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09-02-2016, 01:00 AM
A letter arrived in Iceland with a hand-drawn map instead of an address
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Luckily, Icelandic postal workers like a good scavenger hunt.
A traveler mailed a letter to a family he had met in Búðardalur, Iceland, and instead of including an address, the envelope contained a few clues and a hand-drawn map.
SEE ALSO: Missing garden g**me returns home after 8-month adventure (http://mashable.com/2016/08/04/missing-g**me-found-adventure/)
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The mailer didn't even k**w the name of the family he was trying to contact, so instead of a name, he wrote "A horse farm with an Icelandic/Danish couple and three kids and a lot of sheep!" and "the Danish woman works in a supermarket in Búðardalur."
With a population of about 270 (http://www.west.is/en/west-iceland-regions/budardalur) people, Búðardalur is the epitome of a small town. The farm is clearly marked on the tiny map, and according to Icelandic website Skessuhorn (http://skessuhorn.is/2016/05/20/frumleg-aritun-sendibrefs-en-dugdi-tho/), it arrived at Rebecca Cathrine Kaadu Ostenfeld's farm safely. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/mail-letter-map-iceland/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Luckily, Icelandic postal workers like a good scavenger hunt.
A traveler mailed a letter to a family he had met in Búðardalur, Iceland, and instead of including an address, the envelope contained a few clues and a hand-drawn map.
SEE ALSO: Missing garden g**me returns home after 8-month adventure (http://mashable.com/2016/08/04/missing-g**me-found-adventure/)
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Image: reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/50a5pk/without_an_address_an_icelandic_tourist_drew_this/?st=isixdj74&sh=e629aabb)
The mailer didn't even k**w the name of the family he was trying to contact, so instead of a name, he wrote "A horse farm with an Icelandic/Danish couple and three kids and a lot of sheep!" and "the Danish woman works in a supermarket in Búðardalur."
With a population of about 270 (http://www.west.is/en/west-iceland-regions/budardalur) people, Búðardalur is the epitome of a small town. The farm is clearly marked on the tiny map, and according to Icelandic website Skessuhorn (http://skessuhorn.is/2016/05/20/frumleg-aritun-sendibrefs-en-dugdi-tho/), it arrived at Rebecca Cathrine Kaadu Ostenfeld's farm safely. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/mail-letter-map-iceland/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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