Postcards named after places in other countries

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Here are my cards that I received from Kalifornien (California) and Brasilien (Brazil) at the Baltic Sea in the north of Germany:

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I’m from a part of California that used to be known as “The Switzerland of America” - so there is a town named Lucerne. There are also towns here named Nice and Loch Lomond :joy:

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There is also a movie named “Paris, Texas”:

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They actually have a scaled-down version of the tower in Paris, TX… with a cowboy hat on top.

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That is soooooo funny! Thanks for sharing this. :rofl:

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I know there is a village called Finland in Minnesota, USA :joy:

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There is also Stockholm, New Jersey.

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I’d really like to receive a postcard from Paris, Texas.The film is very appreciated here, in my generation at least.

There is Brest in Brittany (west of France) and in Belarus (west too). I wonder if it’s not a hazard in this case.

Recently there was an article in Le Monde (a newspaper) about two sister cities in France and Russia. The russian town was named after the french one, with a “russified” name.
In french, it’s Fère-Champenoise,
In russian (pronunciation at least), it’s Ferchampenouaz.

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I’ve sent the card :grinning:

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That’s so funny and interesting thanks for sharing!