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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The mail phenomenon.

Buona sera mi amici.

If you have ever tried to mail something from Italy it can be a very interesting experience.  So I decided to go to Mailboxes etc. with my parcel today as they have UPS and it would be quick.  I had a little surprise for my sorella and thought it would be nice to send it today.  I was happy to know there was a franchise not too far from where I live.  So after school I grabbed my parcel and off I went.  There was no one in the store....now I know why.  When the clerk weighed my package and keyed some things into the computer she looked up at me and in a very sweet voice said that would be 60 euros.  Another moment where I threw my head back and laughed.  Sixty euros...was she kidding....nope she was not.  I thought be myself ...boy for 60 euros I could buy a lot of wine or one very good bottle of wine.  So off I went to the post office thinking it would be significantly better....nope....40 euros to ship my package to Canada.  Well guess who is not getting a package next week.  :):):)  Buona serrata ... off to study some more Italian.

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