Category: Mail

This is from Aveiro, “the Venice of Portugal,” and I learned that the city is surrounded by salt flats, beaches, lagoons and dominated by the central canal running through town.  It looks lovely.  Thanks Monica.

This beautiful postcard was sent from Australia, but the person who sent it had just returned from Singapore, where they celebrated Chinese New Year and this postcard is actually from Singapore, not Australia.   So international, Postcrossing is.  They also gave me a George Carlin quote:  “Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
 

And look at this darling stamp!
 

Some people on Postcrossing are very specific in their dislike of advertising cards.  After getting this postcard, I have to agree with them.  The front is this nice picture, and the back is a map of how to get to this picture.  The person who sent it did not include any greeting or even information about the country of origin.  I haven’t been on Postcrossing long enough to get picky, but I can say that this was not my favorite postcard experience.   

This is from Evy, who is in her first year studying “for Social Worker.”  She’s very excited about her studies.  She hopes I like the shoes.  I do.  I especially like the orange ones.

This is from Astrid and I was thrilled to receive it because it’s the first postcard I’ve gotten with a quote on it. Astrid translates Kafka’s words as “ways arised because someone goes there” and then says, “I hope you understand, I cannot translate it correct.”  I did a bit of googling and found that it’s most often translated in English as “Paths are made by walking.”  Interesting, eh?

This is from Sonia who is a senior in high school and hopes I can come to Taiwan.  She also hopes I like the postcard.  I do!    It reminds me of the movie Hannah.  But in a good way.
 

This postcard is from Jule, who lives by the Black Sea in Germany.  She translates the front as “Life is an adventure—dare it.”
 

There seem to be a goodly number of Germans who do Postcrossing.  This was from Olaf, who told me he would drive to Sweden tomorrow, to relax.  

I think this is just about the cheeriest thing I’ve seen all winter.  Meulikki writes that she is having the flu.  I’m glad she found time to write me this postcard.

A self-identified “17-year-old man” sent me this fun photo.  He says Hong Kong is a beautiful city and wished me good luck.

This one had a bible verse on the back of it.  I should have seen that coming when I requested quotes.

This card made me wonder what Princeton, New Jersey really looks like.  I don’t doubt that this bucolic view exists, but it can’t all look like this, right?