Is there a mail club that sends letters from different world cities?

Yes. And honestly, I think this is exactly why I made Letters From a Friend Abroad.

Because most of what we see about travel now is quick.

A reel.
A list.
A guide.
A hotel room.
A restaurant someone says you have to try.

And I love all of that too.

But sometimes I want something slower. Something that feels more personal. Something that tells me what a place was actually like, not just what I should do there.

That is what Letters From a Friend Abroad is.

It is a monthly mail club for people who miss real letters and want to experience cities around the world in a more thoughtful way.

Each month, I send a real envelope from a different city abroad. Inside is a personal letter, city notes, a postcard, a small keepsake, and a few little paper things that make the place feel closer.

It is not really a travel guide.

It is more like getting a letter from someone who has been walking around the city, noticing the details, and thinking, “I wish I could send this feeling to someone.”

So I do.

The first letter begins in Tbilisi, Georgia.

A city with wooden balconies, crooked streets, houses that look like they are hanging over the river, sulfur baths, stray dogs with colored ear tags, warm bread, churchkhela in shop windows, and neighbors who might hand you homemade wine in an old soda bottle.

It is not the polished postcard version of a place.

It is the lived-in version.

The version you notice slowly.

The version that becomes ordinary when you live there, and then suddenly feels extraordinary when you try to explain it to someone else.

That is the kind of letter I want to send.

A letter that feels like you are being let into the small, human details of a city.

Not just the landmarks.

Not just the perfect photos.

The texture of it.

The smell of bread from a shop window.
The dog sleeping in the same sunny spot every morning.
The way people carry groceries home.
The things you would probably miss if you were only there for a weekend.

Every month is a new city, and each envelope is made to feel like something worth opening slowly.

You might receive a letter, field notes, a postcard, a sticker for your city passport, an audio version of the letter, and a small keepsake tied to the place.

New subscribers also receive a little Letters From a Friend Abroad passport, where they can collect the city stickers as the letters arrive.

It is small.

But that is kind of the point.

It is not trying to be another big thing to consume.

It is a real piece of mail.

Something with your name on it.

Something that came from somewhere.

Something you can hold, save, reread, or tuck away.

I think this is for people who still like paper things.

People who keep postcards.

People who love travel, but do not always want travel content to feel like a checklist.

People who miss the feeling of opening the mailbox and finding something that was actually meant for them.

And maybe people who want to feel a little more connected to the world without needing to get on a plane.

You do not choose the city each month, at least not usually.

That is part of the fun.

You just join, and then one day a letter arrives.

From Tbilisi.
Or Stockholm.
Or Belgrade.
Or somewhere else entirely.

A city you may have been to.
A city you may dream of visiting.
A city you may know almost nothing about until the envelope is in your hands.

That is the magic of it for me.

A letter can make somewhere far away feel close.

And in a world where everything moves so quickly, I think there is something really lovely about that.

A real envelope.

A real story.

A small piece of a city.

Sent to your mailbox.