pathetiquejazz

Update. If you feel you don’t want to send a postcard to me, consider donating the amount of money sending would potentially equate to (the cost of the postcard + postage fees) to any Ukrainian foundation helping refugees (Martynka, Projector Foundation, etc) on my behalf. Then send me the ID of your card, and I’ll register it.

Nice to meet you, stranger! :)

My name is Valeria,

I speak English and Russian. I speak German a little. Also I studied Ancient Greek and Latin but it’s safe to say that I’ve forgotten nearly all of it. :)
I studied Bulgarian at my first University long ago. So please, if you're from Bulgaria or speak the language, please write to me in Bulgarian! Also I'm interested in other Slavic languages (Czech, Ukrainian, Serbian, Slovenian, etc...). Feel free to write to me in any Slavic language, if you speak it!
By the way, what languages do you speak/learn/want to study? Please tell me how you study it and why you’ve chosen it.

I love reading, studying, music (classic and jazz especially), LARP, quizzes, chess, camping. I’m good at planning events and have organised a few postcrossing meet-ups in my city.

I play piano, cello, guitar, and double bass (contrabasso). Do you play any instrument? What is your favourite band/composer/genre/song?

My favourite TV shows are Jeeves and Wooster, Granada Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sherlock BBC, Star Trek (TOS, TNG, DS9). I also like Harry Potter. My favorite games are Age of Empires III and Detroit: Become Human.

I am a seafarer! ⚓️ Graduated from Admiral Makarov College of Maritime and Inland Shipping. I have worked on passenger ferries and on an icebreaker. Currently looking for new employment!

My favourite topics of postcards are:
💌 World Postcard Day (I have around 200 different WPD-themed postcards! and always looking for more, especially rare and self-made ones);
📚 portraits and photos of reading women/girls;
🛁 bath rubber ducks;
🚖 yellow cars (but not taxis);
🖼 paintings by Quint Buchholz and Giorgio de Chirico;
🇺🇸 retro “Greetings from…” cards with names of the states of the US;

Also I would be glad to receive a postcard from you showing something of my favourite things: persimmon fruit, tea, ecology, recycling, seas, rivers, lakes, bridges, aeroplanes, sky, stars, musical instruments and musicians, books, letters, cozy houses, street lamps, locomotives, ships, yachts and all sailing vehicles, human rights/feminist/LGBT activism, images of cities and people dated early 1900s., old photographs, symmetry, mirrors, reflections, reproductions of paintings, etc. The first and foremost criterion is that the image inspires, encourages to think or simply takes your breath away.

I'm interested in stamps, too. It's always nice to get a postcard with peculiar stamp on it. But no worries if you have only standard ones!

Happy postcrossing!