Wow! Needless to say I was very excited to see a parcel had arrived all the way from the USA. I know the US is big and has so many different cities and cultural highlights, so needless to say I was thrilled to see this is where my Santa was from, even though I didn't specifically know where yet!

Inside the box were so!e fantastic treats for her hometown, Oakland! I have heard of Oakland before, but I never really knew where it was. So I was very excited to see all the things and now I have a much better idea. (It turns out Oakland is nowhere near where I thought. I think I had it confused with your city Cleveland, so I was way off! I guess they sound similar)

Inside the box were so many lovely things. A book showing the various areas of the East Bay region over time (I love things like this, I follow so many before and after Instagram accounts!!!), some magazines showing the best of Oakland and stories about locals and had a cool map inside, some local handmade chocolate and soap and a very lovely card explaining the significance of it all. I'm really looking forward to using the soap, and I'm also interested in trying US chocolate as I hear it tastes very different to what we have here.

I was so very delighted and surprised about the amazingly thoughtful gift. Thank you so much for sharing this slice of your home with me. I hope that one day I'll get to viist this regions and experience life like a local.

Thank you so much, Santa!