Another postcard came from Taiwan in mid-December 2020. The postcard shows a beautiful landscape shot from Liushidan Mountain. The mountain is 800m (2,624 feet) high. She writes on the postcard that the mountain is known for the Daylily Flower Season in August. At this time the orange daylilies are in full bloom and cover the… Read more Postcard from Taiwan Liushidan Mountain no 25
Stamp of a lighthouse
In mid-January I bought a very nice stamp pad with the motif of a lighthouse. The Deutsche Post has a number of stamps in this category to choose from. The stamp shows a lighthouse of Bremerhaven on the North Sea. I like this stamp very much and I think that the recipient of a postcard… Read more Stamp of a lighthouse
Postcard from Belgium no 24
The 24th postcard arrived on December 11, 2020. This time the postcard came from Belgium. It is funny and shows a collection of Belgian beers. There were five beautiful stamps on the postcard. The stamps had different motifs such as flowers, art and landscape. I liked the postcard very much. The postcard covered 536 kilometers… Read more Postcard from Belgium no 24
Postcard from U.S.A. Texas no 23
The next postcard came from the USA at the beginning of December. This time from Texas. It is a very colorful postcard and shows the animal Armadillo.It took the postcard just nine days to cover 8,706 kilometers (5,409 miles).
Postcard from the UK no 22
The first postcard in December 2020 came from England. It’s a funny postcard. It is a drawing that takes the vast English landscape with humor. You can go on an excursion without meeting another person. She also writes that it comes very close to reality because she grew up in such a region.The postcard covered… Read more Postcard from the UK no 22
Postcard from Russia Rostov no 21
I received my 21st postcard on November 26th. She came from Rostov on Don in Russia. It was a handmade postcard. She took a photo she had taken by herself and printed it out as a postcard. The picture shows the river Don at sunset. A very atmospheric picture. Like it a lot.She wrote very… Read more Postcard from Russia Rostov no 21
Postcard from Japan Tokyo no 20
On November 25th in 2020, the first postcard from Japan arrived. The postcard shows a picture of the Tojinbo coast at sunset. She lives in Tokyo. With six stamps on the postcard, all of them different, it was the record number up to then.The postcard traveled 9,379 kilometers (5,827 miles) in eighteen days.
Postcard from U.S.A. no 19
The next postcard came from the USA towards the end of November 2020. It shows the painting “Waterlilies” by the painter Claude Monet. Claude Monet lived from 1840 (born in Paris) to 1926 (died in Giverny). She went to a museum in Kansas City where she saw this picture and sent it to me as… Read more Postcard from U.S.A. no 19
Postcard from Canada Ontario no 18
On November 16th in 2020 I received my 18th postcard. The card came from Canada, the province of Ontario.She wrote beautifully about the nature there, the wild animals like bears, foxes, lynxes and many more.The postcard was very personal. It shows a family member walking together around a large lake.The postage stamp with the lake… Read more Postcard from Canada Ontario no 18
Postcard from Lithuania no 17
On November 15th, mail arrived from the city of Kaunas, Lithuania. The postcard shows a drawn figure with the name “ugly bored”. She wrote the word hello on the postcard in the local language. The city of Kaunas, from which it comes, has around 300,000 inhabitants.It took the postcard seven days to cover the 1,145… Read more Postcard from Lithuania no 17