Wednesday, December 23, 2009

"The Postcard Race": Round 10; December in Buenos Aires


Just near our apartment, on Peru Street, is a little place where you can use the internet, make telephone calls, buy stamps, mail packages under 1 KG and probably do other things too. The woman pictured runs the place and she handles multiple inquires , takes money, makes change and happily tackles whatever comes her way. A true inspiration! She has mailed, and as you can see, date stamped everyone of the Round 10 postcards. Though I have paid many visits to her establishment I have yet to ask her name. But she was happy to have her photo taken and liked the idea of "The Postcard Race".

It seems that many contestants have yet to receive Round 9 cards mailed from Sao Paulo; so, for round 10 strict guidelines have been followed. All postcards have been mailed from the same place, those outside major centres dwellers got a head start, former winners were given a handicap. I am very confident that before very long, perhaps even before the new year, we will have a winner for round ten.

So you know the rules, the first person to report receiving a postcard from Buenos Aires, looking something like the ones below, and to let us know the "fact" written on the back will receive, "something mailed to you from another country". This time the prize will be coming from the wilds of Uruguay where we will be spending January, first on an eco-ranch and then on the beach at Punta del Diablo. Who knows what we might find and hopefully a post office will be involved.



Good Luck everyone!
happy holidays!

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Yippee! I got my postcard from Buenos Aires! Happy New Year everybody!! Yippee! I'm so happy that I might win!!

Unknown said...

I forget what I'm supposed to do, oh no. Okay, I'm too excited, I have to write the quote from Alfonsina Storni 1892-1938. Do I write it here? Yippee!! I won!!!

Unknown said...

All the Facts

Now that I've re-read the rules and know what I'm supposed to do to truly win, here is the entire fact from The Postcard Race Round #10 December in Buenos Aires.

Luck for me today is New Years Day and no else in The World is getting mail delivery which has given me time to secure my win.

Alfonsina Storni 1892-1938, is considered one of the most prominent Latin-American women poetof the 20th century. Inspired by her own experiences, Storni courageously wrote about the struggles of women in modern urban society, advocating equality for women and bemoaning the inadequacies of romantic relationships in a male-dominated society. Her subject matter focuses on themes of love and death. The development of her work during her career changed from traditional rhyme and meter to experimental forms of free verse.

To hear poetry by Alfonsina Storni just go to this url or google her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtksw7BZZ2w

Thanks Rachel and Yvonne, Feliz Año Nuevo!

suzo said...

Moira is sooooo excited about winning I don't think you can do anything but give her the prize. Imagine how super disappointed she will be if she is not "technically" the winner because some not-so-deserving person emailed Rachel & Yvonne directly. The fact that someone from Montreal got their postcard in a timely manner is reason enough to send them a prize.

r2 said...

Moira and Trish win the Buenos Aires round! Official posting coming soon!