Literary Legends
Moments in History
Main Character Energy
Postcards from...
Comfort Classics
100
This mischievous character crashes a rainy day with rhymes, chaos, and a red‑and‑white striped hat—becoming one of children’s literature’s most iconic troublemakers. Also happens to be Maggie's favourite animal.
The Cat
100
Despite the popular image, this medieval weapon was not especially heavy—most examples weighed less than a modern bowling ball.
A Sword
100
This boy wizard learns on his 11th birthday that he’s famous in a world he didn’t even know existed.
Harry Potter
100
Postcards from this Italian coastal region—whose name means “Five Lands”— would likely showcase its famous five colorful villages clinging to cliffs above the Ligurian Sea. It is also home to a restaurant which Maggie happens to highly recommend.
Cinque Terre, Italy (The restaurant Osteria a Cantina de Mananan)
100
Maggie's favourite is known in Italian as bistecca alla fiorentina, this steak takes its name from the city where it originated in Tuscany.
Florentine Steak (paired with Caprese Salad)
200
Dmytro's favourite book later inspired a bestselling video game franchise written by Dmitry Glukhovsky where bullets double as currency and where rival ideologies form city‑states along subway stations after global nuclear war. What is the title?
Metro 2033
200
Napoleon Bonaparte was not unusually short for his time; this measurement system largely explains the myth about his height.
The French Inch (slightly larger 2.707cm)
200
This past season the Toronto Blue Jays made it all the way to the World Series energizing fans across Canada (including Maggie), what team did they play against?
Los Angeles Dodgers
200
Postcards from a country that is wider than the Moon, yet has most of its population living along the coast.
Australia
200
Maggie's favourite beverage is a “sweetly satisfying” café staple: espresso + bittersweet mocha sauce + steamed milk, topped with whipped cream—order it by its chocolate‑forward name.
Starbucks Mocha
300
This novel opens with the line “It is a truth universally acknowledged” and follows the often‑misjudged relationship of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.
Pride and Prejudice
300
The Great Fire of London is often blamed for ending this epidemic, but historians now agree it had already begun to decline.
Bubonic Plague
300
A favourite Rock band of Dmytro's formed in 1981, has had this raspy‑voiced frontman, known for anchoring his band’s sound with relentless rhythm guitar, has been the unmistakable voice at the mic since the very beginning. (This one might be hard, maybe you should sleep on it)
James Hetfield, Metallica
300
Postcards from a country home to the Trans‑Siberian Railway, where this language is spoken from Europe to the Pacific coast. Perhaps Dmytro could translate them for you.
Russian
300
This comfort classic, a favourite of Dymtro's, starts as marinated meat stacked in an inverted cone on a vertical rotisserie; once roasted, the outer layer is shaved off and commonly wrapped in flatbread.
Shawarma
400
Published in three volumes for practical reasons, this single novel is framed as a translation from the Red Book of Westmarch and concludes with the departure of its ring‑bearer from Middle‑earth.
The Lord of the Rings
400
Vikings did not wear horned helmets; this false image became popular thanks to 19th‑century productions of these works.
Wagner's Operas
400
In this long‑running anime, Dymtro's favourite tv show, an outcast young ninja with a powerful secret dreams of becoming Hokage, the leader of his village.
Naruto
400
A “postcard” from Dmytro's favourite travel destination would show rugged sea cliffs and open steppe along the Black Sea, in a national park on Crimea’s westernmost peninsula.
Charming Harbor National Park, Crimea
400
Dmytro's favourite beverage originally developed in 1930s Germany as an herbal digestif, this liqueur’s name translates to “Master Hunter.”
Jägermeister
500
This mind was introduced at Styles Court in 1920, retired there in 1975, and is famously powered by “little grey cells.
Hercule Poirot (written by Agatha Christie)
500
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the construction of this ancient monument.
The Great Pyramid of Giza
500
This television character narrates her own life, breaks the fourth wall, and frequently reminds viewers that she is, in fact, “the main character.
Fleabag
500
Postcards from a country where ferries link the Cyclades, visitors climb marble steps to the Acropolis, and ancient pilgrims once traveled to consult an oracle at Delphi. Where Maggie also had quite the adventure.
Greece (Maggie was kidnapped there once...kinda)
500
Despite its rustic reputation, this slow‑cooked dish gets its name from the French word for “cauldron” and traditionally combines meat, vegetables, and stock into a single warming meal.
Stew