Postcard bonanza.

My mail tends to arrive in clumps. I'm pretty sure this has something to do with the Bulgarian postal service. Today I got so much mail that it was apparently the news of the day...several people were excited about it.

First, I got packages from Brisbane and from Victoria, BC. The Brisbane package came with a 2007 calendar with pictures of Australian wildlife, so I guarantee this will be a hit. Plus, a postcard, of course. The BC package was stuffed with brochures and pictures of Victoria, including two activity books for kids! Really, really cool.

I also got postcards from:

Canada (I know that's vague, but it's what the postcard says and the postmark doesn't help.)
San Jose
Sausalito, CA (a gorgeous picture taken from the Marin Headlands...my counterpart saw it and asked me: "Where is that?")
Victoria, BC (I think it's coincidental that it arrived on the same day as the package from Victoria, I believe they were sent by different people.)

So, wow.

Also received a couple letters, one from my friend Elizabeth that was filled with STICKERS! Super! I can bribe my kids to do absolutely anything for stickers.

Today is okay so far, but it has really gotten cold, fast. I hear we're going to have a warming trend towards the end of the week, though.

I've been in Bulgaria six months as of day. And, lest that sound impressive, I still have 21 more to go.