Wandervogel

16.12.24 I'm away for a long vacation till March '25, so I won't be able to tell you if I got your swap, but I'll do it when I'm back ;)

I mark as "sent" on the same day when I put the swap into the mail-box, but if I put it there later than at 12pm, it may be that the envelope will be stamped only the next day or on Monday, if I send it out during the weekend. Please consider it!
If I didn't rate you, pls, drop me a message and I'll double check!
Or if you didn't get my swap, please, first contact me! I never intend to flake on you, I have a nice profile and don't wanna ruin it. But post gets lost...
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Hello World! I'm keen on linguistics, archeology and backpacking. I'm an avid nature lover and vegetarian :)

I adore languages and the process of learning them. I also can fluently speak and write in German, English and Russian and learning Italian now!

I like my cards written&stamped with picture related messages.
Pls, don't send me written postcards in envelopes - it's the worst thing that can happen to a postcard!
View, GF and map cards, please, send only from the country of origin! For me it's pretty disappointing to get the Eiffel Tour from Taiwan for example...
I'm a collector, so I have many preferences!

What I enjoy getting in postcard-swaps :

• anything from my PC-Faves, Flickr-Faves 1, Flickr-Faves 2.

New postcards to my collections:
❥ Buddistic Thangkas, Prayer Flags, Stupas, Himalaya, Temples, Buddha
❥ Hindu Gods & Goddesses
❥ Ancient megaliths, ruins and petroglyphs of the world prefer those of your country
❥ Ancient Egypt Culture
❥ Official Postallove GF please only sent from the country of origin
❥ Caravans, Trailers, Wohnwagen, Hippie WV, boho style
❥ Lantern Festival
❥ Yoga only real photos or beautiful arts, no yoga-cats and such fun stuffs
❥ Studio Ghibli
❥ Krtek
❥ Elsa Beskow
❥ Kissing/Cuddling cute & fluffy animals or children kissing/cuddling with cute & fluffy animals
❥ Alphonse Mucha
❥ Movies & actors pls, only Hollywood and no vintage or b&w
❥ Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker
❥ Moomins by Tove Jansson
❥ Hedgehog in the fog
❥ Old Ladies by Inge Löök
❥ Beatrix Potter if possible they are to be sent to Moscow to my mom
❥ Real space and celestial photos like by NASA or Hubble
❥ Maxicards
❥ Venice, Venezia, Venise, Venedig, Венеция (NO MASKS, please!!!)
❥ Irina Smirnova
❥ Jul, Noel, New Year, Christmas (I like vintage X-mas, gnomes, beautiful religious art)
❥ Tausendschön
❥ Matterhorn

I DON'T enjoy in postcard-swaps:
✖ meet-ups / duplicates / greeting cards / envelopes / selfies / poor handmade
✖ boring city-views, view cards not from the country of origin
✖ kids' scribbles, modern/abstract art, pantone
✖ words only, b&w, unofficial GF
✖ gay/vulgar, meat/alcohol, politics
✖ Ortsschilder
✖ cartoons (if not from my favourites)

And about other types of swaps, which I also adore ;)!

What I enjoy getting in various swaps (in no particular order):
❥ teas (any except, anise, honey, rose, ginger, fennel). If you are from the Netherlands, I will be totally happy, if you can send me Pickwick with wild/forest berries - it's a tea from my childhood
❥ anything about India, Hindu mythology, Tibet, buddhism, yoga, prayer flags etc.
❥ any arts in Hindi, Sanskrit
❥ Ancient Egypt
❥ the Knights of the Temple, Graal etc.
❥ boho/bohemian style
❥ water-colour pictures
❥ sand dollar

And my kinda hate-list:
✖ key chains / fridge magnets / cell phone charms
✖ soft toys
✖ polymer clay / quilling / quilting
✖ glitters, childish stuffs
✖ anything with rose or honey scents
✖ haribo and all similar jelly stuffs
✖ FB's / Friend sheets
✖ stationary stuffs like memo sheets, pins, sticky notes, letter paper etc.

I'm not going to hate you for sending me these items, but you must know they will be thrown away, cause I have no use for them. So it's just wasted money for you and disappointment for me!

My favourite movie of all times is "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", because it is just how it should be in your life, if it's not! :)

Actually I have a really wide range of comedies among my favourites. I like Amelie e.g. And I like anti-utopic or alternative history movies. My special preference belongs to Wes Andersen's masterpieces, esp. the Darjeeling Limited because of its special atmosphere. I hope to make such a spiritual journey one day, too.

Here are some more of my favourite movies, franchises and sitcoms in no particular order:
Marvel Universe (esp. Thor, Capitan America and X-Men)
Wonder Woman from DC
The Hunger Games
Spy movies like James Bond (esp. Daniel Craig and Sean Connery), Bourne movies
Star Trek
Indiana Jones
Friends
The office
The big bang theory
How I met your mother
Arrested Development

I really enjoy different kinds of New Age, meditation and ambient music.

I love stitching, wire-working, beading, crochet :) Simple sewing is also on my list.

I love yoga & pilates very much. It's my medicine for mind and body. I think it is the best thing that can bring you to a harmony with yourself. When I do yoga it allows me just to be myself and to discover my body afresh.

I simply dislike competitive sports, but I also ride a bicycle.

The only person I'd like myself to be compared to is me yesterday.