Who knew postcards would be such a challenge?

A new little adventure that taught us a lot:  the post office!  I had several post cards to mail, and the post office was right across the street from our apartment, so we thought, "Easy enough. No worries."  Slight underestimation.  Figuring out the whole process was a challenge!  First, we went to the automatic machine, then decided that wasn't what we needed, so we went to stand in line to speak with someone.  But then decided, "Well, no, the machine should be what we need, but we don't know how much postage would be for each card."  So then we had to flag down someone to ask that simple question.  Once we figured that out, we could go over and use the machine.  Great.  But.  It only took coins.  Did I have 10 euros in coins?  NO.  Crap.  So I got as many stamps as I could with the coins I had.  Only to notice as we got done ... that there was a change machine right next to the stamp machine.  D'oh!  So I put some bills in and got the coins I needed.  I got ALL my stamps, finally.  And you should all be getting a post card from me soon.  "And now you know  ... the rest of the story."  :)