April 8-14

April 9th

Hurray! US-1590454 was received!

The postcard US-1590454 to l-cermakova in Czech Republic has arrived! It reached its destination in 26 days after traveling 8,275 km!

l-cermakova wrote you a message:

"Thank you for the beautiful postcard:) Lenka"

April 12th
We sent one postcard today to Canada.

This card was received from Elvira in Belarus.

March 4-10

March 4th

Hurray! US-1546937 was received!

The 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!

The 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!

The 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!

The 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!

The 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 :)"

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!

The 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!

The 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!

The 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 1-4

I'm going to get caught up by doing weekly posts instead of each entry like usual.
February 2

 This postcard came to us from The Netherlands.

 This postcard came to us from Belarus.
February 3rd

Hurray! US-1496220 was received!

The postcard US-1496220 to Fiammata in China has arrived! It reached its destination in 16 days after traveling 9,641 km!

Fiammata wrote you a message:

"Thank you for the beautiful card ~I really hope those amazing national park~Thank you!"

This card was received from the USA.

This card came to us from Poland.

 February 4th

Hurray! US-1483391 was received!

The postcard US-1483391 to Chukokkala in Russia has arrived! It reached its destination in 24 daysafter traveling 8,307 km!

Chukokkala wrote you a message:

"Dear Friend!
Today I received a postcard.
Thank you!
Be happy!
Anna"

Hurray! US-1513680 was received!

The postcard US-1513680 to yendis in United States of America has arrived! It reached its destination in 7 days after traveling 2,113 km!

yendis wrote you a message:

"thank alot for this post card and your grandfather must be a very brave man....SC"

Hurray! US-1455009 was received!

The postcard US-1455009 to nios54 in Taiwan has arrived! It reached its destination in 44 days after traveling 10,283 km!

nios54 wrote you a message:

"Thank you for card!"

83rd Received, Belarus

This card came from Minsk, Belarus.

70th Received, Belarus

Natasha from Belarus sent us this card of the Regional Center of the city of Vitebsk.    It looks really neat!

Belarus Arrived

Hurray! US-1261194 was received!

The postcard US-1261194 to Iriska6_93 in Belarus has arrived! It reached its destination in 13 days after traveling 8,383 km!

Iriska6_93 wrote you a message:

"Hello!
Thank you very much for the beautiful postcard!
Have a nice day!"

Belarus Arrived

Hurray! US-1243236 was received!

The postcard US-1243236 to Atana-Undertaker in Belarus has arrived! It reached its destination in 10 days after traveling 8,272 km!

Atana-Undertaker wrote you a message:

"Thank you very much for the beautiful postcard! I'm very glad to get pictures with such fantasy views."

51st Received, Minsk, Belarus

We have received a lot of postcards from Minsk, Belarus! 

52nd to 57th out

52nd out ~ Beijing, China
53rd out ~ Bangkok,Thailand
54th out ~ Staffordshire, United Kingdom
55th out ~ Broek op Langedijk, The Netherlands
56th out ~ Minskaja voblasts, Belarus
57th out ~ Matsudo, Chiba, Japan

50th Out, Minsk, Belarus

We've sent and received a few cards from Minsk.  We like Minsk, and especially their library building that is beautiful!

Belarus Arrived

Hurray! US-1220168 was received!

The postcard US-1220168 to Alexico_Neko in Belarus has arrived! It reached its destination in 17 days after traveling 8,272 km!

Alexico_Neko wrote you a message:

"Thank you for the wonderful cavern picture! I would visit that place."

39th Received Belarus

Historical Minsk

29th Out, Minsk

Minsk is  a very popular place these days, I'll have to check, but we've received and sent a few cards from Minsk already!

15th Received, Minsk, Belarus

Today we got FIVE postcards in the mail, the first one was from Minsk, Belarus.  We have sent a postcard to Minsk.
This postcard is of the National Library of Belarus in the evening.  The building was opened June 16, 2006.

Belarus Arrived

Hurray! US-1024342 was received!

The postcard US-1024342 to ALira in Belarus has arrived! It reached its destination in 21 days after traveling 8,272 km!

ALira wrote you a message:

"Hello from Minsk!
Thank you a lot for the great card with a night view. It is magic, like a castle.:) And even resemble one of the churches we have in Belarus. And we have many of them.:)
Have a great day!
Julia"

16th Minsk, Belarus

Our 16th card to send out is to Minsk, Belarus.  We learned that there are many beautiful churches in Minsk, including the Cathedral of Saint Virgin Mary, Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Church of St. Mary Magdelene, and many others.

First Batch of Postcards

For our first batch of postcards we had the following locations (followed by what we learned/know about the places)

Sankt-Peterburg, Russia;  the Church of the Savior on Blood, is the building that we most associate with St. Petersburg, it is a beautiful building that is used as a museum of mosaic now

Netherlands; My favorite artist, Vincent Van Gogh was from the Netherlands, windmills are something that we see and think of The Netherlands, and we also think of tulips and flowers

Taipei, Taiwan (ROC);  We learned that Taipei is the largest city on the island of Taiwan, and that there is some very interesting architecture, including the beautiful Taipei 101 building

Brest, Belarus;  The city of Brest is along the River Bug, there is a wildlife refuge called the Belavezhskaya Pushcha National Park, it is home to the rare wisent (similar to our American Buffalo)

Japeri, Brazil;  Japeri is very near to Rio de Janeiro the home to the 2016 Summer Olympics!