Sara sends this treasure from the once-home of Vlad the Impaler.
As I hung out with Hungarians, I knew that though Dracula is supposedly based on Vlad, Bram Stoker never visited. Hungarians can be very touchy about Dracula.
Sara sent this from Arcata because she couldn’t find any Romanian stamps. I also had trouble finding stamps in Romania.
Sara’s postcard made its way to me quickly! The postmark says June 23 (actually it says 23-06-22 La Poste, but I know how to translate) and it arrived on June 29! Speedy delivery!
I was quite excited to get this composite card. Sara reports that they have visited three of five things depicted: Eiffel Tower (from the ground) Sacré-Cœur, and Notre-Dame, which is under construction after the fire.
She also said that they just finished a canal and Seine boat tour that took them through three locks. This reminded me of the book Just One Day.
Sara sent this postcard along with an Entertainment Weekly (R.I.P.) and a bunch of People Magazines. Very fun. She said that sending along the magazines was part of her trip prep.
She says that she’s not always sure where to send this card. Also that she has sent it, but hasn’t kept a list of who has already received it.
She sends me a fun challenge to find silly adventures near my home this summer. We shall see.
Sara says that the factory was not in production that day, but that there were many fun things to do notwithstanding.
There was even a section about Ronald Regan and his love of jelly beans. Apparently, Regan’s jelly bean–specific sweet tooth really changed the trajectory of the company.
Well, the streak of series postcards all arriving on the same day has been broken. This is postcard 1 of 3. At least I got the first one first.
Sara first marvels that it is June (Agreed!) and tells about the “sweet detour” she and Shawn took on their way back home. Sara says:
“I’ve been wanting to stop a the factory ever since I knew it was a thing. I mean, how can any child of Mr. Rodgers not enjoy a factory tour?!?”
Agreed. Mr. Rodgers really did a lot in opening our eyes to the wonders of factories.
Another 2 of 2 series that arrived on the same day!
Sara opens by asking if I ever buy X number of postcards, not have time to send them, and then get home and wonder who I bought them for.
My answer. Nope. Because they can always be used for Postcrossing.
This is the postcard series where Sara tells me she is going to France and Romania in June. France because her stepmother bought a house, Romania so they can meet up with a friend of Shawn’s.
Do to the mail lag time, this was not the first I’d heard of this. Sara offhandedly mentioned it in a text causing much ????!!!?!?!?!?!Whaaaaaaaaat???????? from me and much, I thought I told you? from her.
Turns out she did, but the message was in transit.
I’ve learned that I will not be taking a work trip to San Diego in January 2023, so these postcards will be my major interactions with that city.
It’s the rare occurrence where a series of postcards arrive all on the same day!
Sara writes from her first official day of summer, which started on May 19. She did a lot of lovely things including not going into the office. I celebrate that decision.
These punny cards are fun not only for their front message, but also because on the back is cute picture in the area of the stamp, but it’s not covered by the stamp. Alas, I did not take a picture, so you will need to imagine a mouse on one card and a chicken on the other.
Sara writes that she is sending this card from Arcata, not from the town in which it was purchased.
She enjoyed her time in San Diego, the weather (sunny and warm), and seeing friends. Alas, some work issues spilled over and that wasn’t fun, but there you have it.
The stamp on the back is one of the coral fish series. We both like those better than what have replaced it: the barns. I’m looking forward to the end of the barns.
Sara certainly has moved to an area with a lot of local postcards! This one reminds me of clip art montages, but fancier.
Sara reports that it’s gray and rainy and overcast (a thing that happens in Portland a lot too!) and she reports that it’s also Oscar Sunday and she’s excited to see my picks for the win. She writes that she plans on recording the ceremony and catching up later.
I can tell you from the future that she ended up watching in real time, so she saw the famous slap. We discussed via text and both were frowny face about the whole thing.
I love the color scheme of this postcard, and the iconography. Sara grabbed it on her way from from San Francisco airport. She was hoping to find an outgoing mailbox in the airport, but did not discover one.
