張加拿大風景明信片。溫哥華島靠著渡輪往來加拿大本土，往來至少也要一個半小時，相當於馬公到七美，或是布袋到馬公的時間。這邊的渡輪不是一般的快艇或單純客船，而且有不少客貨兩用還可上汽車的大船。在島嶼之間旅行，應該是非常愉悅的。明信片的說明道：這艘船正開往加拿大本土，而這位乘客站在甲板上順著船後冒出的陣陣水花，看著遠方的島嶼，應該就是溫哥華島了。

Where in My Dreams Sometimes / 夢中之地

Penghu
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Penghu, Taiwan
Date: 17 March, 2009
Sender: H. HSU

來自：臺灣澎湖
日期：2009年3月17日
寄者：徐H

Hsu is doing his military service now. Since the training stage, I have sent him a lot of mails to cheer him up. After the training, he went to Penghu in March and had two week hard time. Maybe people want to do something different when they have hard time. Therefore, I get the first return postcard fromHsu. Penghu, the place I served in the CGA. I have so many memories there.

這張明信片我曾見過也曾擁有過，是我在澎湖當兵時，寄給在國防部當兵的同學。這次輪到正在澎湖當兵的徐稍來給我。
還記得我寄出來的時候，是初到澎湖尚未見識到這片沙灘的真面目。當時寫下改天一定要去見識一下這片沙尾的希望。爾後，也抽了不少假期，在澎湖蹓躂。痛苦的時段，常成為人生中最深刻的記憶，而人的記憶又總是選擇性的保留下美好的部份。或許是因為現在的生活沒有什麼重心，偶爾還會夢到澎湖的生活。又或許可以回到這塊夢中之地，卻也沒辦法再回到當時的青澀。只能期許徐把握當下，但是要充滿希望，好好體會痛苦是成長必經的過程。