Experience with postcrossing
With a little delay, the postcard of the month for August 2021 is going to Japan.This shows the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, at least the moat with a beautiful bridge and two swans. The photographer had a keen eye in composing the picture.The shortlist was still the card from Sweden, Austria/Lichtenstein and Austria. Perhaps it… Read more Postcard of the month August 2021 is the Imperial Palace Tokyo
Today a short detour into the realm of statistics.The short good news: Poscrossing grows and grows. 🙂 The Postcrossing portal has a wonderful overview of the postcards received (here the link: Postcards statistics).I took the last two months, October and November, and compared it to 2019, the pre-pandemic year (is more realistic).In October the number… Read more Postcrossing grows – Number of postcards October and November 2021
A postcard came from the USA on September 10, 2021.It is a very nice postcard that shows a small waterfall. All around are rocks, lush greenery and tree trunks.She wrote nice lines. She liked to hike. Unfortunately she can no longer go hiking because of an illness.It touched me and I sent her a thank… Read more Waterfall postcard from the USA no 155
On September 10th a postcard came from Austria.I like the postcard very much. This shows a picture of a nice coffee (melange) and cake in a Viennese coffee house.I’ve also been to an old Viennese coffee house. It is well worth a visit, especially for the atmosphere.She wrote very nice and many lines. She has… Read more Viennese melange coffee postcard from Austria no 154
On September 3rd a postcard came from Russia.The postcard shows a virtual city called “Edge City“.She wrote some nice lines. She comes from Perm. It is a city near the Ural Mountains.On the postcard were 2 xxl postage stamps, each showing a winter landscape. Just beautiful. They are candidates for the postage stamp of the… Read more Postcard from Perm Russia with beautiful winter landscape postage stamps no 153
A postcard arrived from Finland on September 3, 2021.This shows a classic car.She wrote that she likes to travel and is planning a flight to Italy for September, with a change in Munich.The Finnish postage stamp shows a young man writing a letter by a candlelight. A nice stamp with atmosphere.The postcard traveled 1,610 kilometers,… Read more Postcard of an antique car from Finland no 152
The last postcard of the month came on August 31, 2021. This came from Poland.It is a tourist picture postcard from Krakow. I like it very much.Krakow is a 3-hour drive from the capital, Warsaw.Krakow has more than 700,000 inhabitants and it is the second largest city in Poland.She wrote next to nothing on the… Read more Picture postcard of Krakow from Poland no 151
On August 29th, 2021 a postcard arrived from the Netherlands.This shows a photomontage of a dog on a sofa and dressed like a princess.She didn’t write much.On the postcard is a Dutch postage stamp that shows the king in.The postcard covered 642 kilometers, that is 398 miles, in 3 days.
A postcard came from Sweden on August 27, 2021. This shows a lion drinking in a river or lake.It was a special postcard in two ways.First, it was the first postcard from Sweden up to that point.Second, she wrote very nice lines and explicitly mentioned this blog with a compliment. These are moments that make… Read more Lion drinking postcard from Sweden no 149
On August 26th a postcard came from Austria.The postcard shows the summit of the Gerlitzen mountain. The mountain is located in Carinthia Austria.On the postcard, the summit is 1911 meters high, other sources, such as Wikipedia, speak of 1909 meters. Anyway, pretty high in any case.He’s writing nice lines. He lives in Vienna but grew… Read more Gerlitzen Summit in Austria postcard from Austria no 148