Postcrossing Blog

Last month the Brazilian Postcrossers organized a meetup in São Paulo to know each other and share their postcards. We asked Karina to tell us how it all went. Here’s what she said:

The Postcrossing meetup in São Paulo on February the 8th was quite fun. We have setup everything through the Postcrossing forum and the Postcrossing Orkut community and we were all very anxious for the day to come. I already knew a few of the people from the last year meetup, but most people were new members, all very interested in making friends and talking about postcards, swaps and their stories.

We arrived at Villa Lobos park around 10am and we all met at the entrance. We waited for the group to gather together and then we went to find a place in the shade since it was very hot – it’s summer in Brazil.

(More photos here, here)

It was quite funny because we sat in a place close to a group of American football players and at the beginning we were a bit scared with the balls but they soon moved away and we could enjoy each others postcard collections. We sat on the grass and we spent most of the morning commenting on the postcards and telling their stories. Everyone took something for the picnic and everyone shared. I made a cake that didn’t come out that well but nobody complained :).

In the afternoon we had an unexpected rain shower and we had to ran for cover to save the postcards. We stayed there for a while till the rain went away and then we resumed the chitchat and page turning of the postcard albums.

The meetup was lots of fun, I loved meeting all the Postcrossers that participated and I hope we’ll make another meetup soon. It’s great to spend some pleasant hours talking with people who have a common interest.

Participated in this meetup: kazinhabueno, Paula_LC, andreaeiko, vbformig, Fernanda, aleoliva86, felipee, justnunu, falavigna and jp33.

Thank you Karina! We confess, here at the Postcrossing headquarters we are envious of such a great sunny weather! We can’t wait for Spring to arrive.

There are more meetups to come! If you want to meet Postcrossers, exchange stories and postcards, and have an exciting day, here’s a list of the upcoming gatherings you can attend:

13–15th March

Finland, Tampere

20–22th March

Germany, Würzburg

31st May

Portugal, Coimbra

29th August

Finland, Helsinki – International Postcrossing Meetup 2009

Have fun!

A bit all over the world, postcrossers like to get together to share their experiences and meet others from the same area. And, of course, to write and exchange some postcards!

San Francisco had its first meetup last Dec. 30th, and Kyo Suayan made a really nice little video about it you can see on Facebook.

Never participated in a Postcrossing meetup? Thinking about organizing one in your area? Then check this forum section with the upcoming events!

Time for another International Postcrossing Meetup, this time in the city of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
Home to the largest port in Europe, and the famous Cube Houses, Rotterdam is an exciting and beautiful city located on the banks of the river Nieuwe Maas.

The meeting will start around 11 o’clock at the Rotterdam Central station (in front of the Bruna) and last until the evening. Plans for the day are being kept secret by the organizers, to not spoil the surprise!
If you’re around, bring your comfortable shoes and join your fellow postcrossers on a day of fun activities in Rotterdam!

For more details, visit this forum thread, or contact goofychicken directly.

PS – So far there are postcrossers attending from The Netherlands, Russia, Norway, Sweden and Germany! :)