Want to travel to far away destinations without having to go farther than your mailbox? You might want to consider Postcrossing. This is a great site I discovered a couple months ago, it's like pen pals only less personal. I started using this site (it was so much fun!) to supplement Biggest's geography program and became hooked myself. Postcrossing would also be good for foreign language reading practice. I haven't used it recently as I ran out of postcards, but this weekend I plan to restock and get going again. In a nutshell, here's how it works.
You simply go to Postcrossing and create a profile and specify your preferred language(s). You then request addresses so you can send postcards (they are chosen randomly and you can only have 5 postcards out at a time). Next, you mail a postcard to the given address-being sure to include the tracking number you were given with the address-then you wait for the recipient to receive the postcard. The recipient then registers the tracking number on postcrossing. Once you've successfully sent a postcard your address (or PO Box, whatever address you provide) is then given to another random user and you begin receiving postcards. It's really simple, inexpensive and fun. So far we've received 5 postcards from Hungary, The Netherlands, US and (2) from Germany. Check it out!
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