Swaps and meeting cards

I am more into swapping postcards than sending them

through the official Postcrossing system lately, 

and I seem to have a bit of a theme going on. 

Can you guess what it is? 

Isn't this a cutie? 

 Beautiful, traditional Chinese themes

I love these stamps, but I am having some trouble

finding more information about them. 

Help is always welcomed. 

 I got a lot of meeting postcards lately! 

Two more to add to my growing collection, 

the first from Charleroi, Belgium

Left:

Eurasian hoopoe

Right:

Eurasian oystercatcher

And the second from Lisbon, Portugal

The thing that excited me the most about this card

was the cancellation mark. A special Postcrossing

mark for the meeting! 

Battle of the Lys (1918)

2018

This nice postcard from Prague, Czech Republic was 

sent to me through a project 

to write and receive a postcard from a child.

I love this type of projects, where children

are learning about and through the mail. 

 Franz Kafka

2013

This postcard was sent to me by a friend from her 

vacation in Uelsen, Germany

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

Writing Postcards to and receiving postcards from children

Dit is de laatste kaart (tot nu toe) die ik heb ontvangen met mijn deelname aan het project. De kaart toont traditionele kledij van Korea, maar is opgestuurd vanuit Taiwan.
This is the last card (so far) I received participating in the project. The card shows traditional clothing from Korea, but is sent from Taiwan. 

Writing postcards to and receiving postcards from children

Ik heb weer meegedaan aan een swap met kinderen voor educatieve doeleinden. Deze keer komt het kaartje uit Maleisië, van een kind met 'speciale behoeften'.
I participated again in a swap with children for educational purposes. This time the card comes from Malaysia, from a child with special needs. 

Young monkeys on the edge of the rainforest at Taiping town in Perak state.

Writing postcards to and receiving postcards from children

Deze keer niet van Taiwan, maar van Slovenië. Kinderen iets leren via postkaartjes is een geweldig idee en ik wil altijd helpen wanneer ik dat kan. Deze mooie viewkaart komt van de 10 jaar oude Tim.

This time not from Taiwan, but from Slovenia. Teaching children something through postcards is a great idea and I'm always ready to help when I can. This nice viewcard is sent by the 10 year old Tim.

Writing postcards to and receiving postcards from Children! Round 2

Deze ronde is iets anders dan de vorige. Deze keer hebben de kinderen aan iedereen dezelfde drie vragen gesteld, om dan als alle kaartjes ontvangen zijn de antwoorden te kunnen vergelijken.
Op de kaart zie je traditionele poppen die gebruikt worden in het poppentheater in Taiwan.

This round is a bit different from the previous one. This time the children asked the same three questions to everyone, so they can compare the answers when all the cards are received.
On this card you can see traditional puppets used in the puppettheatre in Taiwan.

Writing postcards to and receiving postcards from Children!

Dit is een project van een Postcrosser uit Taiwan. Ze heeft 49 kinderen onder haar hoede die ze op een originele manier wilt aanmoedigen om Engels te leren. Ze zocht dus voor elk van die kinderen een partner om (voor een keer) kaartjes mee uit te wisselen en ik heb mij aangemeld. Ik heb dit kaartje ontvangen van Winnie (met 16 jaar een van de oudste deelnemers). Ze schrijft dat het geluk zou brengen als je de Pagode binnen gaat langs de draak en via de tijger weer buiten komt.

This is a project from a Postcrosser from Taiwan. She has 49 children under her care who she wants to encourage to learn English in an original way. So she was looking for a partner for each child to exchange (once) cards with and I accepted to be one of those 'partners'. I received this card from Winnie (16 years old and one of the oldest participants). She writes that it would bring luck if you enter the Pagoda through the dragon and leave through the tiger.