This postcard had a bit of an adventure. I sent it to Postcrossing member siobahn in Germany located around the city of Leverkusen, Germany. This was on or about March 14, 2014.
For those who may follow this blog but do not belong to Postcrossing, a card from the US to Germany tends to be one of the quicker routes. I've had cards arrive in Germany as quick if not quicker than some cards mailed within the continental US. The average, I've noticed, tends to be around two weeks for the card to get registered.
This card took 34 days to get there. That's 34 days to travel only 6,827 km (4,242 miles). That's only just more than 5 miles per hour. I honestly feared it may have gone lost in the mail when it hit a month of traveling.
What I found out when the card was registered is that somehow the card was wrongly mailed to Sri Lanka (south of India) where some nice person in their post office realized that Germany and Sri Lanka are on the opposite sides of the planet and about 12,114 km away via land.
That's a long trip for a little postcard. Glad it made its way to its destination.
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