Eric sent me an airfare deal to Bangkok/Singapore with a free layover in Hong Kong and what postcard shows up in our mailbox that day?

(Also note the beautiful stamps!)

Back in April we signed up with postcrossing.com in order to send and receive postcards from all over the world. We are taking a short break from the process while we are traveling this month because I would hate to have postcards waiting—unregistered for days—when we got back.

Through this website we’ve received cards from folks in Romania, the Netherlands (4), Brazil, Norway (2), Germany (5), Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Greece, and Russia.

Here are a few of our favorites…

(clockwise from upper left: Germany, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Russia)

You can see our entire Flickr set here.

We read about the website postcrossing.com a few months back but finally signed up this week. We’ve shipped off five postcards (the maximum allowed at one time) to Finland, Austria, Germany, Hawaii, and The Netherlands. Once someone receives your postcard and registers it, you become the next available address for someone else. So, the more you send, the more you receive!

Interestingly, the hardest part was finding local postcards! We don’t live in a “touristy” area so it’s been a bit of a challenge to find a representative local postcard. Luckily, the Hallmark store just down the road has a huge selection. :)

If all goes well, we will be showcasing the cards we receive from all over the world, so stay tuned!