Russian Christmas

Yeeeey! A new card arrived! It comes all the way from Russia. I got this lovely Christmas card from Natasha. When I read the card, I didn’t expect that she is just 14. Her English is brilliant!

I really, really like it that she sent me a Christmas card. The tree looks very classic which I prefer by a Christmas tree. I love Christmas so you can send met Christmas cards the whole year!

Thank you again, Natasha!
спасибо

Niederländischen Tulpen?

I have sent this card to Tobias in Kornwestheim, Germany. I used my best German, which is very bad actually, to write something about the Tulips on the card. They are typical Dutch, just like wooden shoes. Originally they come from Turkey. The Viennese ambassador from Turkey brought them to Europe in the 16e century.

This is the message I got from Tobias when he received my card:

"Hallo Michelle,
vielen herzlichen Dank für deine Karte!
Ich habe mich sehr gefreut:)
Happy postcrossing:)
Tobias"

“Hello Michelle,
Thank you very much for your card!
I was very happy :)
Happy Postcrossing :)
Tobias”

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?

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?

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…

Joy to the world, the Lord has come!

Zalig Kerstfeest iedereen! Merry Christmas everyone!
Frohe Weihnachten allen!
Feliz Navidad a todos!
大家圣诞快乐！
С Рождеством всех!


(I have sent this card to Olya in Ukraïne with Postcrossing)

All I want for Christmas

I love almost everything that has something to do with Christmas and, ofcourse, especially Christmas cards. My Mom bought me those lovely cards with angels. I like them being ‘old’ and classic. I prefer cards like this more than cards with crazy Santa’s or photo cards from families with ugly Christmas hats.

I got my first Christmas card today. It's from my Grandma and I'll show it soon :)

Just Love...

Here are a few of my favorite postcards I got from Postcrossingmembers

So, as you can see, I like vintage and cute cards. I got the card with The Mistery Of The Brass Bound Trunk from an old woman from Canada. She told me that it's the cover of a book she read more than 50 years ago. How cool?!

What kind of cards do you like?

Christmas Wish Project

It was the first Sunday of the advent period last Sunday. And for me, a real Christmas lover, the day I can start with all the nice Christmas things. One of the  traditions is to send Christmas cards to wish ‘A merry Christmas and a happy new year!’. Of course I’m gonna send lots of cards to my family, friends, neighbours and colleagues.  But, this year I want to do more. So I’ll start a little project to send cards to people or organisations which can use a little bit extra attention.  So, do you know someone who does lots of volunteer work, someone who had a very hard year or something like that? Let me know it! If you  give me the address and the reason why they deserve an extra Christmas card, I’ll send a special Christmas wish.

Birthday Post

Today I’ll show you all the postcards I got for my birthday 1,5 week ago. I got cards from my family, friends and also from Marlous and an early card from Elina, Postcrossing.

(I think my postman has problems with his back now.)

A photo from Taiwan

Ellie sent me this beautiful card last Saturday. She made the photo on the card herself. I think it is wonderful.

Thank you Ellie!

Just a card from Leiden

When I had to wait 30 minutes at the trainstation in Leiden, because I missed my train, I took a look at the postcardcabinet in the HEMA. There I found this card. It's very simple, but it says exactly what it has to say:

Geen e-mail,     No email,
Geen voicemail,     No voicemail,
Geen sms,     No sms,
Of een msn,     Or a msn,
Maar gewoon een kaart uit Leiden!     Just a card from Leiden

I decided to buy it and sent it to my best friend. We don't see eachother very often because we live and study in different citiess. Let's hope she likes my card!