From a Hotel

Aina from Kelantan, Malaysia loves cycling and has three sisters. I do prefer not to get the ad postcards but as they go this one is not too ad-y. Honestly the bird on the stamp was the coolest. Maybe I should scan that.

Welcome? I've never been.

I cannot quite read the name on this card but they definitely said "very happy postcrossing" It is so nice to come home to real mail!

Vacation & Marriage

Arnold from Chile writes about how years ago he was on vacation there and met a lady. Now he lives in Chile and has a happy marriage. Don't you just love the stories with happy endings.

German Class

I received the address of a teacher from Germany this time. Her profile said that she was doing this as a class project and if we were willing to please send more than one postcard. So I sent five. I could have sent more but I assumed that would want to learn more than just about Indiana. I hope the class has a wonderful lesson with these.

UPDATE: I was alittle disappointed never to hear anything from the teacher, PostCrossing said that the postcards where received, but I never got an email from the teacher or class. Oh Well.

Museum Guard

No specific request made by the Museum Guard in the Netherlands. I sent him this postcard of Shelby county, IN. This is actually not to far away from where my husband and I were married on 9/8/07.

Jodi Picoult

This card was sent to Bethesda, MD. Unfortunately what the receiver really wanted was special stamps. I have none so I guess I should add that to my list of things to get if I'm going to continue this thing. He did request a cityscape too so this goes out to the stamp collector in Bethesda. Number 11 Sent

Oh and he likes Jodi Picoult so I vote this guy rocks!

All Kinds

"All kinds of cards are welcome!" Well that's good because I honestly did not think anyone would request this card. This card was sent to a small town in Finland. The receiver requested to hear about the sender's culture. I wrote some but I really need to work on getting better. Tenth card sent!

Piggys

I received this postcard from a small Pennsylvania town. I have no idea how this card would represent something from that town but the author wrote a nice note about how she loves graphic design and does some design work on the side. I believe the postcard has more to do with her hobby than geographical location but that was not expressed. Nice card, nice lady. They keep getting better.

Kinkakuji Temple

I received this postcard from Ayako in Morioka, Japan. The post card is of the Kinkakuji Temple and the postcard says the temple "was originally erected in 1937 by dynast Yoshimitsu Ashikaga"
Ayako talks about how beautiful the gardens are, this is a real nice post card.

Letter from India

The first postcard is a mountain goat, the second is a photo of Kathakali, the third is a photo of Mohiniyattam. All three postcards came with a two page letter from Shinjo. she explains in great detail each of the postcards which i will not go into here.

Update: I sent Shinjo a package with postcards(forgot to scan) and we emailed a few times. I liked our correspondence but felt she was really trying to sell me a trip to India not looking for a pen pal. This will be the last post for her.

Houseboat

This post card came with a letter. From Shinoj of India and he goes into great detail about the houseboat in the picture and that they are the main attraction in his hometown.
Update:
This post card was by no means an ad but I found out later that she* works for a tourism department. This is a huge explanation of the tone and focus found in the letter. We had correspondence on a later date that is more friendly and less sales person.

Sunshine Wishes

This is my fourth postcard as the title so creatively announce. Again I ask that people send me a postcards of things they love. Marju from Estonia loves spring time, mostly for the apple cherry and pear tree blossoms.

And lots of Sunshine Wishes to you too Marju.

They keep coming

I received this post card from Belarus. It was sent by Catherine and she asked "Do you know this Country?" and all I can say is I do now.

Much Better

In my post crossing profile I do not request any specific type of postcard, just that it be something the sender likes or loves. The second postcard I received was Angels and the message was very heart felt (and hand written!).

I finally got a postcard

SO I got my first postcard. I must admit I'm a little disappointed. The message was typed on a sticky label and then stuck to the postcard. Then it was mostly websites/blogs for this artist named Pam who doesn't even update the blogs she sent. I hope the future ones are better.

Sliders

To a mother of three who rides motor bikes and sounds awesome, I sent her a castle. Sort of. I sent her a postcard of an old White castle. Sydney, Australia was the destination. I also wrote her a really long message on the back, but I don't remember what is said.

Netherlands are popular

When they put "any" kind of postcard in their profile I try to send them the weirdest one I can find. And I can't think of anything weirder than some random guy at some random snack bar. Still I like the card and so did Anne from close to Heemskerk, Netherlands.

Still Looking

This naturescape was sent to a fifteen year old girl (I'll leave her name out) from around Salo, Finland. She asked specifically for Naturescapes and map of states if we had them. I'm still looking for a map postcard, but I'll send it to her if I ever find one.

Thats a good name.

Okay so this postcard seems a little crowded. It is Monument Circle absolutely freaking full of people. This card was sent to Ivan located near Bratislava, Slovakia. I thought Ivan was a pretty awesome name, so I sent him my favorite postcard. There is just something really fantastic about all those people downtown and not for the Christmas tree lighting.

Santa

So I sent Santa to Russia! Or at least I sent a postcard with Santa on it to Russia. This big giant (didn't scan very well) Santa was erected in Union Station for Christmas time. This person had no profile so I'm not sure if I sent it to a boy or girl or talking monkey.

Update - 8/30/2008 This postcard expired as never received, why do my encrypted post cards to Russia always go missing?

Netherlands, again

Number two sent to the Netherlands. It seems to be a popular location for penpaling. And true to the previous three this one was sent to a lady. A woman from Eindhoven or around there I should say asked specifically for scenery postcards. Plucked carefully from my postcards of Indiana booklet she received this beauty. Thats Lake Michigan ladies n' gentlemen. Fourth sent, stamps, stamps, stamps.

"Many words"

She lives in Madison, WI and said she "don't have many words" about herself. Not requesting anything specific I sent her this postcard of a church downtown. I think I went to a wedding there once. Three sent!

She loves rock concerts!

This post card ran away to the second largest city in Finland - Espoo. Which is a fantastic name for a city - side note. A musician herself this particular recipient confessed a love for rock concerts. So I sent her the Vogue. Pretty self explanatory.

The First Postcard Sent

So Post Crossing requires that you send out postcards and they be registered as received before your name gets put on the list to receive. Just a simple send one get one system. Well here is my first postcard. For the receivers' and senders' security I won't include names or address.

This is a post card of the farmers market downtown. It was sent to a young woman who lives near Spijkenisse, Netherlands. She asked for pictures of downtown building so this was what I sent. One post card down.

Coming Soon!

Soon I will show you the postcards I send all around the world & all the postcards I receive from around the world.

Post Crossing