Experience with postcrossing
On January 22nd, 2021 another postcard came from Finland. The postcard shows the movie poster from the movie “Kill Bill”. The feature film came in 2003 in the cinemas. The leading actress was Uma Thurman. It was the first postcard I received with a movie poster. There are also two beautiful Finnish postage stamps on… Read more a movie poster Kill Bill postcard from Finland and hedgehog stamp no 42
The village of Lover in England had a great idea. The name of the village gave people the idea to design postcards and, above all, a postmark for Valentine’s Day.Lover’s postmark became famous and featured by many media outlets such as the BBC.The village offers everyone the service to send a postcard with the famous… Read more Lover valentine’s day postmark from the village of Lover in the UK
A postcard arrived from China on January 21, 2021. The postcard shows a little vintage-style pagoda roofs.These pagoda roofs were a typical architectural feature in ancient China.There were two nice postage stamps on the postcard.The postcard covered 8,977 kilometers, that is 5,578 miles, in 18 days.
The 40th postcard arrived on January 19, 2021. It came from the U.S.A..It is a postcard that reminds us of the COVID-19 year 2020. The title is very aptly “Year of the mask”. The postcard shows the year 2020 in red with the mouth and nose protection at the bottom.I think there is no better… Read more A COVID-19 postcard from the U.S.A. no 40
On January 19, another postcard came from Taiwan. It’s a picture of the beach at Kenting National Park. Kenting National Park is located on the Hengchun Peninsula.The postcard covered 9,456 kilometers, or 5,875 miles, in 50 days.
On January 19, 2021, the first postcard came from Belarus, from the city of Minsk.The postcard is a simple black and white drawing, unfortunately the description is not in English. I suspect it’s about space travel.The postcard covered 1,297 kilometers (805 miles) in 24 days.
The 37th postcard arrived on January 16, 2021. This came from Taiwan and shows a drawing.She wrote that she liked Japanese manga like Detective Conan.She put a lot of little manga stickers on the postcard.The postcard covered 9,324 kilometers, or 5,793 miles, in sixteen days.
Sent out one of my own postcards today. It is a postcard showing a waterfall with a small pool of water on the island of Madeira. In 2009 I was on vacation in Madeira. There are many hiking opportunities there.A hike led them this wonderful waterfall. I reached it after a two hour hike.At the… Read more Madeira waterfall postcard sent to Belgium
On January 16, a postcard arrived from Switzerland. A beautiful postcard showing an alpine ibex in close-up. She wrote on the postcard that the animals are not afraid of people. The animals are used to humans.She wrote that it is not uncommon to meet Alpine ibex when hiking.The postcard covered 394 kilometers (244 miles) in… Read more Postcard from Switzerland Alpine Ibex no 36
The 35th postcard arrived in mid-January. The postcard came from Finland. The postcard celebrates the red wine in a kind of comic style. Since I like red wine, I like this postcard accordingly.The winter postage stamp shows a little rabbit looking at large snowflakes.The postcard covered 1,807 kilometers (1,122 miles) in ten days.