** Holding Mail **

We've had a bad experience -twice in fact- with packages being returned because we were not in town to pick them up. Ceska Posta holds packages for 1 week. They notify us when a package arrives and again 3 days later. If no one picks up a package after 4 more days, then it's "Return to Sender". A pricey and painful lesson.

In late July we are going to Croatia for 10 days (and Ella's birthday is right when we get back), so we figure it's best to warn folks not to send anything until late July (okay, Grammy?). Anything sent before today will very likely to get here. Since they hold for a week and we're gone for just 10 days, the risk of something being returned is small.