Experience with postcrossing
A postcard arrived from Ireland on February 16. The postcrosser wrote from the capital Dublin.It’s a humorous postcard. It shows a pie chart of the memoir’s content. Very funny with a dose of truth. There are three wonderful postage stamps on the postcard. These show three famous people. One of them the composer J.S. Bach.The… Read more Postcard from Ireland with english humour no 58
A postcard from Slovakia arrived on February 13th.It shows a chamois in close-up. These animals are very common in the High Tatras, a part of the Carpathian Mountains.Gerlachovský Peak is the highest peak at 2,655m (8,710 feet).There were two stamps on the postcard. One of the two stamps shows the Umrath steam locomotive from 1894.The… Read more Postcard of a chamois from Slovakia no 57
The next postcard came on February 13th. The postcard came from the Netherlands and was an XXL card and shows the calves of a mudflat hiker.She wrote that she took part in many hikes and comes from the province of Groningen.She likes to take pictures, so is my hobby.A very nicely written postcard.She used a… Read more Postcard of a mudflat hiker from the Netherlands no 56
A postcard arrived from Belgium on February 10, 2021.The postcard shows a glass of beer with a few chips and the headline Happy Birthday.It’s actually a fold-out birthday card. I didn’t have a birthday, it doesn’t matter. The postcard was in an orange envelope. There was a normal postage stamp on it.Some stickers were on… Read more Postcard glass of beer from Belgium no 55
The Deutsche Post (German postage Service) has issued a series of stamps with weather phenomena. One stamp from this series is called the Rainbow Fragment.It shows a rainbow next to a mountain peak.A very nice postage stamp and the postcrossers who receive a postcard with it will be happy.It is a 70 cent stamp and… Read more German stamp rainbow fragment
Another postcard arrived from China on February 10, 2021.The postcard is a comic-style drawing and was the winner of the Finepaper World Postcard Day Contest for Design and Graphic Arts in 2020. It was designed by the student Leandro Ferreira (Universidade da Beira Interior Portugal).A very nice postcard that celebrates this hobby.There are three wonderful… Read more Postcard from China -winner of Finepaper World Postcard Day Contest for Design and Graphic Arts no 54
On February 10th a wonderful postcard arrived from Amsterdam. The postcard shows an atmospheric picture of the city of Amsterdam at night. For me it was the postcard of the month February 2021.An illuminated bridge that spans a canal. The typical Amsterdam houses can be seen in the background.The stamp on the postcard is also… Read more Postcard of the month February 2021 shows Amsterdam at night no 53
The first postcard from Slovakia arrived on February 10, 2021. The postcard came from Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.The postcard shows a landmark of Bratislava, the Danube bridge to the city with the distinctive UFO. The UFO is a tower restaurant about 80 meters high (262 feet). From this tower restaurant you have a panoramic… Read more Postcard from Bratislava Slovakia with Danube bridge and UFO no 52
A postcard arrived from Russia on February 8, 2021. The postcrosser comes from Yekaterinburg. With over 1.3 million inhabitants, it is the fourth largest city in Russia. The city is located in the Urals and part of the city is in Europe and the other part in the Asian continent.The postcard is a simple one.… Read more Postcard from Russia Yekaterinburg no 51
The first postcard for February arrived on February 2, 2021. The postcard came from Switzerland. It is more of a handmade photo postcard.The picture shows a village in a valley and high mountains covered with snow in the background. From the still rather pale colors, I would guess the morning hours of the beginning of… Read more Postcard from Switzerland with mountain no 50