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Old Bridge, New City! A Shanghai Sketch Postcard | Waibaidu Bridge

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Hello my wonderful friends! Guess what? On the very same day, Sept 30, 2025, that the happy fish party postcard arrived, another paper treasure popped into my mailbox! Double Alhamdullillah! This one also travelled a long, long way, all the way from China ! Thank you, Postcrossing friend! A Wobbly, Wonderful Drawing This postcard is super special too! Just like the fishy one, it is not a photograph. It is a drawing , a sketch!  It looks like someone sat down with a pen and some watery colours and quickly drew a picture of a busy city place. The lines are a little bit wiggly, the colours are soft... it feels alive and moving! Like the artist drew it super fast to capture a happy moment! What did the artist draw? Wow! There is a very long, strong-looking bridge made of metal criss-crosses, like a giant Meccano toy! It goes across some dark, wiggly water. There are even little boats floating on the water! Chug chug! And peeking behind the bridge... oh my goodness!  There a...