Florantje

Hello!
I live in a little town in the southwest of Germany between the Rhine and the vineyards of Rhineland-Palatinate with it’s ancient castles. I am a librarian. My husband is owner of a little bookshop, and there I work, too. We have two Little girls (10 years, and 5 years). For about 40 years (I was a little girl), I am collecting sand from all over the world. My parents didn’t have enough money to travel with me to foreign countries. So friends and neighbors go on holiday and bring me some sand. Beeing at a beach, looking for nice seashells or stones is still the greatest thing to me.

Here are some more hobbies:
- city-trips for a weekend
- driving with my old car
- watching soccer and other sports
- cooking/baking
- crafting
- going to art exhibitions

If you send me a postcard concerning one of my hobbies, it would be great. But: Don’t worry, I will enjoy any postcard that you send.

You live in a city at the sea with beach nearby? Or you still have some sand as souvenir from your last holydays? I would be happy to receive a little bit. Put it in a litte bag and together with your postcard in an envelope. Don't forget to write exactly down from which beach it is. My collection is still growing (now ~ 300 little jam jars) and I make a note on every back side who send me the sand.

***thank you Arianne from Oak Harbor WA for the sand from your island, have a lot of sunny walks at Rocky Point Beach with "Blitz" and "Danger Mouse"***
****thank you Elly for the sand from Domburg, I can smell the sea***
****thank you Anita from Krakow for the XXL-card and the sand from Pogorzelica (Baltic Sea). Have a good time in London***
****thank you Twanda from White Springs, FL for the seashells from Jacksonville Beach***
****thank you Debbi for the sand from Scarborough***
****thank you DreamLeaf for the Sand from Yong.an Fish Harbor, Taiwan****
**** Danke, liebe Irene, für das schön verpackte Sandsäckchen aus Wisch in Holstein***
****thank you Stanislav for the sand of the Amur River in East Russia***
****thank you Kristine for the sand from the Latvian coast****
****thank you Antje for the sand from Australia and Hawaii****
****thank you Carrick for sending me sand form Newport Beach/California****
****thank you Maria for sand and sea Shells from Versilia/Lucca****
*****thank you Mariya from Samara for the Sand from the Wolga River****
*****Thank you Tatjana for the two seashells from Praia do Pinhao*****
*****Thank you Gergey for the Bulgarian sand*****'
*****Thank you Natalya from Novosibirsk for the Ob Sand*****
*****Thank you Qianhe from Macau*****
*****Thank you Andreasfron Vienna for the Sóca Sand of Slovenia*****
*****Thank you Nini for the Californian sand and the sand from Tank Beach Saipan, very exotic*****
*****Thank you Dy-Ann, the sand from Flevoland is great*****
*****Thank you Dan, for the sand from Salt Creek Beach, California*****
**Danke lieber Uwe für den Sand aus dem schönen Ratzeburg, extra nochmal losgegangen für mich**