Experience with postcrossing
A postcard came from Belarus on November 6, 2021.The postcard shows a baby wolf in the Braslaw National Park.She wrote some nice lines. She likes walking, meeting friends and the season of autumn.On the postcard is a Belarusian postage stamp showing a squirrel. I have included this stamp in the overview of animal stamps.The postcard… Read more Postcard of a baby wolf from Belarus no 168
The postage stamp of the month October 2021 comes from an Italian postcard.The stamp is dedicated to the actor Vittorio De Sica.Personally, I don’t know any of his films by name, although I have certainly already seen him. He lived from 1901 till 1974. His filmography is impressive. He has also directed a great many… Read more Postage stamp of actor Vittorio De Sica was the postage stamp of October 2021
The postcard of the month October 2021 was the postcard from Belgium showing the French coast of the Côte de Jade.The postcard reminds me of my vacations. Often watched the sunset from the shore, saw the natural spectacle.Similar to what can be seen here on the postcard, there was a rock or an island in… Read more Postcard of the month October 2021 was the french coast Côte de Jade
A postcard arrived from Japan on November 2, 2021.The postcard shows a drawing of an observatory.It was a special postcard. There was a postcrossing contact, in the sense of exchanging ideas. I already presented Nao’s blog here.That’s what postcrossing is all about. You get to know people and exchange ideas.She wrote some very nice lines… Read more Postcard of a drawing of an observatory from Japan no 167
A postcard arrived from Finland on November 2nd, 2021.The postcard shows a drawn bullfinch.It settles in Europe, the Middle East, East Asia including Kamchatka and Japan as well as Siberia.She didn’t write much other than that she used to see the bullfinch very often. It’s been years since she last saw a bullfinch.On the postcard… Read more Postcard of a Drawing of a Bullfinch from Finland no 166
On October 25th I received a postcard from Poland.The postcard shows the Kwidzyn Castle.A nice postcard that also shows the inside of the castle. Kwidzyn itself has around 38,000 inhabitants.He didn’t write much.The stamp shows the Polish-Greek athlete Jerzy Iwanow Szajnowicz (1911-1943). He was in resistance against the Nazi regime.The postcard covered 815 kilometers, that… Read more Postcard of Kwidzyn The Castle from Poland no 165
The French Postage Stamp Endangered Wildlife became Stamp of the Month for September 2021.The short version: I have a heart for animals. Personally, I think that we humans are too often too careless of nature and especially the wild animals that live in it.In my opinion, we should learn to live with nature and not… Read more Endangered Wildlife became the postage stamp of the month September 2021
The postcard with the original Viennese melange and the chocolate cake became the postcard of the month September 2021.I just enjoy good coffee and cake. This postcard reminded me of a weekend trip to Vienna.Sitting in a Viennese coffee house with all its Viennese charm, drinking a mélange, eating a cake, chatting or just watching… Read more Postcard of a Viennese Melange became the postcard of the month September 2021
A postcard came from the Netherlands on October 25, 2021.The postcard shows the Côte de Jade in South Brittany.He chose the postcard based on my profile on Postcrossing.com, where I stated that I like the French coast.There is a standard Dutch postage stamp on the postcard.The postcard traveled 658 kilometers, that’s 408 miles, in 4… Read more Postcard of french coast Côte de Jade from Netherlands no 164
On October 20th a postcard came from Italy.A postcard that whets your appetite. The postcard shows a picture and the recipe of a Piada Squacquerone e Rucola (Rocket).Delicious.He also writes that it is his favorite food. He lives in a medieval city that is full of sights from the Middle Ages.He wrote nice lines.On the… Read more Piada Squacquerone e Rucola postcard from Italy no 163