It's orange!

After some stupid kids blew up our mailbox we hadn’t a mailbox for 2 months. That means cycling to another mailbox which takes way more time than the short walk to the old one on the corner of my street.

But finally, we have a new one! And it’s ORANGE! I like orange. Yeah, I’m Dutch ;) Below you can see some pictures from our first meeting. I think we are gonna friends.

Storks and Cauliflower

Last Thursday have sent this card to Anna in Russia. (are all Russian girls named Anna?) She wrote on her Postcrossing profile that she likes colourful cards. I think this one is colourful.

You can see a stork with a baby in his mouth. I wrote about the Dutch traditions to tell little children that they were found in the cauliflower or that they are brought by a stork.

I love stork tradition. You can see storks everywhere when there is a new born in a house. Do you have traditions like this in your country as well?

From............. Russia!

Saturday I received this postcard from Roman. He lives in Voronezh, Russia.

I’m a very curious person so I really want to know what I see on the card. Does anyone know what the red pyramid is?

A little bit support

I’m in the mailing list of Amnesty Nederland. I get emails in my inbox which I can reply to put my name on a petition. It’s easy and it really works. I’m always very happy when I receive an email with good news from Amnesty.


But, Amnesty also has a “Groetenlijst” (Regards list). It’s a list with names, stories, and addresses from people all over the world. Some are in prison, others are threatened but they are all human rights activists who could use a little support. You can chose a name from the list and write a letter or card. They have sentences in the language you have to use. I like to send cards to people from the list. It’s not much but I hope it will give them the strength to keep on going.
This is the card I have sent to Norma Cruz, Guatemala. She fights for protection and civil rights for woman.

If you are interested, take a look at the Amnesty website. Make sure you checked the rules bofore sending a card. Sometimes people can get big problems if you put the name Amnesty on you card as example. You don’t want to bring them in bad positions, right?

If you have some questions about it. Feel free to ask me!

Goodmorning Russia

I asked for an address on Postcrossing this morning. It’s always a surprise to who and which country you have to send a postcard. Today it’s to Anna in Russia. Russia is a big country with lots of Postcrossing members so I have to send to Russia a lot. (Just like the USA)


Anna said on her profile that she likes babies, so I hope she likes my card to. I think the little clothes are cute.

I like to learn something about another country so I have a list with facts about the Netherlands. This is what I wrote on Anna’s card:

The Netherlands are 6.7 meters below sea level, at its lowest point, which is a polder near Rotterdam. When you land at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, you are actually four meters below sea level.

If you are a Postcrossing member: What do you write on your cards?

From Santa, for you

I have told you about Secret Santa a few days ago. The picture were from the presents I got but I sent a package to. It was the first time I went to the post office with something big. I was afraid that I did it all wrong but it’s not difficult at all! Haha! Almost the same as a postcard or letter. Only a little bit bigger (and more expensive…).


This is what I bought and sent:

Coffee in Taiwan

Last week I saw some cards at the HEMA which I didn't see before. Most of the cards I sent are from the HEMA (A Dutch store with almost everything). The cards are cheap but also very nice and they have enough to choose. One of the cards I bought is this one:

 I'm going to send it to Winnie in Taiwan. I wrote about the Dutch economy. When you visit someone for a cup of coffee (Bakkie doen) you get just one cookie. We, Dutch people, don't like to spend money. When you're lucky you get a cookie at every cup of coffee but don't expect a bowl full of cookies at the table!

Mmm, I don't think that Winnie will come to visit my little country now she knows this…

Time means nothing

Today I rememberd a movie about letters which time travelled. This blog is about post and everything around it so I thought let’s make a Blog post about it!

The movie is called: The Lake House. It’s an American remake of the South Korean movie Il Mare.

A lonely doctor starts to write love letters to the new owner of her house at a lake. The architect who lives there write her back and a romance starts. They try to unravel the mystery when they found out that there is a difference in time between them.

It’s a romantic movie in which the letters have an important role.

The Lake House


Il Mare