I remember this major girl's magazine (Dolly, it's still around here, is probably equivalent to 16 magazine in the US - is that what it's called??) when I was like, 13/14 and there was a penpal section and it basically had people asking for penpals and GAVE THEIR REAL ADDRESSES (ah, a simpler time, more innocent, less stalky!) and I tried to get into the magazine because apparently these people would get a FLOOD of letters, but I also wrote to a few people that seemed interesting and ended up having a couple of penpals from that for years.