I left San Marino today and drove to Assisi. San Marino is a fascinating place, but it is not well known in the U.S. This tiny, mountainous country, completely surrounded by Italy, is one of the smallest and oldest independent republics in the world.
I was there for only two days, but I did take time in San Marino to write and mail some postcards. Some were to family and friends, but I also sent as many as I had time for to other members of Postcrossing, the postcard site I belong to.
The Postcrossing site allows you to change your profile temporarily to Travel Mode, which means that postcards you send will reflect the place you're in, not your home country. As a U.S. citizen, I'm usually sending from one of the most widely represented countries in Postcrossing, with more than 75,000 members. Everyone who's belonged to Postcrossing for more than a few weeks has probably received cards from the U.S.; more than 9 million U.S. cards have been sent!
But San Marino currently has exactly one Postcrossing resident, and she is not very active, having sent only eight cards ever. Presumably, there have been other members from San Marino in the past, but the total of all Postcrossing cards ever sent from San Marino is only 757. Seven of those were from me. Many Postcrossing members are thrilled to receive cards from a rare country, so I made a point of sending some.
Here is one of the postcards I sent from San Marino. The country is known for its three iconic towers on the three peaks of its mountain; you can see one of them here.
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