vanillabelle

Hi there,

I'm Katrin, 25, from Cologne/Germany. Cologne is one of Germany's largest cities and pretty much fun to live in.
I like to read a lot (I am a bookseller actually :) ) and music is a big part of my life as well. So I love to go to concerts, watch movies or just hang out with friends, who are very important to me.
I love to travel! One of the countries I have been to recently is Canada (Vancouver), which I just fell in love with! :) I will definitely come back and I plan to go over there and live there for a couple of months as I did five years ago in the USA. I used to be an au pair in Leesburg, Virginia, and I just had a great year abroad. As you can see -- I'm interested in foreign cultures and everything that comes with it. So tell me whatever you want about your city/country on your postcard if you'd like to do so.

I don't have a special wish of postcards I'd like to get ... feel free to send me anything (except ad-cards please). Getting to know your country/your city a bit more always works out well, I think. But if you still need a hint: Since I love to read and to have tons of shoes/handbags/clothes (yeah, I am girlie in that way!), cards with books or shoes (...) or just a black-and-white theme (or even the opposite: very colorful cards) would be perfect. Other stuff I'd like: Vintage/Retro, food, doors/windows, mailboxes, bridges, movie classics. Or you just take a look at my favorites to get advice. =D
If you are from the US: I just decided that it would be nice to have a map of every state (to keep the memories), so it would be perfect if you helped me getting them all. =)
I put every postcard on the wall in my room, so choose your card well if you want to be responsible for a special eyecatcher! ;)

Don't know what to write? Let me know your favorite book/movie/dish/celebrity and tell me why! And let me know whrere you got the postcard you are going to send to me or what you did that day you are writing my postcard.
Anyways, one (or actually two) requests: Please write the date on your postcard and I'd love to learn "Hello" and "Bye" in your native language!

Happy postcrossing!

--Expired postcards:
* DE-396073 to miianiitta from Finland
* DE-458374 to ping1902 from New Zealand
* DE-474916 to cadviser from The Netherlands
* DE-488126 to Nemue from Canada
* DE-511632 to McDuff from USA
* DE-588918 to FrancineHuygen from Belgium