Back in May, the city of Sochi, (which will host the 2014 Winter Olympics) experienced a Postcrossing day! The event was organized by Polina and Alena with the help of Katya. It included an exhibition, contest and lottery, a postal fairy and even a dragon – with postcards hidden on his mouth! :D
We were so impressed by what the three of them managed to accomplish that we asked them to tell us all about it! Alena described the event for us:
It was a bright sunny day in May, when Rivera Park in Sochi became a meeting place of postcrossers and future postcrossers! :) For one day, the park was turned into a fabulous Postal Square. The Carrier-Dragon went among the old trees and every brave child could try to get a postcard from his mouth. The Postal-Fairy flew near the rainbow of the fountain splashes and brought gifts to the children who enjoyed the event.
It was the Postcrossing day in Sochi! All the members had a lot of fun and the fun of Postcrossing was showcased to the visitors. Moreover, the event was also very informative, people could learn greetings in different languages and also find out more about countries that are participating in Postcrossing. Many of them were surprised and interested in the project. Some of them got a postcard as a present, but not immediately – the winners addresses were written on the postcard, and after a couple of days they received it on their mailbox.
We hope that such events would bring more people to Postcrossing and be thrilling for both organizers and visitors. Maybe soon we will read about the Day of Postcrossing in your city too?
Bravo! We bet everyone had a blast! :) If you’d like to see some more pictures, we highly recommend Polina's gallery of photos from the event!
38 comments so far
Nice to see so many kids around. Growing with the interest in other cultures and in communicating is gorgeous!
So, congrats to the organizer!
Wauw, this is really a great idea!! Also a clever idea to give the postcards by sending them in the mail. Lovely pictures, too. :)
Beautiful pictures. I´m sure your visitor had a lot of fun
Greetings to polina
What a colourful day. It sure looks like fun. Well done to all concerned.
What a cooool idea! :-)
What a great event. I am always sharing about postcrossing but to have public event is a wonderful idea. How did you create interest and get people to come?
Wow, what a great idea and the day looks like a lot of fun. Well done to all concerned with this idea and the fun associated with it. What is the saying? Oh yes, 'get them while they are young'. The future of Postcrossing is in those childrens hands.
How wonderful that you did this! More people need to know about Postcrossing--it makes the world a better place! :)
wow~It's really cool to see that:)
Congratulations to Polina, Alena and Katya for this special POSTCROSSING DAY. It is amazing which great job you did! I loved to read your story and looking at the nice pictures. I am sure that we will soon have some more postcrossers from Sochi.
the dragon is so wonderful! :) how i wish i was a part of this. Made my day !
Congratulations! I'm impressed, what a great idea. It's fantastic to see that Postcrossing is really "living", and I hope that many people who enjoyed their time at the PC day will join the project!
Really, a wonderful idea!!! i loved the initiative taken by them and it's remarkable to see how they have organized the event.
Really... Really... Beautiful... Great... My best wishes to Polina, Alena and Katya... Happy PostCrossing days...
I really love this wonderful idea!
this is so great!!!!
So many kind words! Thank you very much dear friends for the warm comments!
great idea :P need to use it for future meetings)
Cool!
What a nice idea! I really think I would have been happy to attend, as well. ^^ Must have been a magnificant day.
Great to see the future Postcrossers
very colourful and lovely weather too.thanks for all their efforts a great idea
It is seems that all the poeple are having fun there! Thanx for the sharing! :)
What a great idea! Congrats to the organisers for pulling this off so successfully, it looks like everyone had fun and hopefully Postcrossing got several new members! :)
Big thumbs up for taking the initiative and making this happen!
A great idea! An interesting day with a lot of fun...
Such a marvellous idea! The pictures look great!
Congratulations for organisators. We like to know more how you organised this event, How was the dragon made. Everything looks so nice :)
What a great idea! It looks like a wonderful day full of Postcrossing fun. And I love the Postal Dragon! (^-^) Well done.
One of the most creative Postcrossing events Ive seen!
hi, i like too much your event, i'm a postcrosser & if you like to swap click my prfl, bye
Thank you for the inspiring story. I tell everyone everywhere I go about this fun and interesting site. I'd love to do something like that here in the USA.
What a wonderful idea! The best I've seen for a while.
excellent project.
What an inovative way to introduce postcrossing. I like the method of having the child recive the postcard he won by MAILING it to them...that doubles the magic! Kudos to all involved!
Just nice
Мило, теперь проект ждет наплыв школьников "hi!my name is...I'm from Sochi"...)) Жалко что проект не заинтересовал более старшее поколение
Great! Lot of fun and lot of work to achieve such good organization! I´m always thinking how to introduce postcrossing to my son and his school mates, and this brings me inspiration in how to propose it to his teachers. Congratulations!!
Great idea, great organization & great event!
It's very meaningful knowledgable & educational especially for the kids.
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