US and Spain

 August 26, 2026

These cards arrived on the same day and I haven't updated for a for a few days, so...here goes...

This card came from the US and is a picture card. The sender pasted a very generic type-written message on the back of the card. It was a bit disappointing really. (I don't know if the sender has some personal reason to use a typewritten non-personalized message.) She did use some nice stamps on the back.

The second card I received that day was from a sender in Spain. She actually drew the picture on the front of the card and hoped that it arrived with good battle scars, but it arrived in perfect condition!

I'm not often a fan of handmade cards, but this one was for one of my hobbies, so I really like it!

The stamp she used on the card. Very cool!

Netherlands - Black & White Movie Scene

 Arrived August 25, 2026

Yulia send this card from The Netherlands where she has been living for 7 years. She has visited Japan, but probably not up in my area. She noted on the back that she loves Roman Holiday a lot!

It's a great card and Audrey Hepburn is very popular here in Japan, so thank you!

Yulia also used some cool stamps on the back, so here you are....

Germany - Picnic Food

Arrived August 18, 2026

Hubert sent this amusing card from Germany. He wrote that he likes walking in the countryside with his children, grandchildren and friends.  

The stamps that Hubert used were great!  I used to watch The Flintstones when I was younger so I liked that stamp!

Philippines - Food

This card arrived July 29, 2026 

Marianne sent this card and wrote a friendly note telling me what each food on the front is. That was it!

She said from the upper left corner  to right clockwise there is: lecon, palabok, tinola, lumpia, bistek, karekane, pritong isda, kinilaw, hipon, sinigang. (Any misspellings are probably mine due to misreading her handwriting.)

Spain - View Card

 July 17, 2026

Nuria sent this card of the Canary Islands. She put a soccer player sticker on the back, which didn't leave much room for her to write a message. 

She just said, " Tomorrow we play against Portugal and he [indicating the sticker of Nico Williams] is a really good player!"

This is the stamp she used .....

Spain - Mallorca

July 8, 2026

This card arrived from Lisa. She said she's from Germany but was on vacation in Mallorca. She visited a city with her family as a child and then showed her boyfriend around yesterday. She sent her best regards.

These are the stamps that Lisa used on the card. I like them!

 

Netherlands - Transportation

 July 8, 2026

Martijn sent this colourful train card from The Netherlands. He said that he was reading Les Misérables by Victor Hugo and a comic at the moment.

He used an interesting stamp on the card too, although it is a little hard to see through the postmark!