For The First Time!

I have had my Christmas cookies returned to me a couple of times, either from US customs, or because I didn’t provide the recipient’s phone number to call, or, once, because of an address change about which I didn’t know. But there was never anything like that!

I sent a box to Prague (for the first time), and it arrived more or less on time, but then it stuck in the customs clearance and didn’t move. My friend, who was the gift recipient, tried to find out what was happening, but with no luck. It turned out that they sent the box back to me, and it arrived last Saturday.

It so happened that my friend was attending the same conference, and I asked her whether she wanted me to bring the parcel along. I decided to keep it sealed so that we could open the box together and see what have survived.

I could never imagine the picture I saw! Each cookie was unwrapped, and most of them were broken into smaller pieces as if the customs were trying to find something inside. Then, they threw all the wrapping back into the box and sealed it!

I would never believe it if I didn’t see it with my own eyes!