We moved to the Grand Hyatt about two weeks ago in order to have the apartment ready to start packing. It has given us some extra rest to have a sain place where you are still able to find what you want. Monday May 18th the packers came and they took 3 full days with wrapping up all our belongings. We are shipping 303 boxes with a 40 foot container! After the packing they needed one full day to get all the boxes downstairs into a truck ready to go to the warehouse. There they will be shifted into the container to get on it's way to Rotterdam. If all goes well the container will sail coming Monday, it takes at least 5 working days to get custom clearance.
It gives one a strange feeling seeing all those boxes basically filled with lots of memorabilia of your life and knowing, or hoping, that you will see them again in about 6 weeks time at a complete different place.
I have been asked what we are taking home with us and even though we ship a lot, the really big Indian style furniture is not what we took. Just a nice big wooden box, a couple of chairs and some bookcases.
What we do take with us are many good and some lesser memories of India.
Below are pictures of before, during and after packing the apartment.
