Monday, May 4, 2009

From Stefan - Reykjavik, Iceland

Hi, my name is Stefan and I live in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland.

From Iris, Ithaca, NY

Hi Brian! Is Ithaca is very beautiful this time of year. I am graduating from Cornell this summer. Have a great day!
- Iris

Friday, May 1, 2009

From Monica - Minneapolis

There is a restaurant called Galactic Pizza whose delivery drivers wear superhero costumes and drive electric cars. Have a great day!
- Monica

From Aurelija - Lithuania

Greetings from Lithuania! I hope you will like this card. It's one of my favorites! :-) Good luck!
- Aurelija

From Nelson - Chelsea, Michigan

Hey Brian! Add this postcard from Michigan to your collection! I collect postcards too, but most of mine are from my dad when he goes on business. He just went to Dubai and Hong Kong! Have a great week!
Nelson

From Ida - Finland

Hi! My name is Ida and I'm 19 years old. I live in Finland. Finland is small and beautiful country in North Europe. Easter come soon (yeah, I'm a little behind) and it's very nice. What do you do in Easter? We eat chocolate eggs and "mimmi." They are good :-)
- Ida

From Nina - Utrecht, Holland

Hi Brian. Greetings from Utrecht. I am Nina, 26, and I work as an editor at a book publishing firm. I like that write for a newspaper! Happy Postcrossing!
- Nina

From Woody - Taipei, Taiwan

Hello Brian. This is a greeting card from Taiwan. I'm Woody live in Taipei. This card is a view of southern of Taiwan. Hope you'll like it.
- Woody

From Fernando - Valle Gran Rey, Spain

Hola Brian: My name is Fernando and I am writing from Valle Gran Rey, in Canary Islands. I am a teacher of 46 years old. My family and I are living in a town called Candelaria. This postcard is from the Gomera, other Canary Island where we were several weeks ago. I like to travel, to read, but my prefer hobby is the philately. I have my philatelic friends around the world. Sincerely,
Fernando

From ?? - Kristiinankaupunki, Finland

Dear Brian, greetings from small Finnish town - Kristiinankaupunki - with lots of traditional wooden houses. Our old church is wooden too. This new one is made of brick. I am writing in a newspaper too, plus chief-editing a home town magazine. Happy postcrossing!

From William - Shaanxi, China

Hi Brian, Nice to meet you by postcard. Postcards are always the souvenirs and memories of my travelling. This one is peasant painting, folk art, from Shaanxi, which I bought in front of Shaanxi history museum when I visited Xian. Being on the the ancient cities of China, soldiers and horse figures (wood and clay ones (?) burried (sic) with dead in Qin dynasty) is the most famous historical spot. Hope you like it!
- William

From ?? - Catanzaro

Hi Brian,
I live in Catanzaro, a nice town in the south of Italy! I hope you like this postcard that depicts some places of my town by night and day. Best regards!

From DA - Oslo, Norway

Dear Brian, This is my first postcard to a stranger. Feel free to be proud! I'm at work now, Saturday morning. i work at the local newspaper. I don't get to write anything yet, but I have my own desk and I answer e-mails. I started today by searching through the building for stamps. How come the newspaper doesn't have stamps? It's a small office, but still. Now I'll have to buy my own, or you'll never get this card.
- DA

From Rirda - Seoul, South Korea

Greetings from Seoul, South Korea! I hope this will be a new addition to your collection! This is one of the famous sites in Cheju Island. It's a popular place for school trips, family trips, and honeymoon! I wish you the best of luck through the year!
- Rirda

From Anita - Adelaide, Australia

Dear Brian, This is my very first postcrossing postcard and I have to say that I think it's quite thrilling to see where it can take you via your postcards. I've never been to the US myself, but I'm sneding my regards and all the best from the "City of Churches."
- Anita

From Patt - Thailand

Hello. I am a writer too, but for international law article, once a month. I believe that you have a lot of temple postcard therefore, I send what I like to share to you. I love to visit art gallery.
- Patt

From Tina - Taiwan

Dear Brian. This postcard is from south part of Taiwan. These pagodas are very special. If you want to go into these pagodas, you have to go into dragon and tiger's mouth first. It's very interesting! I hope you will like this postcard and nice to meet you! :-)
- Tina

From Eva - From Seattle

Hello, if you ever come West, be sure to visit Seattle's Pike Place Market, the Space Needle and hike on Mt. Rainier. They are all fabulous places to see. I live SE of Seattle on the way to Mt. Rainier and the view are glorious on sunny days.
- Eva

From Sandra - Frankfurt, Germany

Hello, Brian. Happy Postcrossing! This is a postcard of Frankfurt Main where I work. I live here with my family about 15 miles outside. Have a great spring!
- Sandra

From ?? - Ningbo, China

I'm a 21 year old girl and now I'm studying in Ningbo, a beautiful coastal city in China. Best wishes and Happy Postcrossing!

From Wei-Jean - Chicago

My name is Wei-Jean and I'm from Malaysia but currently studying and living in Chicago, so we're on the same continent! Thanks for sharing your story about your love of postcards. I think it's really funny and cool. It's always nice to hear about other people who love and want to travel around the world too. I've been to Australia and it's BEAUTIFUL! I hope you reach your dreams! I mean goal to cover all continents! Take care,
- Wei-Jean

From Juin - Filand

Hi, Brian! Greetings from Finland. This is our landscape today. Snowy. Tomorrow I am going to Azores (flight 6 hours) I have traveled very much (35 countries) But I already 61 years old!
- Juin

From ?? - Taiwan

Hi, greetings from Taiwan.

From Robert - Slovenia

Hello I really really cannot remember if I sent you a postcard or not, so I'm sending you another one. Greetings.
- Robert

From Adele - Pennsylvania

Hello, Brian. Greetings from the Northeast. I live 35 miles east of Scranton in the Pocono Mts. 15,000 people live here. There is much farmland and wildlife.
- Adele

From Jercan - Estonia

Hi! Holiday greetings from Estonia! Happy Easter!
- Jercan

From Hunimka - Bialystok (Poland)

Hi, best wishes from Bialystok!! As you can see it's a beautiful city in the north-east Poland. Maby (sic) it isn't the biggest city but for sure the most peaceful. Try to come here, it really is worth seeing.
- Hunimka

From Tyler - San Francisco (via Chicago)

Hi Brian. You're profile says you like typical tourist cards, so here's one from Alcatraz. I hope you like it.
- Tyler

From Kama - Berlin

Hope you had a good day and many many postcards in your post box! I'm really impressed by your postcard passion! Happy Postcrossing!
- Kama

From Vera - Moscow

Hi Brian! Greetings from Moscow. My name is Vera. I choose this card for you. Now Moscow Underground has 175 stations all in all and is 200 km long connecting the most distant areas of Moscow. It's the fastest, most convenient and undoubtedly, most beautiful and favorite transport for the Muscovites and the guests at the capital. About 9 million people use it daily! Hope you like it! Best wishes, Vera.

(BK: Vera isn't kidding. I've ridden subways in Paris, London, Budapest, Madrid, New York, Atlanta and San Francisco and not a single one can hold a candle to the beauty of the Moscow Metro. It was one of my favorite parts of visiting the city. I still remember the stop nearest where we stayed: Tulskaya.)

From Kelly - Shawnee

From Tanya - Krasuoyrsk (Russia)

Brian- I choose the most impressing card, hope you like it. It is a rock "Takmak, just several kms from my city Krasuoyarsk. I laughed a lot about your postcard story. 850 postcards, wow! Wish you reach your goal.
-Tanya

From Rafol - Berlin, Germany

Hello Brian! Greetings form the capital of Germany, Berlin! I am a Polish guy living in Germany since more than 2 years now. That's my name is Polish. Take care!
- Rafol

From ?? - Germany

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From Ksusha - Sydney, Australia

Dear Brian,
Here is a postcard from Glebe, one the most eccentric 'burbs in Sydney. My particular favourite is the shop called Glebe Books. It's got an amazing collection of old and new books, foreign literature and films. Right next to it is another book store called Saphros Book. It's all second hand bincluding some rare music scores and the word is that serve one of the best chous
(?) in town. So there go a couple of things for you to do when you finally visit one of the two remaining continents. Happy Travelling!
- Ksusha

From Carol - Taiwan

How are you: this is my first time written postcard. This postcard is old movie theater in Taiwan Hsinche very specially. Have a wonderful day!
-Carol

From Gigi - Texas

I hope you like this card, it's kind of slim pickings around here. Some of my family is from Columbia and Independence. I hope this card find you and your loved ones happy and healthy!
- Gigi

From Nana - Quanzhou, China

Very happy to post this card to you. Hope you will like it well. Best wishes for you!
- Nana

From Doi - Cebu, The Phillipines

I hope you get to travel to our country too! Am sending you this postcard to show you our wonderful city. I wish you luck in your hopes to travel before 30. 4 more years to go! (I ran out of ink, LOL) Happy Trip!
- Doi

From Kelly - OBU

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From Valentina - St. Petersburg (Russia)

Hello from Russia, from Saint Petersburg. Have you ever hear about my city? About me - I am sure that one day I'll visit USA and probably you city - jeje Good luck!
- Valentina

From Paula - Corubra, Portugal

Hello from Portugal! My name is Paula, and I live in Corubra. The postcard is from "Figueria da Foz," a city about 50 km from Corubra, the work on the sea fishing. Best wishes
- Paula

From Zana, Zagreb, Croatia

Hello form Croatia! Here is the center of Croatia. Capitol square in our Capital city. You can see cathedral too!
- Zana

From Ann-Katlerin - Frankfurt, Germany

Hi Brian!
You can see on the front of the card one of the important reasons why Frankfurt is normally well known: banks! But that's not the reason I love to live here. This city is really multicultural, so one can learn a lot about every culture. Furthermore, I adventure every day something new :-) Best wishes,
- Ann-Katlerin

From Marloes - Amersterdam, Holland

This postcard was sent to you from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I see you love to travel so you probably already visited my city! It's known for art, tulips, soft drugs, gay tolerance and of course lots and lots of bikes. I'm one of the many who take the bike to work every day and I love it!
- Marloes
(BK: I have switched planes in Amsterdam on the way to and from Budapest, but I don't really think that counts. Fun note: this is the second time I've received this postcard.)

From Cloris - China

Nice to meet you. Did you come to China? I live in this country and enjoy my life. I love tour too. But I haven't had enough time or money :-( I hope I can be like you. When I grow up I will go all around the world. To meet some interesting people, then fall in love with someone. haha :-) Happy Postcrossing!