For some reason I am really fascinated by places in the world that are named after other places. For example, in Ontario, Canada where I live, there is a town called Paris, Ontario. I was wondering if fellow Postcrossers have gotten postcards from places named after other countries or cities. I am totally fascinated and curious by this.
I joined Postcrossing last year, so this is still kinda new to me but I love that folks are passionate about postcards too!
There is a village named Szkocja (Scotland) in Poland, I once passed by it.
Interestingly, nearby is also a village named Zamość - not to confuse it with the city of Zamość with an UNESCO heritage site, in a completely different part of Poland
There’s a city in California named Ontario as well. I’ve always thought it would be fun to mail something from Ontario, CA (California) to Ontario, CA (Canada) or vice versa.
There’s a Holland, Michigan that actually plays at being Holland, kind of a hokey tourist trap with a town tulip festival, et cetera. I’m sure their are postcards of that, though I’ve never actually seen them.
I have sent a couple of cards from the small town of Texas in southern Queensland to Postcrossers in the better known Texas :).
I bought a card depicting Lismore lighthouse when visiting the Isle of Lismore in Scotland - my local town is named for this location, though as it is fifty kilometres from the ocean it does not have a lighthouse of its own! I am waiting for the right person to send it to!
Oh that is too funny! What are the odds of both of us looking at this thread just hours apart, and you having a card from my state that I had merely guessed must exist?