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This card quickly moved into our favorites list. The picture doesn't do it justice and it is gorgeous! This is like a dream house surrounded by flowers. Can you imagine the smell that must be around that? It's got to be like closing your eyes and being in heaven! Add one more flower to all those on the front with the flower on the stamp:

The is everything she wrote:

I am going to try and type out everything that she wrote, but I must admit I am horrible at reading writing sometimes. I hope I catch everything:

Dear Robert, I hope that you like this postcard. It shows a typical house in the southern part of Germany. In the (don't know what it says) we have winter and important 5th season (as we say in German) We have Fasching=carnival. This is a time we've a lot fo people dress up, have a lot of fun and visit long (??) Do you have carnival in the states? This season ends with Ash Wednesday. I'm going to watch the most important parades on TV on Monday. Normally I don't like this season to much, My children enjoy it much. Many greetings from Steltgast and happy postcrossing. S-

If you are reading this, let me tell you that here in San Diego, we do not have the parades and carnivals; however, there are places (especially in Louisiana) that has huge Mardi Gras celebrations full of parades and carnivals before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday; thought the celebration lasts much longer than just that Tuesday.

How about you other American citizens? Do you celebrate Mardi Gras time? Anyone else around the world?

I don't particularly enjoy these celebrations because I'm not one for loud places (I get very disoriented so I stay away as much as possible). But I know many people enjoy these times.

Oh, I also wanted to add that, after I sent her a thank you, she sent us this message:

"Hello Robert,
it is good to read that you like this postcard. This house an the flowers are so typical german.
There was´nt enough place left on my postcard for a german word or sentence. so I write it down here.
Tschüss....bye-bye
auf wiedersehen....good bye (more formal)
ade...we use here in Baden Württemberg (the county I live)...it als means bye-bye
With best wishes from a cold Germany
yours S-"

I love that she added more and helped us out in learning new languages