Packages are fun no matter if they are from someone in the same city or someone halfway across the world! Being in Shanghai, Matthew and I can get almost anything we need. However, most of you have heard me say that it can sometimes come at quite a high price. Yes, that means that for some things we will buy them in the US then ship them to China and that total cost will still be cheaper than purchasing the item in China! The ironic part is that as you all know most of the things are "made in China" :-)
So today we got a package from my mom. This one was fast and made it here in like 7 days. The swiftness of this package was wonderful, but don't be fooled. We got lucky on that one. Matthews Mom mailed a package about 4 days before my mom and we have yet to get that one. Yes, we have a tracking number and the tracking says it has made it through China customs. But again, don't be fooled! The tracking number only works up until that point. After that it's a guessing game and a matter of how much experience do you have in China! Luckily we have some experience in this area. Or next step is to go to the Chinese post office where sometimes they just get lazy and decide not to deliver packages. We get the privilege of entering through the back doors of what you would call a warehouse that is the post office and we don't go through the front doors because, we'll at this point, they have "lost" the package. Really they are just too lazy to go look for the package so its up to me to go walking through the back rooms of the post office digging through boxes. The easy part... we're looking for English writing. The hard part... trying to communicate what you are looking for to all of the workers lounging in their chairs. It's really quite comical and I probably haven't done the situation any justice. When I go I'll try to get some pictures so you can get a better idea.
For now here is a picture of our goodies and some of Henley doing a trick to get one of her goodies!
So today we got a package from my mom. This one was fast and made it here in like 7 days. The swiftness of this package was wonderful, but don't be fooled. We got lucky on that one. Matthews Mom mailed a package about 4 days before my mom and we have yet to get that one. Yes, we have a tracking number and the tracking says it has made it through China customs. But again, don't be fooled! The tracking number only works up until that point. After that it's a guessing game and a matter of how much experience do you have in China! Luckily we have some experience in this area. Or next step is to go to the Chinese post office where sometimes they just get lazy and decide not to deliver packages. We get the privilege of entering through the back doors of what you would call a warehouse that is the post office and we don't go through the front doors because, we'll at this point, they have "lost" the package. Really they are just too lazy to go look for the package so its up to me to go walking through the back rooms of the post office digging through boxes. The easy part... we're looking for English writing. The hard part... trying to communicate what you are looking for to all of the workers lounging in their chairs. It's really quite comical and I probably haven't done the situation any justice. When I go I'll try to get some pictures so you can get a better idea.
For now here is a picture of our goodies and some of Henley doing a trick to get one of her goodies!