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About Laura...

Hi everyone,
I hope you are enjoying postcrossing as much as I am!
I am Spanish, but I live in the UK. My husband is English and we have two young children. I work as a Spanish teacher.
Our children speak both English and Spanish. We use the one parent- one language strategy: my husband speaks English with them and I use Spanish. So if you live in similar multilingual and multicultural circumstances I would really like to read about your experiences in your card. And if you would like to write to me in Spanish in order to practise, please go ahead!
I like reading, swimming, listening to music and writing letters.
Recently I have read the Sookie Stackhouse series of books by Charlaine Harris. The tongue-in-cheek vampire TV series "True Blood" is based on these books. At the moment I am reading another saga, "The Mortal Instruments" by Cassandra Clare.
Nowadays I seem to listen mostly to bands such as Kings of Leon, Paramore, Death Cab for Cutie, Metric or The All American Rejects, but I am very fond of Spanish music too.
I am interested to know what you prefer to read and what music you are currently listening.
I would love to receive postcards featuring monuments, such as cathedrals, castles, palaces, temples, historic universities or libraries. UNESCO World Heritage sites would be a good example.
Besides, I would welcome postcards with pictures of parks, doors, windows, mazes, swimming-pools, fountains, railway stations, mailboxes or famous literary writers (or their houses or museums; libraries, writing utensils and other stationery paraphernalia would also be lovely).
I am interested in art in general: paintings, sculptures, statues, the interior of churches or cathedrals,cloisters, gargoyles, stained glass... Watercolours or vintage images of famous monuments would be fantastic.
I am very keen to learn about Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish painters. I am also very interested in the art and culture of India.
If you prefer to send me something more lighthearted, I would also like naif images, many-of-the-same-thing Nouvelles Images style cards, floral patterns, maps, languages and alphabets, tea, teacups and teapots, coffee shops, characters from children's books or Manga comics, or paintings of women reading or writing. Or something funny!
My daughter would love anything with Hello Kitty, Barbapapas or fairies on it!We are also big fans of the Simpsons, Harry Potter, the Twilight saga and Star Trek.
I would also like cards showing some typical foods of your country.
If you are artistic and make your own cards, it will be a treat to see one of them.
However, all in all, a simple postcard from the place where you live will do me just fine!Please do write something on the card, about yourself or about the card you are sending me, for instance.
Many thanks. Happy postcrossing!

P.S. If you would like to see my swaps, they are on this website:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Salander1974