Experience with postcrossing
Postcards from Asia sent by postcrossers.
On January 8, a postcard arrived from Taiwan.The postcard shows a rose with the slogan ‘affection is desirable’.She wrote some nice lines. She is 19 and lives in Taipei.She wrote a few sentences in German because she is also learning this language.That doesn’t happen that often.On the postcard is a very nice cactus stamp. I… Read more Rose postcard and cactus postage stamp from Taiwan no 195
On December 27, 2021, the first postcard arrived from South Korea.The postcard shows a drawing from Pinocchio.There were a lot of The Wizard of Oz stickers on the postcard.She wrote some very nice lines. She also likes cats.She apologized for only taking a barcode stamp.That’s also the reason I don’t have a picture of the… Read more Postcard with a drawing from Pinocchio from South Korea no 185
A postcard arrived from Taiwan on November 6, 2021.The postcard shows the winning design for World Postcard Day 2021.The postcrossing fellow wrote some nice lines. It was currently the wind season and sometimes difficult to keep track of when riding a motorcycle.There are 3 beautiful Taiwanese postage stamps on the postcard.The postcard covered 9,310 kilometers… Read more Postcard with the winning design for World Postcard Day 2021 from Taiwan no 170
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
On October 9th, I received a postcard from Taiwan.This shows a picture of Alisan in Chiayi County.According to research, Alisan is a popular destination in Taiwan.A very nice postcard showing a path in a forest.Since I like to hike myself, I feel like hiking that way. Very strong green, you can almost smell the forest… Read more Alisan in Chiayi County postcard from Taiwan no 161
On September 24th, a postcard came from China.This shows the primatic crab as food.She wrote some nice lines. She is very fond of painting and breeding fish.The prismatic crab is one of her favorite foods.There are 3 wonderful Chinese postage stamps on the postcard. These have Chinese history as their motif. At least they are… Read more Postcard with postage stamps motif of Chinese history from China no 159
A look at a wonderful English blog from Nao (here Nao’s older entries before 2022) a fellow Postcrossing member from Japan. In the movie “Forrest Gump” the famous quote is: “Life is like a box of chocolates“Today I would like to change it to: “Postcrossing is like a box of chocolates”. It started at the… Read more Nao’s blog – a Postcrossing Connection
On August 16, I received a postcard from Taiwan.This shows a drawing from a dark manga by Junji Ito.She lives in the capital of Taiwan in Taipei City. She wrote some nice lines. Her husband is reading this manga.Since I like Dark Manga, I like this postcard,On the postcard is a beautiful Taiwanese postage stamp,… Read more Postcard of a dark manga from Taiwan no 145
A postcard arrived from Japan on August 13th.This shows the moat to the Imperial Palace Chiyoda-Jo Castle Tokyo.The Japanese emperor lived there.The palace is located on an isolated island and for security reasons with only a few bridges to the mainland.The postcard is a candidate for Postcard of the Month. I like this very much.She… Read more Imperial Palace Castle Tokyo postcard from Japan no 143
A postcard arrived from Japan on July 21, 2021.It’s a Porco Rosso postcard (Studio Ghibli).He wrote some nice lines. He lives in central Japan. He also received a thank-you-return postcard from me.There are 3 very nice stamps on the postcard. 2 stamps show animals. Once a rabbit and a mother monkey with a baby. I… Read more Postcard with animal postage stamps from Japan no 133