Marita had been exchanging postcards for years before joining Postcrossing. She lives in Turku, Finland where she spreads postcard joy among the many mailboxes in the city.
- How did you come across Postcrossing? What got you hooked?
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I think my story is a rather common one. I saw an article about some Internet-based hobbies in a magazine years ago and as I have been exchanging postcards with my friends abroad for many years, I decided to take a closer look at the site. The rest is history. The fact that I can surprise someone on the other side of the world just by sending a card is awesome. And of course this is a perfect way to see the beauty of the world.
- Do you have any other interesting hobbies?
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Besides postcards I have also been collecting stamps for several years. One of my dearest hobbies has been pen palling, which has been a way to get to know the world. I also love learning languages and recently I have become very fond of cross stitching. Oh, and I am a huge sports, and especially ice hockey fan, so I enjoy going to games or watching sports on TV.
- Show us your mailbox, your mailman/mailwoman, your postoffice or the place where you post or keep your postcards!
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Here you can see the front of the main post office in Turku although I usually spread my cards among mailboxes around town while I am on the move.. :)
My postcard collection has grown to such extent that I have cards in many albums and boxes around my flat.
- Show and tell us about your favorite received postcard to date, and what makes it special.
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I can not really name any favorite received cards as I have tons of them. And, on the other hand, all cards, especially official cards, are special to me in different ways. But here are couple of which have something extra in them.
This one came from a pen friend of mine whom I knew before joining Postcrossing. You can just imagine what a lovely surprise to receive on official card from her.
This one is an official card from a Postcrosser whom I have gotten to know from the Postcrossing forum. As I know many languages, she had asked her international co-workers to write a sentence in their own language on the card.
13 comments so far
Wow, what a cute story about the official from the friend! My 6th official received came from Malaysia. Imagine my surprise when my 27th card received came from the second account of that same person again! THAT thrilled me, I can only imagine how exciting it would be to get an official from someone you knew before Postcrossing (to be nown as b.PC and a.PC in the future)
Always nice to see someone you know in the "spotlight"!
Yay MaHaKo :)in the spotlight:)
I received also a nice official postcard from Mahako...one of my favorite ;D
Yeaa!! That's my card :-)) hahaha and all my co-workers thought I was weeeeiirddd but I knew it would make you happpppyy ;-))
Great to see you here Marita :-)) - we have exchanged many cards over the years.
Those postcards are so neatly organised, it`s amazing!
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Hi MaHaKo! Great to see you in the spotlight. :)
My penpal before postcrossing TineWoest introduced me to postcrossing and she also sent me an official later. :) There are so many coincedences on Postcrossing, realy amazing sometimes. :) Hugs from Germany!
So happy to see you here, Marita! :)
wow the I Love My Planet card is really lovely!
Nice to see you here MaHaKo ;-)
That planet card is amazing!! Lucky you ;-)
Greetings Diane
I love the card of the woman trying to charm her way out of a ticket with lipstick!!! Can you tell me what the caption translates to English? I have also received official addresses for those I had been writing unofficially :) It is always a cosmic surprise! Whenever I look at the sent and received cards on a postcrossing profile I will almost always recognize a few user names. It is just another kind of 6 degrees of separation! Love it. Also love the planet card!
Congrats on your spotlight ♥ !
Nice to see you in the spotlight. Your cards are so neat and organized. Great job. I like both of the cards you've shown. The first one captures my sense of humor.