Remember that November

 


DE-118030
Sender: piafenten
From: Germany
Arrived: Nov. 30th 2007
Distance: 11.662 km
Traveled: 9 days
 

I joined the postcrossing adventure after a Spanish friend of mine told me about the site and her beautiful collection. That was back in 2007, and once my first sent card was registered, I was really looking forward to finding a card in my mailbox. At that time, I thought postcards were all about single views, plain stamps, and "greetings from..." messages. Imagine my surprise when I got this card: unwritten, no stamps, inside an envelope, but there was a letter... written in German.

The letter was so long and sweet that I didn't even mind all the rest. It gave me not only the opportunity to practice my German skills, but a good insight of piafenten's life in Germany. Over 5 years later, I'm still wondering why someone would choose such a card (the letter just said it was one of her favorites, with no additional comments) and how should I categorize it. But something I learned over these years is that when it comes to postcards, there's no accounting for taste. All in all, not what I was expecting, but I was very happy anyway.

Was your first received card what you were expecting?

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?