Karyn's card from Malta arrived the day before yesterday and it had a stamp from December 15th. If it takes that long from Malta to Germany then I wonder how long it will take to California which may be about 4 times as far (Actually it can be even more, need a globe ).

A friend of mine sent a card from Bolivia- it took from 13th to yesterday.

Edit: Looks as if it is rather 9 times as much distance.