Ray of mail from Trinidad and Tobago

My mailbox was happy today with 2 letters, an envelope full of postcards, 3 official cards, and 4 swaps including one from Trinidad and Tobago. It only took two weeks to get to me, and I really needed the sunshine from this postcard since it's expected to rain all week! Thanks Reinelle, for the wonderful card! I hope someday you (as well as I) can make it to Tobago.

Greetings from the holy land

Sometimes I go out of my way to message many people on postcrossing to see if they are willing to swap. I have made a few good friends from this tactic and have gotten some beautiful cards. This card is from Israel, a city and meeting point of three major religions (christianity, judaism, and islam). I would like to visit it one day!

Guyana

A few years ago, I got a request for a swap from someone in Guyana. I didn't know what to expect. I did get a lovely card from Guyana even though the sender said they were tough to come across. It is one of the instances where I am glad the sender found me, since this is one of the more difficult countries to get a postcard from.

Postcard from Provence, France

A fellow postcrosser from Germany was traveling to France and Monaco and he was kind enough to send me a card from France. This card is from Provence, which is well known for its lavender fields. I can practically smell the flowers through the card! Thank you, Achim!

Stamp of Notre Dame. 

Info card from Bulgaria

A few weeks ago, I received my first official postcrossing card from Bulgaria. The sender, Liuba, writes that the first card she sent may have gotten lost, so she was kind to send another one my way. I am glad she did, because this is pretty much the definition of a multi-view card. Thanks for the lovely card, Liu

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Special material card made of foam!

I received a pleasant surprise, after about two weeks, and I would guess some rough travel, it finally made it to my mailbox! Laura writes that it was a lot tougher to write on foam than she thought! Glad the postcard and message made it to me, though! Thing like this make me miss Germany and their wider variety of postcards available. For the mean time, I will have to travel through postcards!

Thickness compared to a regular card.

Namibia

Today I got a postcard I had been waiting for a long time...a card from Namibia! Namibia is located in Africa next to Botswana, and the card makes a great addition to my collection. It has been traveling since April, so Charlene writes about how she will go on vacation to a few places. Hope she had fun! Thanks for the wonderful surprise, Charlene!

Mail from Pakistan

I received a postcard from Pakistan after much patience. It was worth the wait! It is a lovely card that finally made it to me.

Big carnival card from Brazil

After collecting so many cards, I find that I like certain themes. One of them has been carnival cards from all over the world. I have some from New Orleans from when I went to Mardi Gras, and this next carnival card from Sao Paolo, Brazil makes a great addition. It took a while to get to me because the Brazilian postal system was down for a while, but I am glad it reached me in one piece! Thanks, Silvia!

Fastest travel record from Liechtenstein

Hello!

Last week I got a postcard from Liechtenstein. It was a great surprise, and then I noticed it was postmarked 5/12/2014! I received it on friday 5/16! This is by far the fastest a postcard has traveled outside of the US (and lately, inside...) Thanks Marie!