I love travelling…..I love food…….and love sharing my experiences (good & bad) with other people so what a perfect opportunity to join the social, digital world of blogging!  

Being a “technophobe”, this is all very new to me so will apologise now for any incomplete posts, random, over-sized photos or a link that doesn’t work while I teach myself what the hell to do!   Like a learner driver….we all have to start somewhere, stall a few times, but hopefully with a few lessons my blogging will eventually be 100 times better than my reverse parking!  (20 years after passing my driving test I still don’t do reversing….only lived life driving forwards!)

So why “The Postcard Diaries”?   After weeks of trying to come up with a website name I eventually chose something which means something to me.   It might sound a bit ‘geeky’ but I love receiving & sending postcards. Everywhere I visit I always try to buy a postcard to have a physical record of the time, place & experience.   

In today’s digital, fast paced life, the traditional post card seems to be slowly disappearing replaced with instant sharing via Facebook, Instagram or a collating photos on your phone.  Now don’t get me wrong…I love Facebook….getting to grips with Instagram & my phone memory is clogged up with photos, but I still get excited when someone (usually my parents) sends me via pigeon mail a post card from their holiday!   Somewhere in a drawer I must have hundreds of post cards of all shapes & sizes from all around the world so I must dig them out & over time will share some of the best!  (Oh god….am I sounding like a boring stamp collector?)    

Life has to be fun & I try enjoy the time while I’m here.  I’m the first person to poke fun at myself as not everything I do goes to plan but that’s what makes life interesting isn’t it?

Hopefully you’ll enjoy my blog, it’s meant to be taken as a light hearted read with no offence meant! 

Happy reading!

Lou Lou xx

PS – My website photo / icon is naturally from one of my Post cards……from memory Dartmouth in Devon , Summer 2015!