45th Received, Tianjin, China

Zhenya is from China.  Tianjin is in northern China, it became a port city in 1404. 

44th Received, Novosibirsk, Russia

We received this card from Xenia in Russia.  The picture is of The Palace Bridge with the Peter and Paul Fortress in the background. 
Norosibirsk is the third largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg.  It is in Siberia.

43rd Received, Sydney, Australia

We received a postcard from Karen in Sydney, Australia.  The postcard has the lyrics to the song, Waltzing Matilda.  I've never heard the song, but reading the lyrics, it sounds nice.  In reading about some of the words, we learned:

Billabong is an oxbow lake that forms near a meandering river
Jumbuck is a large, difficult to shear sheep. 

July Cards Out Through The 18th

Graefelfing, Germany - In southern Germany, a municipality in the district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany.  Graefelfing could possible be the name of a tribe leader called "grey wolf"

Hillegom, The Netherlands - In western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.  Hillegom is derived from the abbey named Hijighem (Old Frankinsh for "Holy Home").  A large part of Hillegom's economy was traditionally geared to the cultivation of bulb flowers.

Gifu, Japan - In the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture.  Located on the alluvial plain of the Nagara River.

Linets, Russia - In the Zheleznogorsk District, Zheleznogorsk was founded in 1957 due to the development of iron ore deposits in the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly.

Minsk, Belarus

42nd Received, Estonia

Our first card from Estonia.

This card is from the Estonian Agricultural Museum's Workshop

41st Received, Czech Republic

Siberian Husky
This card was sent from a small village, Trebivlice.

40th Received, Taiwan

Alice is from Tainan, a place filled with historic relics and the oldest city in Taiwan.

39th Received Belarus

Historical Minsk

37th Received Hong Kong and 38th Received Spain