Summer in Holten

I'm back from Sweden and that was a nice trip. Despite the cold weather and a little car accident we had on our way home, I'm happy that I could see Karlskrona. 
But I'll write about that later, probably this week, however not today. Today it's time to present a card I got on the 27th July. 

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It came to me from Heike, who lives in the Netherlands with her big family. Her hometown is Holten - a small village in the Eastern part of the country. It's a part of the "Sallandse Heuvelrug" National Park, taht covers a beautiful, natural area with some ravines that are the remains of the glacial period. 

Holten was founded around 1230. Today it plays the role of a tourist atraction and in summer the town can be really crowded.

Dalmatian style

Today appears to be a very nice day. The weather isn't sunny at all which seems like a blessing after 2 weeks of summer hotness. And I received my first official card from the Postcrossing site. :D

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It came to me from the Netherlands after a 4-day travel. 

The sender introduced herself as Ella and she chose this card for me probably due to my interest in fashion. I used to enjoy watching "101 Dalmatians", so this postcard resulted in a big smile on my face. Everything in the photo is spotted - even the walls and the carpet!

Ella wrote me some words in her native language. It's quite similar to German, so understanding it didn't cause me that many problems as I would expect. :)

I managed to translate it into the wishes of nice summer vacations and greetings from the Netherlands. 

The postcard had a nice stamp with a lightbulb.

I got some stickers too. There was a time when I used to collect stickers, as probably all the little girls do at some point in their lives. :D