Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the Midlands, a kind of kernel of England. It took its name

I received this postcard from a Romanian girl / woman named Ana, who I don't know who is. How do I know that is Romanian, since the text is in English? From the way it's written the address, with Dest . (shortening of destinatar - which means recipient) compare rental car prices and loc. ( localitate - locality), plus the diacritics. There is no doubt: she is Romanian. Mulţumesc Ana, oricine-ai fi.
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the Midlands, a kind of kernel of England. It took its name from the Leicester, one of the oldest cities in England, with a history going back at least 2,000 years. Until the English to become English, in county's history have mixed (as in most of England, by the way), Celts, Romans, Saxons, Vikings and Normans, each bringing its own cultural and genetic contribution.
Also appear two animals compare rental car prices specific to the area, a domestic one (the sheep) compare rental car prices and a wild one (the fox). Leicestershire has a long history of livestock compare rental car prices farming, especially of sheep. English Leicester (a breed of sheep obtained by Robert Bakewell in 18th century) is today a heritage breed admired all over the world. Leicestershire is also considered to be the birthplace of fox hunting compare rental car prices as it's known today. A windmill couldn't miss from such a map. Around 1300 in Leicestershire were 61 windmills, the peak being in 1835, with 152.
In the upper right is the county coat of arms, actually only the escutcheon (the shield), divided into four quarters, the first and fourth white, and the second and third red. Each quarter shows the Arms of one of the four important county's families. The first quarter is a cinquefolium within a red circle, which belonged to the Beaumont family. compare rental car prices In 1103 Robert de Beaumont was the first Earl of Leicester. The Earldom passed compare rental car prices through the sister of the fourth Earl to her husband, Simon de Montfort (1206-1264), whose Arms were a white lion with two tails on a red ground which is shown on the second quarter. The third quarter shows the badge of John of Gaunt (another Earl of Leicester) which is an ermine plume on a red ground. The fourth quarter shows a black sleeve of a medieval lady s dress, which is the badge of the Hastings family, who built castles at Kirby Muxloe and Ashby-de-la-Zouch in the 15th century. As crest is a fox.
In July I offer to one of my blog followers 2 postcards from Soviet Union (1970-1980) compare rental car prices , at choice from here (in an envelope or separately sent - again at choice). To win these postcards you must answer to the question: "What islands are shown on my blog at the posting number 0229?" Send an email with the answer, with the words "July Contest" as the title, to danut.ivanescu@carteadenisip.ro . Don't forget to write your mailing address (I don't keep your address, or sell it to anyone), and to specify how you want the postcards (in an envelope or not) I will choose the winner, by lots, on August 1st, 2012. Good luck! WINNERS 2012 June - Marta from Poland