Saturday, April 20, 2013

Postcards Received week of April 14th thru April 20th

Taiwan




Belarus

This postcrosser wrote that Mir when translated means peace. She also wrote that Mir is the heart of Europe.




China




Latvia

This postcrosser plays World of Warcraft and loves to sing and play the guitar.


Saturday, March 23, 2013

Stats for 2012

I just noticed I completely forgot to do this at the beginning of the year. I didn't make my goal of sending and receiving a 100 cards but I came close despite how busy I was last year.


Sent
Album for Sent Postcards
Postcards Sent91
Breakdown of Postcards Sent
Official91
Successful Swaps0
Unsuccessful Swaps (Cheated-They never Sent Postcard)0
Non-Swaps0
Unknown Swaps (Still Traveling)0
Total91
Total Number of Countries Sent25


Top 3 Countries Sent To
USA (11 Postcards)
Finland, Germany, Netherlands & Taiwan (9 Postcards Each)



Received
Album for Received Postcards
Postcards Received95
Breakdown of Postcards Received
Official93
Direct Swaps1
Purchased0
From Friends & Family1
Total95
Total Number of Countries Received29


Top 3 Countries Received From
USA (11 Postcards)
Netherlands (10 Postcards)
Russia (9 Postcards)



Travelling Sheets & Notebooks
Number of Pages0
Traveling Sheets Projects0
Notebooks0




Collections
Number of Collections0
Completed0


Postcards Received the Week of March 17th thru March 23rd

Georgia, USA

This postcrosser works at the science museum where this postcard is from.




Netherlands

This postcrosser wrote that Nymegen is the oldest city in Holland.  It is about 1500 years old.




Japan




Germany




Russia

I love this postcard and the stamps are great too.





Saturday, March 2, 2013

Postcards Received Week of February 24th thru March 2nd

Netherlands




Poland

The postcrosser translated the illustration on the back which says  "....midnight, car rushes on dirt road.  The driver nervously looked back..."

He said that with a sentence like that it could be part of a horror book.  He prefers fantasy and adventure stories.




Germany

This postcrosser is looking forward to finishing school this year and traveling to Australia for a year.




Korea

This postcrosser wrote that the postcard is of a Korean Crane dance performance.  It was one of the court dances for the kings of the old dynasties.




Russia




China



Saturday, December 22, 2012

Postcards Received December 16th thru December 22nd

Tennessee, USA

Here is the recipe for Southern Pecan Pie.

3 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
1 cup dark corn syrup
1/3 cup melted butter or margarine
1 cup pecan halves
1 9-inch unbaked pastry shell
Dash of salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat eggs thoroughly with sugar, dash of salt, corn syrup and melted butter or margarine. Add pecans.  Pour into unbaked pastry shell.  Bake for 50 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between center and outside of filling comes out clean.  Cool.  




Korea
This postcrossers favorite season is winter.




Czech Republic




Germany