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Dear Postcrossers!

Thank you for all the beautiful and interesting postcards and messages you´re sending me!

My name is Maria, I´m 75 years old and a former teacher. I live in Ennepetal, a small town in western Germany (about 50 km northeast of Cologne). My daughter (who is a Postcrosser, too) lives in the same house as me.

Some of my hobbies are
- walking
- gardening
- listening to classical music, especially opera
- reading
- travelling (nowadays mostly in Europe)

I collect postcards with (single) views of

- towns, cities, villages ...
- (historical) buildings, castles, churches, temples, bridges ...
- monuments ...
- architectural details (doors, windows ...)
- gardens, parks, trees ...
- landmarks ...
- countryside ...
- seaside, rivers, lakes ...
- skylines, aerial views, maps ...
- UNESCO World Heritage sites
- Germany: Chronik-Postkarten (Folgende habe ich: Aachen, Augsburg, Hamburg, Kaufbeuren, Köln, Magdeburg, Potsdam, Schwerin, Tettnang, Warnemünde, Wetzlar)

So it would be great if you could choose such postcards sending to me. I would love to see what it looks like where you´re living (your town, region or country). But every postcard is welcome of course.

Could you please write the date you send the card? And please, write a few words about yourself, your place or your country, the postcard you´ve chosen for me - or whatever you like.

I´m looking forward to your cards!

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Some stats:

Received postcards
> Shortest distance: 11 km (from Germany)
> Longest distance: 16,678 km (from Australia)
> Number of countries: 38
> „Rare“ countries (= less than 1,000 Postcrossers): Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Greece, Ireland

Sent postcards
> Shortest distance: 11 km (to Germany)
> Longest distance: 18,126 km (to New Zealand)
> Number of countries: 45
> „Rare“ countries (= less than 1,000 Postcrossers): Azerbaijan, Croatia, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Malta