Happy mailbox, happy me

I did several swaps again and here are the results.

I got so many nice cards and stamps that I put the latter in 

a separate post. 

So lets get started!

The first two postcards you see here 

I received from Slovenia for the 

"your language" swap. 

This card came from Poland with a nice view on

Czartoryski Palace in Pulawy 

This card came from a German swapper but,

as you can see, this is a beautiful view on Hohensalzburg Castle

and Nonnberg Abbey, Salzburg, Austria

And to end with, this card from Midland, Texas, U.S.A.

Not from a swap but from my kind pen-friend who lives there.

From the back:

In 1880, the Texas Pacific Railroad began to lay tracks 

westward from Fort Worth at about the same time that 

the Soutern Pacific began building east from El Paso.

The place where the tracks met bacame known as Midway. 

Later, the name was changed to Midland when it was discovered 

that there was another Texas town by the same name. 

The Parmian Basin, of which Midland is the geographic center, 

is said to contain 25% of the nation's reserves. 

Lots of cards!

This postcard came from a sweet friend of mine in the US

The card shows a two year old Pawnee - Otoe Indian dancer 

Yes! I participated in the "chunk o' cardboard" swap

from Swap-bot again. This chunk came from the US,

I "met" the sender a few times already, and I am sure

we'll meet again. 

Some of the stickers, tape and stamps he used at the back

Lots of stamps! 

This lovely letter came from my pen-friend 

Kasia, here in Belgium.

She wrote part of her letter on the cat cards! 

More mail from Russia

My Russian swap partner let me know he sent two envelopes.

I was a bit surprised, because I simply agreed to swap and expected "one for one", 

but I like the content of this envelope even more than the first one!

More languages

For my language collection

this time mail from the Czech Republic

I should check from where I received mail and how many languages 

I got so far!

Mail from Russia

I don't have much to show on my blog these days,

simply because I am still working on the mail I received

during my vacation. 

But I received this fun envelope today from Russia

It is part of my "your language" swap

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! 

Mail from Portugal and the Netherlands

Mail is slow these days, sending and receiving,

it is summer after all and yes, I am lazy. 

But! I got some nice cards and other things I should blog about asap!

I received this card form Portugal

with a view on Cascais

This card came from a Postcrossing meeting in the Netherlands

It was a "bake meeting" so the cake is really on topic.

Lots of happy mail!

Just look at this amazing cat card I got from Finland!

The art is by Annika Hiltunen

and look at the back of the card, so pretty

Synchronized skating

(2015)

With a matching priortiry sticker, the Fins are so good at

 This great package arrived from Japan for 

my "your language" swap.

It makes the manga/anime fan in me drool!

I never understood why the Japanese threw away manga 

when they didn't like it, but several of the little booklets

in this package are real manga. So basically it's like throwing

away a magazine you finished. Before I knew this,

I saw piles and piles of soft covers, costing at least 7 euro here,

ending up in the bin.

Last but not least, pen-friend mail! 

A nice letter from the Netherlands

(My mom already drank the tea)

Even more spoiled with mail from Taiwan

And to end, a letter from a new pen-friend from the USA

The stickers made me giggle, pink glittery skulls! 

I've been really lucky this week!