Let's visit some countries...

We will start in

Denmark, Copenhagen

Next stop, Hallstatt, Austria

We already have map for Milton Keynes, UK

München, Germany

This is the Palace of the Parliament, Romania

When possible, go to a Postcrossing meeting 

while travelling! Like this one in the Netherlands!

Or this one on the border of the Netherlands and Germany

We will end with a tour around the States

The bear guides us to California.

More specifically to Venice Beach.

Do you know The Magic House in Missouri?

A quick stop in Sun City West, Arizona

Hello Texas! 

Say goodbye to The White House in Washington D.C.

The lady with the beard

And suddenly I have more official Postcrossing card 

received than sent! I have to do something about that.

Another cat from France, cute! 

I know this is a very common stamp, 

I just thought the cancellation was pretty funny.

This card came unwritten from Spain, with a separate note, 

and a lot of stamps added in the envelope!

And on the envelope as well.

Stamp in the middle:

250th birthday of 

Vicente Martín y Soler

2004

Stamps on the right:

"Casa de Antonio Lópes Torres"

Unfortunately I couldn't find decent info 

about this painter

2013

 The last official for the day, 

from the U.S.A.

 This card was send to me through 

Sendsomething, from the U.S.A.

It is a picture of, the now dwarf, planet Pluto.

Top left:

100th birthday of Andrew Wyeth

2017

Top right:

World Stamp Show-NY 2016

Bottom:

Elvis Presley

2015

Long overdue update

 Yes, birthday mail from last month! 

My birthday was on the 12th of March

and I received lovely mail to celebrate.

These cards come from fellow postcrossers in 

Belgium and The Netherlands

From my sweet pen-friend in The Netherlands

with more Japanse candy! 

From another dear (pen-)friend in the Netherlands

She spoiled me! 

Harry Potter letter paper!!! from my pen-friend in Portugal

She included a sweet homemade birthday card 

which I of course forgot to include in the photo

And look how she decorated the back of the envelope!

I have to get my hands on such stamps as well!

This letter has nothing to do with my birthday,

but my Japanese pen-friend always spoils me.

More mail from Asia, Taiwan

My pen-friend thought of me when she saw

the cat cards, haha. They are really cute indeed!

Mail from Turkey! I hope I'll hear from this girl again.

She just started sending mail via sendsomething and 

I was one of the lucky people who got a surprise package from her:

coffee (way too strong for my taste, but so happy I could try it),

tea, a little panda chocolate (which looked really cute, I still ate it though),

a postcard and a letter! 

These Christmas stamps come from the Netherlands!

Postcrossers are kind people, we help each other out,

stamps for me, tea for the lady who collected them 

from her mail. Works perfect!

Postcards!

Let me start with this one from Mexico!

A teacher asked for swaps for his students

and of course I couldn't resist. 

This is a view on the church of Arandas

This stamp from 2015

celebrates 125 years of Treaty of the Metre

in Mexico

The next two beauties came from 

a fellow postcrosser and (pen-)friend of mine 

Isn't this kitty cute? 

This one comes from the USA

from a pen-friend I "met" on Sendsomething

Another Sendsomething card, from Canada, Toronto

Year of the Monkey 2016

Designed by Albert Ng and Linna Xu, the stamp is inspired by Sun Wukong, or Monkey King, a central character from the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West. It features a stylized portrait of Sun Wukong, whose colourful crown and headband extend beyond the stamp’s upper border. In the lower right corner is the Chinese character hóu, meaning monkey. The character is written in gold, one of the Monkey’s lucky colours.

The Year of the Monkey begins on February 8, 2016, and ends on January 27, 2017. The ninth of 12 animals to appear in the Lunar Calendar, the Monkey is traditionally thought of as all-powerful and God-like, representing honour, luck, riches and longevity.

And last but not least,

this card comes from Turkey, Istanbul

via Postcrossing

Letters from old and new friends!

This letter from the Netherlands was a total surprise! 

I don't even remember when I received the previous

letter from this pen-friend. 

But look at how nice it is! With sweets, a card and 

a Cardcaptor Sakura hanger she brought all the way 

from Japan! 

This letter fell in my mailbox today, from the US,

it comes from a new pen-friend! She found my

profile on Sendsomething and decided to write. 

Of course I am going to reply! 

Lovely surprises and Christmas cards!

A very kind Italian lady sent me all this letter paper as a surprise 

as she is clearing out her collection! I am so happy with it all and

even used some of it already. 

One of my sweet pen-friends from Japan included

these little bags of Furikake, I had never heard of 

it before, but I am open to try new things. 

We already sprinkled some of the spices on our rice!

These are Christmas card 6 & 7 already, both from the U.S.A. 

The one on the left is from a pen-friend, 

the right one is from Mooshi the cat! 

Back from vacation, time to show my incoming mail!

Hello all! I am back from the States 

and was lucky to come home to a nice pile of mail! 

I am sorry for the quality of the pics, I am still really tired 

and my hands are far from steady.

Postcards from the Netherlands and the one bottom right 

comes from Romania! 

A letter from Tessa from the Netherlands!

Look at the nice envelope and pretty paper

A card from the USA via Sendsomething

Three letters from Japan! 

Spoiled by all my sweet pen-friends

Swap from Indonesia, for the "my language" collection

And last but not least, a letter I got today from 

my pen-friend in Canada

Pucca love!