hansmoust
Enlightened Member
Walter, is that a new avatar? It looks like a postcard from Hoboken, NJ.
I've had it for a while now, and it is in fact a postcard from the "original", old world Hoboken, Belgium - next to Antwerp, which is where I live. It says "groeten uit Hoboken", which means "greetings from Hoboken" indeed.
Those were the days, before selfies, when people would send postcards to prove that they had been in another city.
Here's a better view of the one from Walter's hometown:
I guess that was the workingman's version; there was also the aristocrat's version:
..... and if you had visited my hometown you would have gotten this one:
Obviously a lot of what is pictured in the photos no longer exists; except for the really old buildings.
The last time I walked around in one of the tourist areas of Amsterdam, I noticed that they still sell these kind of postcards. That might be one of the reasons that some people in the U.S. still think that we walk around wearing wooden shoes, while I'm probably one of the very few people who actually does!
So far for all the greetings from the other side of the 'Big Pond'. Happy New Year to you all!
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl