Friday 16 July 2010

Cartas


My first reaction when I saw this card was one of surprise that in Portugal they should have special postcard boxes. :)  It dawned fairly quickly that "cartas" means letters in Portuguese as it does, I think, in Spanish.

I realise I don't know what the usual letter boxes are in many countries.  In the UK we receive our letters via a slot such as this (though probably less decorative) through the door  and only rarely do you have to go and collect them from a box elsewhere.  Adullamite could probably correct me if I'm wrong.  In France the reverse seems to be true.  I will wait to be told about everywhere else.

I'm afraid I won't be around this weekend, to comment on other posts, but I'll catch up with you all during the coming week.

This is a post for Postcard Friday, which is hosted by Beth Niquette at The Best Hearts are Crunchy.
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2 comments:

  1. Yes, cartas is also letters in Spanish. These letter slots are quite pretty!

    Hope you're doing something very fun this weekend.

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  2. I've always loved these letter boxes. We have plain old mailboxes here, so these intricately designed boxes are lovely.

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