Time flies. There’s now less than a week to go before the removal company comes to take all our worldly goods away. So we’re frantically preparing by making an inventory for the insurance: how much does it cost to replace an ageing CD collection or a drawer full of mismatched socks? We’re recycling junk from the attic, based on the theory that a box you haven’t opened in seven years probably doesn’t have anything in it that you really needed. And working our way down that long, tedious to-do list that all movers have to deal with: banks, phone, internet, gas, electricity, driving licence, etc.
We found out today that our shipping container will be travelling on the 366-metre-long Hamburg Express, direct from Southampton to İzmir. Here’s hoping our box doesn’t fall off the side.
The ship that will take our furniture to Turkey (credit to Herbert Sommer and MarineTraffic).
Before we go, we want to thank all of our friends, neighbours, and colleagues for the warm send-offs we’ve been given. You have all been incredibly thoughtful. We’re determined to get out to Turkey and to start this new chapter in our lives, but that doesn’t mean we won’t miss you.
And some days it seems as though even the British weather is trying to convince us to stay. I took this shot of a double rainbow from our back garden a few days ago. If Southampton always looked like this after rain, we might have had a tougher decision on our hands.
Double rainbow from our garden in Southampton.
Good luck and bon voyage. I felt such a huge sense of relief when I saw my container finally go off down the street. Just hope it shows up in Palmy North in the first week of August!
Thanks, Lorraine. It will definitely be a relief to see ours successfully packed. Hang in there waiting for yours.