September 2012

We sent cards to:

Germany, Russia, Russia, Russia, USA, Japan, Belarus, Germany, and Russia (lots of Russias in there!)

We received cards from:

USA

China

Finland

Italy

Malaysia

Netherlands

Russia

Russia

Slovenia

USA but France on the card

Ukraine

9 postcards arrived at their destinations:

Hurray! US-1805194 was received!

The postcard US-1805194 to A___Albin in United Kingdom has arrived! It reached its destination in 35 days after traveling 7,501 km!

A___Albin wrote you a message:

"Hello Selena & Gabriella,
Thank you very much for your nice postcard :)
Best regards Albin"

Hurray! US-1805193 was received!

The postcard US-1805193 to Augenstern in Austria has arrived! It reached its destination in 35 daysafter traveling 8,514 km!

Augenstern wrote you a message:

"Hello Selena and Gabriella,
Thanks a lot for your lovely card! Crater Lake seems to be a beautiful and interesting place to visit :) It must be exciting to be there and know that once there has been a large volcano.
Best wishes,
Claudia"

Hurray! US-1805192 was received!

The postcard US-1805192 to Minna71 in Finland has arrived! It reached its destination in 36 days after traveling 7,281 km!

Minna71 wrote you a message:

"Hello! Thank you very much for your postcard, I received it today. And I like it! Happy postcrossing!
Minna"

Hurray! US-1805187 was received!

The postcard US-1805187 to hepman in Germany has arrived! It reached its destination in 36 daysafter traveling 7,845 km!

hepman wrote you a message:

"Hello Selena and Gabriella,
thanks for Your lovely postcard, I like it!
All the best from Germany,
Lothar (hepman)"

Hurray! US-1848475 was received!

The postcard US-1848475 to ralli68 in Germany has arrived! It reached its destination in 9 days after traveling 7,812 km!

ralli68 wrote you a message:

"Hi SElena, Hi Gabriella,
thank you very much for your postcard.
You can be lucky to live at such a lovely place.
Happy postcrossing.
Ralf
now i will visit your homepage"

Hurray! US-1831914 was received!

The postcard US-1831914 to lalaalaaa in Germany has arrived! It reached its destination in 20 days after traveling 7,857 km!

lalaalaaa wrote you a message:

"thank you!"

Hurray! US-1831911 was received!

The postcard US-1831911 to ChenMingYi in Taiwan has arrived! It reached its destination in 22 daysafter traveling 10,038 km!

ChenMingYi wrote you a message:

"Hi Selena and Gabriella,

Thank you very much for your card.
Welcome to Taiwan.

Happy Postcrossing !!

Love from Taiwan

MingYi"

Hurray! US-1805191 was received!

The postcard US-1805191 to Kpoitpo in Taiwan has arrived! It reached its destination in 40 days after traveling 10,168 km!

Kpoitpo wrote you a message:

"Very beautiful.by the way, do you run the website for schoolwork?"

Hurray! US-1752289 was received!

The postcard US-1752289 to Star-fish in China has arrived! It reached its destination in 81 days after traveling 10,391 km!

Star-fish wrote you a message:

"Thank you for your postcard .I like it and sorry for the late registration. Have a nice day!"

Russia, Germany, China???

So, as usual I'm way behind getting my postcrossing up to date.  But something I noticed the last two times I've requested addresses to send to:
All 4 of the addresses I sent to in October were in Russia.
7 of the nine addresses I requested today are for Germany and the other two are for China.
I've never had such high concentrations of certain countries before.

I did check the option to send to repeated countries a few months back.  That must be what is up.

August Summary

Your August statistics:

The numbers August Ever Postcards sent 8 197 Postcards received 15 193 Days your mailbox was happy: 5

Others: Country ranking by sent: 1703rd Country ranking by distance: 1576th

Country distribution: Sent postcards

Country	Sent	Avg travel
Singapore	1	57
Taiwan	1	8
Ukraine	1	42
Russia	1	57
Netherlands	1	12
Finland	1	16
Malaysia	1	12
Belarus	1	14

Country distribution: Received postcards

Country	Received	Avg travel
Russia	2	24
United Kingdom	2	12
Poland	1	20
Taiwan	1	11
Uzbekistan	1	22
U.S.A.	1	15
Netherlands	1	18
Japan	1	21
Belarus	1	25
Canada	1	15
China	1	16
Germany	1	22
Brazil	1	17

August 12-31

We sent cards to Taiwan, Russia, and Germany.

Hurray! US-1805188 was received!

The postcard US-1805188 to Marleen1979 in Netherlands has arrived! It reached its destination in 12 days after traveling7,644 km!

Marleen1979 wrote you a message:

"Hello Christina,

Thank you for your wondeful card. I was very surprised to receive tea, thank you so much. I can't wait to try these, I love chai thea;)
Have a lovely Sunday

Cheers,
Marleen"

 

Hurray! US-1744162 was received!

The postcard US-1744162 to AlexN in Russia has arrived! It reached its destination in 57 days after traveling 7,722 km!

AlexN wrote you a message:

"Thank you for beautiful card!
Happy postcrossing!"

Hurray! US-1775885 was received!

The postcard US-1775885 to KateN in Ukraine has arrived! It reached its destination in 42 days after traveling 8,708 km!

KateN wrote you a message:

"Hi)
Thank so much for your beautiful card!
Best wishes, Kate."

This card came to us from Belarus.  On this card you can see some symbols of Belarus.  First, the national red and white ornament (the elements of it are on the national flag).  And there’s a national dish “draniki” something like pancakes, but made of potatoes, served with sour cream.

This card came to us from Nova Scotia, Canada. 

This card came to us from Nemo in Beijing.  Dali located northwest of Yunnan Province, 300 im northwest of Kunning.  Dali City is the economic and cultural center of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture.  The area  is surrounded by mountains on the east, west, and south and has the Erhai Lake in its center.  Here you will find 25 ethnic minorities, which have created a unique cultural heritage amidst the area’s picturesque surroundings.  WOW, Thank you for all the information!

Ruth sent us this card from Germany.  It is from the old Hanseatic city Weel in the west of Germany.  On the card the pictures show 1.  First Protestant Church, 2. Kotn Markt, 3. Cathedral, 4. Bridge of old citadell, 5. monument of Peter Minuitone of the founders of NY, 6. BerlinerTor with donkey, 7. new bridge crossing the river Rhine with old bridge in front.

This postcard is from Japan, the island of Rebun.  They have seaweed ice cream, and it is delicious (so says Carlee :) )

This card is from The Netherlands. 

This card is from Taiwan. 

August 1-11

We sent cards to Germany, USA, Poland, Taiwan, Finland, Austria, United Kingdom, and The Netherlands.

Hurray! US-1784830 was received!

The postcard US-1784830 to Yi-Shan-Cheng in Taiwan has arrived! It reached its destination in 8 daysafter traveling 10,143 km!

Yi-Shan-Cheng wrote you a message:

"Hi~thanks for the wonderful card!
i have a cousin who lives in Washington as well.
happy postcrossing:)"

 

Hurray! US-1775883 was received!

The postcard US-1775883 to kajo in Finland has arrived! It reached its destination in 16 days after traveling7,544 km!

kajo wrote you a message:

"Hei

Thank you for your great map card.

Kajo"

 

Hurray! US-1718574 was received!

The postcard US-1718574 to sherylckx in Singapore has arrived! It reached its destination in 57 days after traveling13,276 km!

sherylckx wrote you a message:

"Thanks for the beautiful postcard! This is nature in its most majestic form. Happy postcrossing!"

 

Hurray! US-1784831 was received!

The postcard US-1784831 to newrule in Malaysia has arrived! It reached its destination in 12 daysafter traveling 13,274 km!

newrule wrote you a message:

"Thanks so much for helping me with my map card collection. Appreciate it!"

 

Hurray! US-1784829 was received!

The postcard US-1784829 to evnika06 in Belarus has arrived! It reached its destination in 14 daysafter traveling 8,193 km!

evnika06 wrote you a message:

"Hello, dear unknown postcrosser! :)

Thank you so much for beautiful card for my friends!

Wish you joyful heart every day because "a heart that is joyful does good as a curer" (Proverbs 17:22)

Lena"

These cards came to us from Brazil

This card came to us from the United Kingdom.

This card also came from the United Kingdom.  Karen in Glasgow, Scotland sent us this beautiful card.  This card shows Edinburgh castle, Edinburgh is the capital city.

This card is from Poland.

This postcard shows Durasov Palace in Moscow. 

This card is from Russia.

This card is also from Russia.  Ksuska i s from Barnaul, Russia, she says Mt. Belukha is one of the most beautiful places in Russia.

This card is our first postcard from Uzbekistan.  This postcard shows the monument of Hmir Temur, founder of the first Uzbek state.

This card is from Florida, USA. 

July Summary

Your July statistics:

The numbers July Ever Postcards sent 14 189 Postcards received 13 178 Days your mailbox was happy: 3

Others: Country ranking by sent: 1787th Country ranking by distance: 1658th

Country distribution: Sent postcards

Country	Sent	Avg travel
U.S.A.	2	14
Taiwan	2	20
Netherlands	2	16
Finland	2	22
Germany	2	16
Ukraine	1	16
Poland	1	13
Switzerland	1	12
France	1	51

Country distribution: Received postcards

Country	Received	Avg travel
Russia	2	24
Poland	1	9
Netherlands	1	22
Taiwan	1	20
U.S.A.	1	6
France	1	22
Finland	1	20
Australia	1	19
Belarus	1	19
China	1	22
Germany	1	21
Austria	1	123

July 22-31

We sent postcards to The Netherlands, Belarus, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Germany.

Hurray! US-1744163 was received!

The postcard US-1744163 to espikaej in Germany has arrived! It reached its destination in 25 days after traveling 7,996 km!

espikaej wrote you a message:

"Thanks al ot for the nce postcard

Sarah"

Hurray! US-1775882 was received!

The postcard US-1775882 to bookworm101 in United States of America has arrived! It reached its destination in 11 days after traveling 3,457 km!

bookworm101 wrote you a message:

"Thank you. Happy postcrossing."

 

Hurray! US-1775884 was received!

The postcard US-1775884 to alex23 in Poland has arrived! It reached its destination in 13 days after traveling 8,296 km!

Hurray! US-1784827 was received!

The postcard US-1784827 to krisBear7 in Germany has arrived! It reached its destination in 7 daysafter traveling 8,050 km!

krisBear7 wrote you a message:

"Thanks for the lovely sunset card. I would love to go to the beaches, too.
Best wishes, Chris"

Hurray! US-1784828 was received!

The postcard US-1784828 to acnaib in Netherlands has arrived! It reached its destination in 8 daysafter traveling 7,677 km!

acnaib wrote you a message:

"Thanks for the birthday-wishes.
I love the butterfly :)"

 

We received two postcards, from Taiwan and Poland.

This card came to us from Su Ling-wei.

This card came from Teresa in Lubliniec.  Lubliniec lies deep in the forests away from the noisy industrial centers.