Hi, I'm Karol from Poland!

When I'm not checking my mailbox, I’m probably at a concert, on my way to one, or planning the next while pretending to be a responsible adult. I live in a small city where entertainment mostly means cloud-watching, so I travel for almost every show. After so many trips I sometimes wake up and need a moment to remember which city I accidentally ended up in.

Most concerts I go to are Polish, but I also chase international ones. I love Olivia Rodrigo, Gracie Abrams, Sofia Isella, and of course One Direction. Seeing them live will forever remain an impossible dream, which is honestly tragic.

I also love traveling. Once, I spent 30 days on trains across Europe, visiting Prague, Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Venice, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Vatican City, Milan, Lecco, Zurich, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels, London, Paris, Luxembourg, and Berlin. Yes, all by train. I slept so often on trains that my backpack started side-eyeing me.

Lessons learned: never trust the weather, always have snacks, and accept that a perfectly on-time train is basically a unicorn.

I absolutely adore postcards decorated with stickers, washi tape, pretty stamps, or little doodles. And if you want to make me laugh, feel free to share your funniest, most absurd story from your life. The more ridiculous, the better.

I always prefer illustrated postcards over photo ones. Drawings, doodles, and whimsical art make me much happier than any photo could.

My favorite themes:

Grinch
Shaped illustrated postcards
LouPaper & Tausendschön
Illustrated city views (no standard tourist photo postcards)
Harry Potter (illustrated, no movie stills)
Disney (illustrated, no movie stills)
Pokémon
Handmade postcards
Holiday postcards (Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc., no religious themes)
Animals
Music (concerts, instruments, or your favorite artist)

Extras I love:

lots of stamps
flat stickers
washi tape
tiny drawings
small tokens from your country, like a coin or tea bag

If you send your card in an envelope, please also put a stamp (even a used one) on the postcard itself 😊

I prefer to avoid:

ad postcards
historical or political themes
religious themes
erotic content
vintage photos
anything that isn’t really a postcard (I love handmade cards, but not ones made from food packaging or just printed photos)