Mail has taken weeks - months, even - to arrive from the United States. Whereas mail from France métropole takes less than one week to arrive. Clearly, distance is not the issue.
I suspected that perhaps American postal workers didn't know where Guadeloupe was located. I cannot blame them; Guadeloupe did not exist to me before I studied France. I thought perhaps postal workers took Guadeloupe to be a Spanish name (gwa-da-loo-pay). It seems fairly similar to Guadalajara, those G-U-A-Ds. So I thought maybe mail was being redirected through South America. Venezuela, for example. That seemed logical. That may be the case, but now I know that at least one letter has taken a detour to Africa. It makes me wonder where in the world are the remaining letters and packages...
Sorry for commenting on all of your posts--there will no doubt be more! I am a bad blog reader: I tend to wait for a few months without reading, then read all of the entries at once. Since yours are naturally so interesting and beautifully written, I can't help making comments. Here I recognize the letter you told me about, and realize that I need to take computer classes from you! Maybe tomorrow? Haha! (I'm only half kidding).
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