And you thought there was an end to this story, eh?
We have some items in storage in Germany and were allowed to ship some of it (but not all -- there are about 1000 books, sigh) to Bucharest. Said, done. Six cubic meters aren't too much but we packed boxes and filled them with some favorite books and items we thought were necessary for our survival here. Liners for the diaper genie, warm fall and winter clothes for Alan in growing sizes, warm shoes for Alan, stuff for the kitchen...
The boxes were scheduled to arrive until the end of August. Two days ago, I noticed that a. Alan had grown out of his sandals and b. that the heat wave broke and we're having nippy temperatures all of a sudden. So we really needed those shoes which are in some box in that move. But the boxes were still not here. It's September now.
The German part told us that the crate with our stuff was on its way. The Bucharest end knew nothing whatsoever. The US end inquired why they were being charged storage fees - were we not living in a house where the crate could be delivered to?
Much confusion ensued.
Turns out that the crate has indeed begun traveling. At the moment, it's in Belgium. The storage fees were a mistake, apparently.
Don't ask.
The arrival of the shoes, among other things, is now scheduled for September 8-10.
We'll see.
Posted by claudia at September 4, 2003 11:08 AMBelgium?!
Please tell me that there is some Walloon town named Bouchariste or something like that.
Wisconsin tip -- double socks on summer shoes in fall are just as warm as winter shoes. But not in snow.
Posted by: Carlos at September 5, 2003 08:36 AM