The Aboriginals and The Wine

Postcard #6:

Postcard number six comes to us from Taiwan, a country I've never been too.  At first glance, all I saw was colors!  So many different colors in so many different places. Blues and reds.  Oranges and yellows.  Know what I thought of?  Skittles, of course.  After all, it was like the rainbow! Who doesn't like the rainbow. Especially when it tastes like oranges, cherries, and lemons.  Yuum.  Anywho, back to the postcard.  This one talked about the aboriginal people of Taiwan and how the pictures on the front of the postcard, represented the different people.  I found it really interesting, researching the different peoples on my own.  Here are some links that I found interesting.

A Theme park associated with the Formosan Aborigines.  Kind of like the Disney Epcot.

Taiwan's History

Ethinic Groups in Taiwan

Hope you enjoy as much as I did! :)



Postcard #7:

POSTCARD NUMBER SEVEN! Hails from the wonderfully beautiful country of Poland! A country, I have also not been.  That is of no matter, however, because I still received the postcard! :)  What do you think of at first glance?  Do you see the statue on the leftside? Or perhaps the vineyard?  For me, it was the bunch of grapes in the middle.  It looks so delicious.  I'm pretty sure I can hear my stomach grumbling in protest.  This particular postcard was pretty funny to me.  XD  The author was talking about the cover and said that Poland made the wine, yet wasn't very good at it. (Their words, not mine,  I have not tried it) To me, that means nothing really.  I'm not a wine drinker.  I've had it once, by accident.  Talk about a BAD experience! I don't believe I'll be having anytime soon. So, Polish wine or California wine, it's all greek to me.  :)  

Zielona Gora is the name of a city in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Western Poland, with 117,557 inhabitants within the city limits and 294,000 inhabitants within the metropolitan area, including three neighbouring counties.  (Thanks, Wikipedia!)  How pretty does the postcard make the city look?!  The name of the city translates to "Green Mountain" in the languages of Polish, Czech, AND German! It's been well known for the wine for centuries and is actually one of the two place in Poland that produces grapes for white wine production.  How cool is it that they are a part of that?!  The first winery in this area was started in 1314.  :O  So amazingly long ago. It's mind boggling.  Or maybe that's just me.  There is also a famous locally produced wine that is called "Monte Verde.".  Yeah.  So cool, I know.

  I hope you have also learned as much as I have, if not more!!  Be on the look out for more posts!! I have so many more postcards to post up here!!!

Ciao !

J