Saturday 31 July 2010

Postcrossing~ my new hobby

Last week after chatting to a friend, I looked into Postcrossing. Basically you register to the website and send and receive postcards from total strangers from all over the world.

On Monday i hit the magic button that tells me a code and an address of a person to send a card to.

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The first address to appear was from Belgium. I can send upto 5 postcards at a time and as soon as one of them is registered as been received using the special code we are given, i get a message to say its arrived and that i can send another card.

The next out of the box was Canada  canadian flag

Then Taiwan, which is apparently 9.622km away from where i am. and the furthest i’ve posted as yet.

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the 4th place i had to send one to was Russia and each time i got a new address i smiled as its quite exciting not knowing who your posting cards to and also that they at their end are smiling too at receiving one. 

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My final address of the day was in Germany

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Since posting them last Monday, 2 have been received which meant i could ask for 2 more addresses. So i have now posted a card to Costa Rica  & The Czech Republic

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As yet i haven’t received any back but as soon as i do i’ll blog about it. I’m quite interested in other cultures and am so excited at the thought of the postman dropping a wonderful postcard from somewhere in the world, onto my door mat.

I recommend you all to take a look at Postcrossing what a wonderful way to learn about the rest of the world.

2 comments:

  1. well that must be my new thing for the day, as I have never ever heard of postcrossing. I am not going to click on the link, as I really, really don't need to get into anything new at the moment, as I barely have enough time in the day as it is.

    Enjoy the rest of your Sunday,

    Gill in Canada

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  2. what a cool idea!! going to see :o)
    x

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