April 15-21

April 19th

This card came to us from China.

This postcard came from Budapest, Hungary.  Judy writes, “Hungary is the red pepper, the goulash soup, the cavalrymen on horse etc. of home.”

This card from Holland says that they enjoy geocaching and their country is famous for cheese and tulips.

This beautiful postcard is from St. Petersburg Russia.  The view is of the dome of the Cathedral of the Resurrection (The Saviour of the Spilt Blood) and the spire of the Mikhailovsky (Engineers’) Castle.

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 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

97th Received, Russia

This beautiful card came to us from Saint Petersburg.

91st Received, Russia

This is a beautiful card from Russia!  There are some ice tree sculptures in the foreground with the Naberezhnye Chelny tower in the background.

"Our city is only known as the location of the Kamaz truck production.  Apart from that, it's really boring down here."

66th Received, Russia

Aleksey is from Krasnoyarsk, Russia.  We will have to try the recipe that is on the card he sent!

Russia Arrived

Hurray! US-1287862 was received!

The postcard US-1287862 to kkaattee in Russia has arrived! It reached its destination in 20 days after traveling 7,722 km!

kkaattee wrote you a message:

"thank you very muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

75th to 77th Out

We sent cards to Netherlands, Russia, and Canada.  We were excited to send them because they all wanted somewhat specific types of cards.  For the card to The Netherlands, she mentioned that she likes dolls and children's things, so we sent a picture of the Spokane Looff Carrousel.  For the postcrosser in Russia, we sent a black and white picture from Arches National Park.  She liked black and white cards and homemade cards so this fit the bill quite nicely.  The last card, to Canada, a history and classics student who loves books and reading, we sent a picture from Glacier National Park.  We told her about reading Anne of Green Gables!

Russia Arrived

Hurray! US-1220167 was received!

The postcard US-1220167 to Anita82569 in Russia has arrived! It reached its destination in 27 days after traveling 8,623 km!

Anita82569 wrote you a message:

"Thank you so much for the wonderful postcard! I really liked it!"

44th Received, Novosibirsk, Russia

We received this card from Xenia in Russia.  The picture is of The Palace Bridge with the Peter and Paul Fortress in the background. 
Norosibirsk is the third largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg.  It is in Siberia.

Cards Received in May

24th Received, Kemerovo, Russia

We received a postcard from Stepan from Kemerovo, Russia.  She is 10 years old.

17th Received, St. Petersburg, Russia

We've received our second postcard from St. Petersburg, Russia.  There must be a lot of postcrossers in St. Petersburg, because we've also sent a card there!
This card shows the Russian Museum.

Russia Arrived

Hurray! US-1039932 was received!

The postcard US-1039932 to Svetlana-Menkova in Russia has arrived! It reached its destination in 17 days after traveling 8,147 km!

Svetlana-Menkova wrote you a message:

"Hello!!! Your card for me is very-very beautiful!!! Thank you! Wish you nice day with many smails for you and warm spring!
Now it's very cold here in Kostroma, where I live(-3C). I'm waiting for warm days! :)
All the best to you!
Sveta."

21th and 22nd Out, Russia and Finland

Today we mailed out cards to Kostroma, Russia and Lohja, Finland.

Kostroma, Russia- is a historic city in Russia, and part of the Golden Ring.
Lohja, Finland- The city has an area of 170 square miles of which 35 square miles are underwater!  The Tytyi limestone mine has a museum that is located 100 meters below the surface.

8th Received, St. Petersburg, Russia

Though originally names St. Petersburg, the city changed it's name to Petrograd in 1914, in 1924 the name was changed to Leningrad, and then in 1991, it was changed back to St. Petersburg.

St. Petersburg Arrived

Hurray! US-984659 was received!

The postcard US-984659 to Elyanora in Russia has arrived! It reached its destination in 32 days after traveling 7,722 km!

Elyanora wrote you a message:

"Hello!Thank you very much for such a beautiful and elegant card. It's so cute that I'm the first to whom you're sending a postcard. I hope you'll get wonderful cards and your kids will like everything :) WITH BEST WISHES :)"

**This was the first card that we mailed out, so it is exciting that it finally got there, it took 32 days!   

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!