West Lake, Hangzhou (China)

This terrific postcard comes from the famous West Lake in the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang, China. In fact, I have visited this very site back in December/January 2019/202 when I traveled to Shanghai and Hangzhou. I gave a lecture at Zhejiang University and I truly enjoyed my trip to China. It was beautiful, the food was excellent, and the people were very friendly!

Incredibly, this postcard took 138 days to arrive! I’m not sure where the holdup occurred, but I think part of it may be from our side. The postcard came with a rubber band on it, which is typically how our mail is delivered in bulk when we’ve requested a mail hold from the USPS. It took us some weeks to get all of our mail delivered after our trip in July/August to Seattle, so I wonder if this was found at the bottom of the mail carrier’s bag? Well, that wouldn’t account for the entirety of the hold up, but part of it at least.