Renae

Isthmos Canal, Korinth, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.

This is fascinating! From the Web (with slight editing by me!): It was Periander who first considered to open a Canal through the Isthmos. Demetrios Poliorketes seriously considered the idea and started working on it, but he was warned that the difference in sea levels would drown Aigina and other small islands. Nero sent 6000 Jewish slaves who dug a ditch 3300 meters in length and 40 meters wide, but the project was abandoned. Herod of Atticos, the Byzantines, the Venetians, they all tried. The Canal was opened after the Greek independence and between the years 1882 – 1893.

Greece, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.

In fact, this is where I shall vacation when I go to Greece…..

Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.

This card is too adorable; it belongs to my daughter. She received it from her penpal in Japan!

Hello. I’ll be uploading some newly received postcards soon, but in the meantime wanted to share this excellent quote I just discovered:

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. –Mark Twain

Dear reader, if you are younger than 40, may I tell you that this is true? I look back now with so many regrets. But not regrets of things I did do; regrets of things I DID NOT do! And now it is too late. I hope it is not too late also for you!

Marinated Roasted Kumara, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.

This official postcrossing card just arrived here from New Zealand–thanks to Lauretta for the interesting recipe! I told her that our sweet potatoes here are orange; she wrote back that sweet potatoes are three colors over there! Must be harder to tell them apart, eh? 🙂