Today I have received post again. Nothing special, as I receive my computer-magazine every two weeks. And it’s quite fast, normally. I often have the issue from Monday already on Wednesday here in Studentski Grad. Okay – this time it was slightly longer. Today, 7th of December, I received the issue from the 22nd of November. Wouldn’t be something special, the duration of postcards and letters varies from 3 days to two weeks.
But today I had another postcard – from Japan! A friend from my university sent it to me while he was on an Asia trip. Perhaps I should go back to the university in Frankfurt to get my flights paid… ;-) What’s so special on this postcard? Well, it has a stamp from Osaka, saying it was sent on 15. of September – almost three months! I guess I’ve never received something which was on its way for such a long time.
All the cards made it to the concierges down here or collected by my caretaker. Very nice service. And on almost every card is a stamp from its post office of origin and a second one from Sofia, so the duration is easy to be found out.
At this point I want to say thanks for all your cards from around the world! Only the continents Africa, South-America and Antarctica are missing so far – someone knows someone there? ;-)
Here are some pictures of the postcards, all addresses written in different ways – but all came here. In more or less long time….
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- The first card I recevied in Bulgaria: my sister sent it from Australia. Address is written in in cyrillian – difficult, but good enough to make it around the world :-) Duration: unknown, recieved 12.03.10.
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- Front of the Australia card – Kangurus. What else? ;-)
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- The second card – Malaika and Nele wrote it in Wetzlar and sent it from Offenbach. Also written in cyrillian. Duration: 7 days.
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- From of the Wetzlar card: the oecumenical church of the city.
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- Greetings from New York – and the address: cyrillian, but printed, cuttet and glued on the card! Crazy! Duration: unknown, recieved maybe 12.08.10
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- The skyline of New York – and another sticker for the electronical post sort system
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- First postcard from Fribourg – Address in hand-written cyrillian. Strange: this card from Switzerland got a tacker/stample (?) [de: Tackernadel] on its way to here. Duration: 9 days.
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- Fribourg I: the…well…I wouldn’t say „skyline“. But the view of the city from under one of the famous bridges.
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- Postcard from my parents from Bornholm, Denmark. Sent from Germany – at first they didn’t know, its possible to sent cards also with a latin-letters address. Duration: 3 days!
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- View of Bornholms beach. Really nice there! I can really recomment this island!
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- Second card from Fribourg. With my name twice, cyrillian and latin. Duration: 7 days.
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- The second view of Fribourg – from a higher point of view
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- Postcard from the „Juso-outpost“ Turkey, sent by a comrade from Östrich-Winkel. Address in latin. Duration: 12 days.
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- Touristical views from Kemer, Turkey
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- Third postcard from Fribourg, Address in cyrillian. Duration: 8 days.
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- Front of the third Fribourg postcard: swiss panoarma with flags.
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- The card from Japan – written only in latin letters. Duration: 83 days.
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- Stamp of the Japan-card. Might be visible – the date: „15. IX 10“
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- From Japan: „A set of twenty-one Vajâyanistic Statues installed in the Lecture Hall of Tôji Temple.“
If you made it till here: I’m really happy about post I receive here! If you like – sent me a card :-) The address should be found on the pictures in different ways. Or in my first entry from Sofia at the end. Thanks in advance!