CHICAGO (CBS) --It took 28 years, but a Glenview woman finally got an answer to her postcard to Germany, looking for a pen pal. Carlye Fallon had forgotten all about writing a postcard to Chancellor ...

Where we went: The marina in Gromitz, Germany, was an overnight port of call on a three-day sailing trip on the Baltic Sea in July. Because it was 60 degrees and most children in northern Germany were ...

Around 150 Millionen postcards are sold in Germany per year and sent all over the world. But does this old fashioned tradition even have a future in our digital age?And which motifs are favoured?

A new exhibition at Berlin's Museum for Communication celebrates the 150-year history of postcards. Here's how Germans enthusiastically adopted the medium to share important news — and the latest ...

They are, if nothing else, a tangible testament to a father's love. From 3 February 1939, when "little Heini" arrived in Swansea after leaving Berlin for the last time, until 31 August, when war made ...

Adele Weder is an award-winning journalist whose most recent book is Ron Thom Architect: The Life of a Creative Modernist. She lives in Vancouver and Haida Gwaii. ‘Work hard for peace, work hard for ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. © Getty Images/Westend61 When I saw that the hotels on Germany’s Baltic ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. When Prince Albert first brought seasonal gingerbread and decorated fir trees to Britain 175 years ago, he was making ...

BADEN-BADEN, Germany – “Yes, we’re going to have to go right to ludicrous speed” It’s 717 kilometers from Berlin to Baden-Baden, quite the stretch by European standards where culture and language can ...