I'm the same--I actually enjoyed writing postcards to my partner-turned-wife before we had kids. Ever since, I make the effort of sending a postcard from my professional trips to cheer my children. You cannot imagine how excited they are to receive mail, and it beats video-calling by miles.
We have a lot of white Rhodesians in Perth. Just the other day I was trying to explain to some young Australians what happened there and they didn't really get it. I said to them: you are living through it, and your ignorance is enabling this. They still did not get it.
I am definitely “guilty” of sometimes buying postcards and then hand delivering them on my return.
But yes a great idea to ask for postcards from fellow travellers!
I have a friend heading to Japan this autumn and I am now thinking that would be a great souvenir to kindly ask for…
I'm the same--I actually enjoyed writing postcards to my partner-turned-wife before we had kids. Ever since, I make the effort of sending a postcard from my professional trips to cheer my children. You cannot imagine how excited they are to receive mail, and it beats video-calling by miles.
We have a lot of white Rhodesians in Perth. Just the other day I was trying to explain to some young Australians what happened there and they didn't really get it. I said to them: you are living through it, and your ignorance is enabling this. They still did not get it.