So the girls want to send post cards to their friends in the US. They (and I) thought it would be neat for them to get cards with a German post mark on them. It just seems more legetimate than a letter that looks like it could have come from down the street, which is how it looks when we take mail to the base and mail it with US stamps. Don't get me wrong, I do like the convenience of having an address that is more or less a US address, makes it easier on my mom to send packages to the girls. But it does lack a certain authenticity to the distance and cultures that are separating us at the moment.
So here I stand with post cards filled with "missing you" thoughts and no frickin' idea where the post office is!!! It's been a week now, and I keep meaning to try to look it up on the web but keep forgetting about it. That is, until this morning. I was walking home from the bus stop, after the girls had gotten safely onto the bus, doing my normal inspection of the homes I pass. I look at flowers and plants, cars, window decor, try to decide if an American is renting there or if it's a German family, and generally just trying to find new things that interest me. I see a yellow postal box and note to myself that when I find a post office to get stamps from I can drop things off in this postal box. Then it dawns on me, i see the same little swirly loop logo on the box and on the house behind it! Voilà! I think I've found a post office!!!! But I only have an hour a day to remember to stop by and buy stamps, think about THAT the next time you are complaining about the hours of the Post Office in the states!!!
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