Postcard no. 8 received!

On 28 january I received my 8th postcard. It came from Belarus ("Wit-Rusland" in Dutch). It took 8 days to get here. Belarus was part of the former Soviet Union.
Officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno (Hrodna), Gomel (Homiel), Mogilev (Mahilyow) and Vitebsk (Vitsebsk). Over forty percent of its 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) is forested, and its strongest economic sectors are agriculture and manufacturing.

The postcard shows a kind of falcon, that probably is native to Belarus.

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Flag of Belarus

Postcard no. 7 received!

On 27 january I received my 7th postcard. It came from Germany, the city of Hamburg. It took only three days to get here! Very fast. Nice to know about Hamburg: it is the second-largest city in Germany and the seventh-largest city in the European Union (1.8 million people).

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Stamp used on the card

Freedom of the Seas behind the Landungsbrücken

Postcard no. 6 received!

On 25 january I received my 6th postcard, it came from Canada! A nice map card of the country.

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 Stamps used on the card

Postcard received, no. 5

Today I received my 5th postcard! It is a crad from the Czech Republic. It shows the Ossuary in Kutná Hora - Sedlec.
The Sedlec Ossuary (Czech: kostnice Sedlec) is a small Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints (Czech: Hřbitovní kostel Všech Svatých) in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, many of whom have had their bones artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel. The ossuary is among the most visited tourist attractions of the Czech Republic, attracting over 200,000 visitors yearly (source: wikipedia).

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Postcard no. 4 received!

Today, saturday 21st of january I received my 4th postcard through Postcrossing! That make's me always happy, to find a nice card in the mail!
The card was sent from Germany and shows a square view with a statue in the city of Bremen. A nice touristic card. I like those very much.

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Stamp used on the card

Postcard received, no. 3!

On january 20th I received my third postcard, from Israel! A nice card, showing the national flag.

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Stamps used on the postcard

Second postcard received!

On 18th of january I received my second postcard! It was sent from the Philippines, but the sender is a postcrossing member of China. She works in the Philippines. There was also no stamp on the card, but a postal stamp, unfortunately, because I really like the stamps.
The postcard shows a local dance of the Philippines. It's called Pang-Alay, a Yakan's courtship dance from the Philippines.

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 Postal stamp used on the card

 

Postcard no. 7 registered!

On 19th of january my 7th postcard was registered. It was sent to Germany and it took 6 days to get there.

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Special Postcrossing stamp, issued in october 2011 by the Dutch Postal Services.

This stamp I used on the card to send it to Germany.

6th postcard registered!

Today my 6th postcard got registered! It was sent to the USA. It took 11 days to get there. The card shows a protestant church in the town of Veenendaal in the province of Utrecht.

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This is the stamp I used on the postcard.

5th card registered

Also today my 5th card got registered. It was sent to Germany, Stuttgart. I sent a nice card of a football. Because the receiver likes sports and especially soccer. So that's why. Below the card.

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On the back of the card I drew a small drawing of FC Knudde. The receiver asked to draw something on the card. So this was my little art contribution.

Stamp used on the card to send to Germany

First postcard received!!

Whoooohoooo!

I received my first postcard through Postcrossing today! Whooohooooo! It came from Poland, from a small village named Piecowice, near the Czech border. It took only 3 days to get to me from Poland! That's very quickly! Below the card. It shows the cathedral of Wroclaw, Poland.

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 The stamp on the back of the card.

For every card I will receive I will show the flag of the country and the country map en a larger country map. See below.

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Map of Poland and Poland in Europe.

4th postcard was registered!

Hurray!

My 4th postcard got registered today! It was sent to Taiwan, it travelled 9430 km!! The furthest card sent till now. It was sent on the 22nd of december 2011. Below the image of the postcard. It shows a row of houses and a windmill in the town of Veenendaal.

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3rd postcard got registered!

Today, monday 9th of january, my third postcard sent with Postcrossing was registered by the receiver. It was sent to France. It shows a view of Volendam, the fisher town near Amsterdam. I have been there a couple of times. Nice to visit.You can also see there the local folk clothing.

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Tweede ansichtkaart aangekomen!

Op vrijdag 6 januari 2012 is de tweede ansichtkaart aangekomen, verstuurd naar Litouwen. De kaart heeft er 16 dagen over gedaan, verstuurd op 22 december 2011, met 3 kerstzegels erop. De kaart toont een kunstwerk in een park in Veenendaal.

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Eerste ansichtkaart is aangekomen!

Mijn eerste ansichtkaart verstuurd via Postcrossing is aangekomen in de U.S.A. (San Antonio, Texas)!! Na 15 dagen onderweg te zijn geweest. Vanaf nu kan ik dus ook ansichtkaarten gaan ontvangen, ben benieuwd!

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