This Official Postcrossing card came to me from Czech Republic! Today we’re looking at the little town of Hořovice, located in the Central Bohemian region (midwestern part of the country). This town dates back to the early 1300s, and there isn’t a whole lot known about its early days. But […]
Check out this postcard from New York! This bangin’ card shows the glorious Niagara Falls, located between Ontario (Canada) and New York (US). Apparently I wrote a lot about the Falls a year ago – you can check out some details on it here https://apostcardforyou.com/2020/05/spreading-falls-hoods/ and here https://apostcardforyou.com/2020/05/part-two-of-being-falls-y/! So something […]
Ho-“Oh my word”, what a lovely Official Postcrossing card from Washington! That’s my idea of a play on words – I’m getting worse at it with age. I swear – every type of postcard I receive makes me react differently: multiviews make me go “ahhh, what a neat place!”; handmade […]
This Official Postcrossing postcard came to me from the UK! This was a really cool and fitting postcard for the times – it’s a vintage poster beckoning people to practice courtesy when sick in public! This dates back to the time of WWII, which explains the blurb at the bottom […]
I received this lovely Official Postcrossing card from New Jersey! This one shows an interesting quote from writer Mark Twain, author of books like “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “The Prince and the Pauper”. What I gather from this quote is that bottling up an emotion like anger will […]
I got this Official Postcrossing card from Arizona! Anybody from my generation remember the days back in middle school where you’d walk into a clothing shop and see Happy Bunny printed on a bunch of the shirts? Maybe if/when you visited the boardwalk? (For some reason that’s the memory that […]
Here’s a rad Official Postcrossing postcard from California! Anyone recognize what this concept art is of? Hint 1: A galaxy far, far away. Hint 2: Bounty hunter. Hint 3: Okay I’ll just tell you the answer – it’s the Slave I! This is “a modified Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft” […]
This one is a postcard from Poland! Featured is the Izrael Poznański Palace, located in the city of Łódź, in the voivodeship of the same name (central Poland). So of course when I see these Polish city names I always ask myself, “how in the world do you pronounce that? […]
Check out this sweet postcard of the U.S. Virgin Islands! Shown here is Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the island of St. Thomas. Uh okay first of all – I should mention that the U.S. Virgin Islands can be found in the Caribbean Sea, southeast of the States (look for […]
This postcard came to me from Indonesia! This illustration is a scene of the famous Indonesian folklore, Timun Mas, or “The Golden Cucumber”. This was a fascinating one to read about – I’ll give you a synopsis! So there’s an old lady living by the jungle, who wishes to have […]