Postcard #1:
This lovely postcard is from Holland!! I love that my first postcard was an equine related card. Especially when that little donkey is so darn cute!!! On the postcard, she had told me all about a 'retired donkey' home that they have in Soest, Holland. Those lucky, little donkeys get a chance to retire in peace. :) Here's the link: The Donkey Sanctuary. However, the entire webpage is in Dutch, so if you want to read it, you might want to get the page translated. UNLESS you speak Dutch! Then there is not problem whatsoever! :D That is what I call a successful first postcard! The writer from this postcard had left me her address to send something back. We might possibly become penpals!!! I'll be sure to keep you posted! :)
Postcard #2:
This postcard hails from the wonderful and glorious Finland! Did you know they have reindeer in Finland? I didn't until I received this postcard. :) Just look at them on there. Aren't they just adorable!? Sometimes, I wish I knew Santa. Being able to hang out with Reindeer all day? SIGN ME UP! I would be all up in that. In a non-weird way. Ummm. Yeah. Soooooo. I have two favorite things about this postcard. First, they wrote in their native language. Yeahhh buddy! "Terveisia Sucmesta, Joulupukin maasta. Kuvassa on kaksi hanen poroaan." Translated to english, it says: 'Greetings from Finland, the land of Santa Claus. There are two of his reindeers in the picture.' How awesome is that? Now I know how to write a phrase in Finnish! I wish I knew how to speak it though. I'm sure me saying it is nowhere to close to what it actually is. But, alas. There is nothing I can do about that. Lol. My second favorite thing about this postcard? THE STAMP!!!
How sweet is that? Believe it or not, as cool as it looks, it's even better in person. The black script is raised when you run your finger over it. Yeah, that's right. A stamp with RAISED INK! Easily one of my most favorite stamps ever. Period. I wish US had some awesome stamps like that. Maybe someday. I'll just keep my fingers crossed for that.
So there are the first two postcards I have ever received from overseas. Two splendid postcards, I might add. I can't wait to share the rest and see what else I'll uncover in the mailbox. I've always wondered, once I started getting these, that my mailman thinks of them. Hopefully, they enjoy them as much as I do! :)
Ciao!
J
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