Beyond the Postcard, LLC

photos & videos by Missy Szcinski

Teacher leading student travel adventures and snapping pictures along the way.

Strasbourg in Summer - colorful European town scene with half-timbered houses along a canal, adorned with flower boxes, under a blue sky, with pink flowers in the foreground.

Wander through the moments

Every journey teaches me something — about a place, a culture, and the people I’m lucky enough to explore it with. Traveling with students lets me see the world three times over: once through my lens, once through their bright, curious eyes, and once more in the way it rekindles the wonder and awe I felt when I first began discovering the world myself.

These preview images are little invitations to drift, to daydream, and to wander with me into the stories awaiting just beyond the postcard. All photos in this gallery are available for purchase. Please email with any questions!

Text that reads 'Love, Missy' with a small heart symbol at the end.

Bridges stand as quiet connections, holding centuries of golden light.

Nimes at Night - A tall church steeple with clock faces, surrounded by trees and illuminated structures, under a clear evening sky

Evening Glow in the City - Nimes, France

Once a proud Roman outpost, Nîmes still carries the hush of centuries in its limestone streets. As dusk settles, the city feels timeless — the amphitheater, the steeple, the soft hum of life beneath a sky that’s just beginning to sparkle. Stars begin to dot the velvet sky while the steeple rises like a quiet thought. The air turns cool and gentle, and you realize the night isn’t arriving — it’s unfolding, one breath at a time.

Nimes, France - one of many Roman coliseums built during their rule, seen during daylight with trees overhead and a few people walking nearby.

A small canal lined with stone walls along a city street, with trees providing shade overhead and some buildings visible in the background.

Tower Bridge - London, England

Since 1894, Tower Bridge has stood as London’s grand gateway — a masterpiece of Victorian imagination. Its towers frame the Thames like a storybook arch, where every crossing feels like a small adventure. . London doesn’t compete with its past; it embraces it, whispering that every skyline is a story still being written.

Tower Bridge in London with a double-decker tour bus, cars, and a motorcyclist on the street.

Colorful ceramic mosaic railing overlooking Park Güell in Barcelona, with whimsical mosaic buildings featuring curvy shapes and tile details, cityscape in the background, and a partly cloudy sky.

Parc Güell — Barcelona, Spain

In the early 1900s, Antoni Gaudí dreamed this hillside into a living mosaic — a place where art and nature could speak the same language. Every curve and tile feels hand‑whispered by sunlight, a century‑old invitation to see the world through wonder. The breeze carries laughter, the tiles catch the light, and suddenly you realize — you’re standing inside a daydream.

Barcelona, Spain - Colorful mosaic clock with a background of beige mosaic tiles and decorative green and pink mosaic elements.

A circular mosaic embedded in a tiled floor, featuring images of lamps and colors like blue, green, and yellow.

“Travelling: it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”

~ Ibn Battuta

Cliffside cityscape with beachfront, modern buildings, and lush greenery in the foreground, overcast sky.

Eiffel Tower from the Seine - the Eiffel Tower, seen from a distance with a blue sky and some clouds in the background and trees at the bottom front.

Biarritz, France - Seaside Daydream
The place where the cliffs meet the sea in a quiet conversation of color and light is where you will find Biarritz. Along France’s Basque coast, waves curl against golden sand while grand old buildings watch from their perch above — a harmony of nature and nostalgia. Here, the air hums with the rhythm of Euskara, the ancient Basque language still spoken in these hills, reminding travelers that every word, every wave, every photo carries its own story.

Church with Gothic architecture on a hillside, surrounded by trees, with colorful hydrangea flowers in the foreground and a marketplace with blue canopies at the bottom.

Coastal landscape featuring a large white building with towers on a cliff over the ocean under a cloudy sky.

A hillside with blooming pink, purple, and yellow flowers, a stone and wooden fence along the slope, and residential buildings in the background under a cloudy sky.

An ancient Roman aqueduct with multiple arches, surrounded by greenery and trees, under a clear blue sky.

Natural rock formation with a hole in the middle, overlooking the ocean with small waves and a distant shoreline, sky is partly cloudy.

Nighttime view of the Eiffel Tower illuminated with yellow lights, reflecting on the water below, with trees framing the scene and bicycles in the foreground.

Nighttime scene of a body of water reflecting colorful lights from the cityscape and a bridge in the background, with boats docked nearby.

La Tour Eiffel doesn’t just shine — she teaches your heart how to glow.

The Eiffel Tower illuminated with yellow lights at dusk, with a reflective water body in the foreground and a cloudy blue sky overhead.

The Eiffel Tower illuminated at night with reflections on the water below, set against a dark blue cloudy sky.

You may have the universe, if I may have Italy. ~Giuseppe Verdi

Buildings along a canal, with boats docked in the water and flags hanging from the buildings. The sky is partly cloudy.

Colorful buildings along a river with a bridge and boats, dark clouds in the sky, flags hanging across the river, lush green grass and plants on the riverbank.

A panoramic view of ancient ruins and historical buildings in Rome, Italy, with a blue sky and scattered clouds.

Ancient stone blocks with carved decorative patterns stacked against a brick wall, some overgrown with green ivy.

View of a canal with boats, surrounded by colorful buildings under cloudy sky, possibly Venice.

A garden with pink, orange, and yellow flowers along a gravel path leading to a house with green window shutters. Tall trees and a hillside in the background under a partly cloudy blue sky.

A quiet street lined with trees and a sidewalk, with a small building displaying flower shop signs, and a parked car, under a partly cloudy sky.

Giverny, France Village of Light

A traditional kitchen with a vintage black stove, brass faucet, and a white tiled wall with blue decorative patterns. There is a window with blue gingham curtains on the left and various copper and brass pots on a shelf above the stove.

A lush garden scene featuring a small pond with lily pads, surrounded by various green plants and trees, with sunlight filtering through the leaves.

The image depicts an interior view of a room with open windows letting in natural light. There is a large potted plant in the foreground, a wooden countertop or drying rack, and blue patterned tiled walls. Outside the windows, greenery and trees are visible.

A lush green garden with trees and bushes surrounding a small peaceful pond reflecting the sky and foliage. Two boats are floating on the water.

A peaceful pond surrounded by lush green trees, colorful flowers, and pink water lilies, with visitors walking along a path.

A kitchen with blue cabinets, copper pots hanging on a rail, and patterned white and blue tiled walls. There are wooden and metal countertops, a potted plant, and a vintage ceiling light fixture.

A row of houses with stone walls and various roof styles, some with green shutters, greenery, and pink flowers along the sidewalk, under a partly cloudy blue sky.

Sunflower field with green leaves and yellow flowers under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

Monet’s House and Gardens - Giverny, France

Long before the world knew it, Giverny was just a quiet Norman village tucked between river and hillside. Then Claude Monet arrived in 1883, saw something luminous in its gentle light, and turned this tiny place into a crossroads of artists, turning this tiny hamlet into a cradle of Impressionist inspiration. As you meander through the narrow streets, past stone cottages and blooming hedges, suddenly the world feels softer. The air carries a hush, as if the village itself is still holding Monet’s breath — that moment before a masterpiece begins.

A dining room with a long table covered with a beige tablecloth, surrounded by yellow wooden chairs with plaid cushions. A potted orchid is on the table. The back wall features numerous framed artwork and vases displayed on a yellow mantel. There are sheer white curtains hanging by a window or door, allowing natural light to brighten the room. The floor has a red and beige checkerboard tile pattern.

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View of Notre-Dame Cathedral Paris with a cloudy sky, lush green trees, and pink flowers in the foreground.

View of a city street flanked by classic European-style apartment buildings with balconies, looking down a cobblestone walkway lined with trees and lampposts, under a cloudy sky, with two people walking down the stairs in the foreground.

Nighttime view of the Eiffel Tower illuminated in yellow lights, with flowers in the foreground and people walking nearby.

View of European-style buildings along a waterfront, with trees and green foliage in the foreground and a cloudy sky overhead.