Adventures learning geography with two little girls and their mommy, through Google Earth, Postcrossing and Geocaching!

Saturday, March 31, 2012

March 25-31

March 27th

Hurray! US-1590462 was received!

The postcard US-1590462 to Amanda1959 in Germany has arrived! It reached its destination in 13 days after traveling8,072 km!

Amanda1959 wrote you a message:

"Thank you very much for your interesting card. I remember the eruption of Mount St Helens very well. The card depicts it very well.
Have a nice time and happy postcrossing
Yvonne"
We received our first postcard from Croatia.

March 28th

Hurray! US-1590463 was received!

US-1590463The postcard US-1590463 to Engu in Lithuania has arrived! It reached its destination in 14 days after traveling 7,901 km!


Engu wrote you a message:

"Hello! Thank you for nice card! Best wishes from Lithuania! Have a nice day! Ugne"


Hurray! US-1601651 was received!

The postcard US-1601651 to Anu85 in Finland has arrived! It reached its destination in 7 days after traveling 7,167 km!

Anu85 wrote you a message:

"Hi! Thank you for your postcard with map! I like it so much. It's interesting to learn a little bit about Washington.
Best wishes,
Anu"

Hurray! US-1590457 was received!

US-1590457The postcard US-1590457 to ksvr in Belgium has arrived! It reached its destination in 14 days after traveling 7,693 km!


ksvr wrote you a message:

"Hello,
Thank you for the postcard, it is a very nice card and i like them.
Many greetings and a nice day,
Hans"


Hurray! US-1590461 was received!

US-1590461The postcard US-1590461 to ChuckyNicky44 in United States of America has arrived! It reached its destination in 14 days after traveling 2,940 km!


ChuckyNicky44 wrote you a message:

"Hello from my little corner of the world to yours!
I wanted to thank you so much for the beautiful postcard of Mt. St. Helens. It's really unique and I don't have anything like it my collection. I'm so excited to add it. :)
In gratitude,
Kimberly"



March 29th
We sent postcards to: Lithuania, Finland, Poland,, Belarus, United States, and Germany.


Hurray! US-1546936 was received!

US-1546936The postcard US-1546936 to pflegero14 in Austria has arrived! It reached its destination in 41 days after traveling 8,482 km!


pflegero14 wrote you a message:

"thank you very much for the nice card , greetings from Vienna!! :-)"

 This card is from Germany.

This card came to us from Preston, Great Britain.  "Preston, an industrial town which used to spin and weave cotton.  There is a printing press works and BAE planes in the area now.  Not much industry is left now.  Preston is in Lancashire in the north west of England.  We do have a lot of lovely countryside up here.  If you want to know more about England, please contact me."


March 31st
We sent postcards to China and Taiwan.

This postcard is from Taiwan.  

March 18-24

March 21st
We sent two postcards, one to Russia and one to Finland.

Hurray! US-1569511 was received!

The postcard US-1569511 to YulenkaSmile in Russia has arrived! It reached its destination in 19 days after traveling 7,888 km!

YulenkaSmile wrote you a message:


"Hello=)Thank you so much for amazing card with map of Yellowstone(just now thinking about etymology of name of this state=)it's interesting
I didn't read this book, but thank you for advice- I have a list of fav books of postcrossers=) anr read them))
Good luck and take care
Yulia"
 This card came from The Netherlands, but it is a picture of New York City.

 This card came from Rotterdam, Netherlands.

This card came from Olsztyn. "It's beautiful place full of castles and monuments.  A lot of people spends here a holiday because we have here the most beautiful lakes in whole Poland"

This card is from Russia.

 This card came from Thailand "Land of smile"


March 11-17

March 11th

Hurray! US-1545356 was received!

US-1545356The postcard US-1545356 to cong in Brazil has arrived! It reached its destination in 24 days after traveling 10,751 km!





Hurray! US-1567762 was received!

US-1567762The postcard US-1567762 to gtocruzr in United States of America has arrived! It reached its destination in11 days after traveling 1,974 km!


gtocruzr wrote you a message:

"Thanks so much for the card from Spokane. It's very pretty picture of the clock tower. Our daughter lived in Seattle for a year, so we have been to the area a couple of times. It's very beautiful and there is so much to do!
Best Wishes,
Janice"
March 14th
We sent lots of postcards today, Lithuania, Germany, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Netherlands, Belgium, and the United States.

We received this postcard from Columbia, Missouri.

March 4-10

March 4th

Hurray! US-1546937 was received!

US-1546937The postcard US-1546937 to kellychou in Taiwan has arrived! It reached its destination in 16 days after traveling 10,301 km!


kellychou wrote you a message:


"Thanks for your postcard.
I like it very much.
Happy Postcrossing."
 March 5th

Hurray! US-1560253 was received!

US-1560253The postcard US-1560253 to joeyhyyu in Hong Kong has arrived! It reached its destination in 9 daysafter traveling 10,710 km!


joeyhyyu wrote you a message:


"Thank you for your nice postcard!
Best wishes and Happy postcrossing!"
March 7th

Hurray! US-1568105 was received!

US-1568105The postcard US-1568105 to janmulder in Netherlands has arrived! It reached its destination in 6 days after traveling 7,677 km!





 Eva wrote us this note from Belarus "I live in beautiful country in the centre of Europe - Belarus.  It's called "the country of blue rivers and lakes" cause this water bodies are really everywhere you go.  I live in Grodno, it's a very old and magnificient town in the western part of our country.  It has great history which is reflected everywhere; cathedrals, churches, palaces, and castles.  Just each place in my town has it's soul and hides some mysteries."
 This postcard came from Finland.
 This postcard is from Alkmaar, a very old city in Holland.
This card came from St. Petersburg.  A beautiful city with many churches, rivers, and channels.  The city itself is a UNESCO heritage site.
This postcard came from Lake Wallenpaupack, Pennsylvania.  

March 9th

Hurray! US-1567760 was received!

US-1567760The postcard US-1567760 to Antonia in Germany has arrived! It reached its destination in 8 days after traveling 8,127 km!


Antonia wrote you a message:

"Hello,
thank you very much for your nice viewcard. It was interesting to read about your homeschooling. Unfortunately this is not allowed in Germany.
Good luck!
Gundula"
March 10th


Hurray! US-1567761 was received!

US-1567761The postcard US-1567761 to erjaej in Lithuania has arrived! It reached its destination in 10 days after traveling 8,073 km!


erjaej wrote you a message:

"Thank you for the beautiful postcard. Have a nice weekend :)"


March 1-3

March 1

Hurray! US-1560276 was received!

US-1560276The postcard US-1560276 to meisje47 in Netherlands has arrived! It reached its destination in 5 days after traveling 7,665 km!


meisje47 wrote you a message:

"hello, thank you for the card.
take care, bye Djube"

Hurray! US-1528728 was received!

US-1528728The postcard US-1528728 to Lub_off in Russia has arrived! It reached its destination in 24 days after traveling 8,307 km!


Lub_off wrote you a message:

"Hi, thanks a lot for the card! I like it very much, I have never seen such sculptures before!
The stamps are also very nice!"
This postcard came to us from The Netherlands.  The views are from the city Groniryen, there are lots of canals, called grachten.  In winter people ice skate on them.  

This postcard is from a restaurant where they really do through your dinner roll at you.

March 2nd
We sent one postcards to Russia.

February Summary


Your February statistics:

The numbers

FebruaryEver
Postcards sent19135
Postcards received16120
Days your mailbox was happy: 7

Others:

Country ranking by sent:2336th
Country ranking by distance:2136th


Country distribution: Sent postcards

Postcards sent


CountrySentAvg travel
U.S.A.35
Germany339
Taiwan227
Finland211
Netherlands212
China218
Russia124
Japan113
France113
Canada110
Latvia112


Country distribution: Received postcards

Postcards received


CountryReceivedAvg travel
U.S.A.34
Germany38
Belarus234
Poland243
Russia126
Taiwan111
Japan116
China126
Hong Kong19
Netherlands17

February 26-29

February 27th

Hurray! US-1528733 was received!

US-1528733The postcard US-1528733 to PIQIA in China has arrived! It reached its destination in 21 days after traveling9,481 km!




February 29th
We sent postcards to Lithuania, USA, Germany, and The Netherlands

Hurray! US-1560254 was received!

US-1560254The postcard US-1560254 to jwhite in United States of America has arrived! It reached its destination in 4 days after traveling 2,627 km!






Hurray! US-1545359 was received!

US-1545359The postcard US-1545359 to AnastasiaB in France has arrived! It reached its destination in 13 daysafter traveling 7,716 km!


AnastasiaB wrote you a message:

"Good day to you and thanks a lot for this volcano card!.. I adore it! Last summer I wasin Iceland, I'm very interested in volcanos!..
All the best and happy postcrossing!
Anastasia"

February 19-25

February 21st

Hurray! US-1530186 was received!

US-1530186The postcard US-1530186 to sari_gaye in Finland has arrived! It reached its destination in 14 daysafter traveling 7,564 km!


sari_gaye wrote you a message:

"Thanks for the totally lovely goat card :-D"
 This postcard came to us from Germany.
 This postcard came from Japan.

February 25th
We sent a psotcard to Chin


Hurray! US-1537283 was received!

US-1537283The postcard US-1537283 to CaptainNorton in Germany has arrived! It reached its destination in 14 daysafter traveling 8,027 km!


CaptainNorton wrote you a message:

"Hello, thank you for this nice postcard. Glacier NP. looks like a nice place.
Happy Postcrossing, Oliver"

Hurray! US-1418251 was received!

The postcard US-1418251 to mileS1981 in Germany has arrived! It reached its destination in 90 days after traveling 7,857 km!

Hurray! US-1537282 was received!

US-1537282The postcard US-1537282 to missessie1976 in Netherlands has arrived! It reached its destination in 14 days after traveling 7,821 km!





This beautiful postcard came to us from China.

February 12-18

February 12
 This postcard came to us from Russia.
 This postcard came to us from Taiwan.
This postcard came to us from California, United States.

February 13th

Hurray! US-1518489 was received!

US-1518489The postcard US-1518489 to a62112001 in Japan has arrived! It reached its destination in 13 daysafter traveling 8,344 km!


a62112001 wrote you a message:


"Thank you for your Mt. St. Helens card.
It's so interesting. Thank you so much!"

February 16th
We sent postcards to Brazil and France.


Hurray! US-1529015 was received!

US-1529015The postcard US-1529015 to Pyewacket in Canada has arrived! It reached its destination in 10 daysafter traveling 3,156 km!


Pyewacket wrote you a message:


"Thanks for the great card from Montana. It looks like such a beautiful spot. I'd love to visit someday.
Thanks also for the nice stamps!
Best wishes from Canada,
Pamela"


Hurray! US-1528732 was received!

US-1528732The postcard US-1528732 to chinpin_50 in Taiwan has arrived! It reached its destination in 10 days after traveling 10,054 km!


chinpin_50 wrote you a message:


"Hi,thanks your postcard.I like it."

February 17th
We sent two postcards, one to Taiwan and one to Austria.

 This card came to us from Belarus.
 This card came from Germany.
 This postcard came to us from Poland.  Sunana wrote "Firstly, when I got your address.. I though tthat you two have very beautiful names.  Here is a postcard from city where I live and study.  Krakow is former capital of Poland and it's historical centre is at UNESCO's heritage list.  At the Hawel Hill there is the Royal Castle dated firstly about at 13th century adn expanded until 16th.  There is cathedral at the hill, too.  And the statue of dragon - it comes from the legend, which every child in Poland knows very well. :)  By the way, I must say, that I looked at your postcards wall and I love the postcards you're sending (I love Yellowstone cards! They're amazing!)  If you like to swap with me with come cards from Poland, please let me know."
This postcard came to us from South Dakota, USA



February 5-11

February 6th
We sent postcards to the United States, Canada, Russia and China.

Hurray! US-1508369 was received!

US-1508369The postcard US-1508369 to viktors-1975 in Latvia has arrived! It reached its destination in 12 days after traveling 7,872 km!






February 7th
We sent postcards to Taiwan and Finland

Hurray! US-1515743 was received!

US-1515743The postcard US-1515743 to AuntWithFlowerhat in Finland has arrived! It reached its destination in8 days after traveling 7,409 km!


AuntWithFlowerhat wrote you a message:

"Thank you for the postcard! It is very nice :)"
 February 9th
 This postcard came to us from Germany.
This postcard came to us from Hong Kong.


Hurray! US-1512928 was received!

US-1512928The postcard US-1512928 to willow_tree in Germany has arrived! It reached its destination in 13 daysafter traveling 7,841 km!


willow_tree wrote you a message:

"Greetings from Germany"

February 11th
We sent postcards to Germany and The Netherlands


Hurray! US-1518710 was received!

US-1518710The postcard US-1518710 to flowergirl in Netherlands has arrived! It reached its destination in 11 daysafter traveling 7,647 km!


flowergirl wrote you a message:

"thanks for you're card ,i like nature and wild animals. so i like you're card.and the color of the water is my favourite color turquoise.happy postcrossing.Liesbeth"



Hurray! US-1528729 was received!

US-1528729The postcard US-1528729 to vijayr in United States of America has arrived! It reached its destination in5 days after traveling 3,519 km!
"Thank you for the nice card :) If you'd like a card in return, I'll gladly send you one.
It is interesting to learn about homeschooling. It is sad that in 2012, we still have a broken school system, inspite of making such amazing advance in every other aspect of life.
Anyways, good luck. I'm reading through your blog, it is quite interesting :)"