Adventures learning geography with two little girls and their mommy, through Google Earth, Postcrossing and Geocaching!

Monday, July 18, 2011

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

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