Hello lovely peeps,
Has anyone been to Singapore? I haven't but I'd like to. And the Gardens By The Bay is something I'd love to visit. My postcard today is an arwork depicting the Garden By the Bay:
The info on the card reads:
You can see the artist is referred to as Arch. Rather than an individual illustrator, ARCH is a well-known heritage gallery and design studio specializing in creating intricate, multi-layered sustainable wood art pieces and gift collections.
The Gardens by the Bay is an urban park spanning 105 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir.
According to Wikipedia:
The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden in Marina South, Bay East Garden with the Founders' Memorial in Marina East, and Bay Central Garden in the Downtown Core and Kallang.The largest of the gardens at 54 hectares (130 acres) is the Bay South Garden, designed by Grant Associates. Its Flower Dome is the largest glass greenhouse in the world.
Gardens by the Bay was part of the nation's plans to transform its "Garden City" to a "City in a Garden", with the aim of raising the quality of life by enhancing greenery and flora in the city. First announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at Singapore's National Day Rally in 2005, Gardens by the Bay was intended to be Singapore's premier urban outdoor recreation space and one of the country's national icons.
A popular tourist attraction in Singapore, the park had 6.4 million visitors in 2014, and had had 20 million by November 2015 and over 50 million by 2018. In 2024, TripAdvisor's Traveler's Choice Awards Best of the Best ranked it the eighth-best attraction in the world and the best in Asia.
I got the card through Postcrossing and the sender, who lives in Germany, had visited Singapore but had sent the card from Germany (so no exciting stamp from Singapore).
What has been happening here in Spain?
I was absolutely horrified by the shootings in Krakow in the square I walked around with my friends not so long ago! You can see photos of that same square in my blogpost of 6 October 2026. As I'm writing the BBC announced that the shooter died in hospital. So we will never know his motivations. It's a crazy world!
Sunday I went on a walk organised by provincial government of Granada. It was hosted by the little town of Zújar:
Zújar is near the reservoir visible on the right in my header photo.
We had come with a coach from our village and we were welcomed with a delicious Spanish breakfast: churros!We waited in line while they were cooked:
And a hot chocolate sauce is poured into a cup:
Then you dip the churros in the chocolate. Hmmmm bliss!
Just the ticket on a cool morning.
There were more than 300 people participating in the two different routes. One short and one long. My friend and I opted for the short route, which was 9 km and not much elevation. The weather was perfect. No rain and temperatures of about 18 degrees C (64,4 F), although it was cooler first thing in the morning.
I will leave it at that and will write more about the walk on Friday.
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