olgabooksandtravel

Hello,
I'm Olga. My husband and I live in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
My passions are traveling and reading books. I mainly visited European countries, but I dream of visiting New York. I love walks in the mountains and national parks.

When I'm staying at home I prefer reading. I have a lot of favorite books: Under the Tuscun Sun by Frances Mayes; Wild by Sheryl Strayed; The Olive Farm by Carol Drinkwater; Peter Mayle's books about Provence; all about Harry Potter etc.
Also I have the YouTube channel about books and travel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVLcmKxtGZah7_aQxUdxD5g

I am fond of drawing and trying myself in different styles. In Saint Petersburg and in other cities I'm trying to visit art museums. I love paintings of Ivan Shishkin and Ivan Aivazovsky. Now I'm studying impressionist painting.

My favorite themes of cards are:
- all about BOOKS: drawing or photo of books, bookshops, libraries, bookshelves, ancient paper, calligraphy
- TRAVELING theme (I prefer drawing or painting over photo):
your country or city,
maps, tickets
lighthouse (really love)
castles
mountain and forest
air balloon
- BOTANICAL illustration
- art (watercolor landscapes, works of famous artists)

I'd love to hear about your favorite BOOK or the book you're reading at the moment.
If you like TRAVELING too please advise me an interesting place to visit (in the world or in your country) or share with me the place you dream to visit.

Happy postcrossing,
Olga