There's a really neat idea out on the internet: a postcard exchange program. You sign up, get the address of someone in another country and send them a postcard. In return, you receive a postcard from someone else in another country.
The first step towards getting postcards from all around the world is to sign up for an account on the internet at PostCrossing. You'll be asked to fill out a username and personal information, including your address.
Once you've logged in on PostCrossing, add some interesting information to your user profile, such as a short bio. You can also upload a user picture.
In order to start receiving postcards from around the world, you must send out some postcards yourself (for every one you send, you should receive one). To do this, make sure you are logged in and go to "Send a Postcard" in the box on the left of the screen. Read over the information they tell you, select the box that says you've read the information, and then press "Get Address". You will be given the name and address of someone else in the world (most likely not in your own country) to whom you should send a postcard!
You will also be given an ID code to put on the postcard. Don't forget to write it on there! That is the number that the person you are mailing the postcard to will use to let the website know that they received your card. (You might or might not receive communication back from the person.)
Once your card has been received, wait on a card to come to your home! You can have as many as five postcards out at a time, which means you can receive five times as many postcards! (Save money and time by purchasing several cards at once to send out.)
Happy Postcard Collecting
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