Greetings from the past

Brazil

If you think this card looks old, you are right, but there's a story behind it that I would like to share with you all. It was 1980 when my parents got married and decided to spend their honeymoon in Brazil. They went to the marvelous Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, and to the beautiful city of Salvador. Once there, they sent this postcard: it was written by my mother and addressed to my father's parents.

Almost two years later... I was born. Many years went by, I started collecting postcards, and during Mother's Day celebration in 2011 (we celebrate it in October), my grandmother showed up with this card saying I should have it.

The view is not that great, but this is definitely the most special card I have. Even my parents were thrilled when my grandmother took the card out of her bag. Totally unexpected, absolutely awesome.

Have you ever received a very special old card?

Happy autumn!

Lucas C. | Argentina | May 2012

Summer is, unfortunately, over. Well... at least here in the southern hemisphere. But as much as I would like to live in an endless sunny season, autumn does have its own beautiful views. To welcome it, I decided to share this Argentine postcard that I received around a year ago. Mendoza was the land of my grandfather and it's one of my favorite holiday destinations within Argentina. The Andes (which can be seen on the card) offers amazing and different views along the year, and it is the western border of my country. On the other side: Chile.

The Andes is the longest continental mountain range in the world, and is the world's highest mountain range outside of Asia. If you ever fly from Argentina to Chile (or the other way around), please don't forget to look down. Pretty impressive, I must say.

Do you miss summer / winter? How are you welcoming autumn / spring?

Hello world... once again

Wow... it's been over a year since my first and last post here. That wasn't what I had in mind for this space, but life got in the middle and kept me too busy to start sharing all the great cards I have received. If you are wondering why I'm back, that's just because a good friend of mine has recently spent his holidays in Europe and decided to bring me a lovely pile of postcards! I was so thrilled that my postcrossing love arose once again together with my will to share my collection in this blog. As a sign of goodwill, and just to get started, here's one of my official sent cards, which seems to be very popular among other postcrossers around the world.

Did anyone ever get this card?