A Postcard A Day - Friday 26 September 2025 - Friday Smiles

 Hello lovely girls, Let's see if Blogger behaves itself this time. Friday was a nightmare and I ended up having to write two parts.

Today I have a really beautiful postcard to show you. It's a Maxi card:

Maxi card means there is a stamp with the same image as the card on the picture side. In this case it features a sheepdog and a 'hunk' of a rancher.

Here is a close-up of the stamp:

The cancellation stamp is fun as it has the dog's paw print on it.

There is another stamp in the back as it has come by air mail from Australia and the stamp on the front was probably not enough postage:

The person that sent it to me (through Postcrossing) is called Sam. I don't know if Sam is a Samantha or  Samuel. 

It's a tiny but very cute little sticker.

Let me tell you what I've been up to since my last blogpost. After a very pleasant weekend in Granada, I went on a train journey. This is the railway station of Granada:

I had a ticket for a fast train. (Haha that reminds me of a song called 'My baby just wrote me a letter.' - Boxtops 1967).

In Spain these trains are called AVE. I had to go through security like at the airport and all luggage goes through a scanner.

Inside was modern and comfortable:

The journey was four and a half hours. That is very fast considering my destination was Zaragoza in the north.

I arrived in the evening, settled into my accommodation and the morning after, I got another train. A very slow local train to Canfranc, a railway station in the Pyrenees. 

I have always wanted to see this beautifully restored building.

It is now a very posh hotel, and only the lobby is open to non-guests.

There were old railway carriages in the station:

I assume they are still being used.

There are only a couple of trains a day, so to go back to Zaragoza I had to wait until 6 pm. So after I had some kunch, I went on a long walk. But boy was it cold!

Do you remember it was 42 degrees C in Granada, well here it was much colder! I had brought warmer clothes but it was still bitterly cold. 

I took a walk that was part of the Camino de Santiago and I found myself near the tunnel with France. 

The scenery is beautiful, very mountainous. I walked as far as the Fusilier's Tower :

(Sorry for the bad photo.) I climbed up, but the building was closed. But I did find a place to sit in the sun and out of the biting wind which was very pleasant.

I did catch my 6 pm train and after a well deserved G&T, I went to bed.

That is it from me today. The highlights of my week so far. 

There will be some funnies at the end for you to have a giggle.

Enjoy your weekend,

Lisca