My first—and so far only—card from Georgia ! It’s always exciting to receive a postcard from a “rare country.” There are only about 119 Postcrossers in Georgia. The sender is from Ozurgeti (ოზურგეთი), the capital of the Guria ( გურია)  region. Around 14,000 people live there. The town is situated on a slope that has been levelled into three broad terraces: the lower level contains the market district, public buildings occupy the second terrace, and the highest level is mostly residential. During Soviet times, the city was renamed Makharadze in honour of Filipp Makharadze . It reverted to its original name in May 1989. The postcard itself features Batumi ( ბათუმი) , the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara ( აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა) . With a population of around 235,000, Batumi serves as a major seaport, commercial hub, and cultural gateway between Europe and Asia. Since the early 2000s, Batumi has undergone rapid modernization, with large-scale investments in tou...

Tourist card of a ferry on Lake Saimaa - the largest lake in Finland, and fourth largest in Europe. It covers almost 4300 square kilometers and has an average depth of 17 meters. There are 13 710 islands. 

This is a photo of a talitintti ( Parus major ). I texted a photo of this card to my brother-in-law because he is a birder. He says it is a "Great Tit" (and our text stream went down to a junior high boys level after that).  Talitintti are quite common throughout Europe.  The sender also quotes a children's song about the talitintti: "Talitintti in March, thought like this in his mind. I want to sing the new tune with joy, to-ti-tyy, titi-tyy."