Time for an update on the Postcrossing website, which lets you send and receive postcards to complete strangers around the world.

I initially signed up to send five cards around the world, but it took me a few days to get started – finding and buying postcards (I’m not all that impressed with the few I got to start me off, so will have to look out for some better ones or even make my own), getting to the Post Office to buy the right sort of stamps and stock up on “Air Mail” stickers, then finding the enthusiasm, and deciding what to write – I have mostly been moaning about the weather.

Anyway, four of the first five have been sent now, and three of them received.  Those three received mean I can sign up for three more addresses and this time I got Mexico, Germany and NE, USA, which I first thought was New England, but now think is probably Nebraska. I’ll be able to post those out straightaway, having stocked up on all I need in the way of stamps and postcards!

And having had cards received means the system starts sending them to me as well, so today I received my first, from Finland with lots of pictures of snowy landscapes. Apparently there are more Finns than any other nationality on the system.