I came across Postcrossing through a magazine a short while ago and immediatly I went to the website and signed in. I thought this was something I'd like to try out. Postcrossing is a service that allows people to send normal postcards via mail to random places around the world. So it also means that you can receive a postcard somewhere around the world. :) So far 315689 postcards have been sent! That's quite a lot. And according to the webpages around 30000 postcards are travelling around the world.
The funny thing is that the country that has the most participants is Finland! There are more than from other countries and that makes a lot when compared to the population. So anyone participating outside Finland will definitely get a card from here. ;)
I've sent my first postcards already. My very first when to California, USA and it has already been received. So now I'm waiting to receive my first. I'll promise to tell you as soon as it gets here... Meanwhile take a look at the webpage (www.postcrossing.com) , you might get interested as well! :)
lauantaina, marraskuuta 25, 2006
maanantaina, marraskuuta 06, 2006
Winter wonderland
I wish I had been wise enough to take my camera with me when I went to my parents this weekend. Not that we haven't got snow in Joensuu as well, we do and lots compared to that it is early November. But it was something totally different in Ristiina: there were a lot of snow everywhere. The trees looked absolutely amazing! :) And on Saturday, the temperature dropped to - 20C so it felt even more like a real winter.
It's been quite ashtonising to get a real winter in early November. Last year the permanent snow came sometimes around December. Now it came quickly, too. Two days and there were snow everywhere. And it didn't make life easy, it never does. Lots of car crashes, cars stuck in snow especially in the south. :/ People are never fully prepared although we live in a country were we get snow every year.. And most of the problems (or should I say all..) are in the south. Well, there are more people and more cars but I still have to say that it's also the attitude, carelesness.
I don't know whether this is the permanent snow yet. It gets warmer again, starting tomorrow. There's over half a meter snow here so it would take some time to mealt. But we'll see.. As long as there will be white Christimas, I'm happy. :)
It's been quite ashtonising to get a real winter in early November. Last year the permanent snow came sometimes around December. Now it came quickly, too. Two days and there were snow everywhere. And it didn't make life easy, it never does. Lots of car crashes, cars stuck in snow especially in the south. :/ People are never fully prepared although we live in a country were we get snow every year.. And most of the problems (or should I say all..) are in the south. Well, there are more people and more cars but I still have to say that it's also the attitude, carelesness.
I don't know whether this is the permanent snow yet. It gets warmer again, starting tomorrow. There's over half a meter snow here so it would take some time to mealt. But we'll see.. As long as there will be white Christimas, I'm happy. :)
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