It’s been 10 days since we crossed the border with our cat,
our suitcases and, for some reason, an excessive amount of chargers and
adapters.
It took us around 8 hours to get from Nijmegen (The
Netherlands) to Lausanne in Switzerland. After only 20 minutes our cat
demonstrated two things:
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Cat carriers are not cat-proof
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Trying to keep a cat from running around in a
moving car will leave you some scars.
After 6 hours he proved something else:
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Cats can meow for 6 hours in a row.
The rest went quite smooth. Our car made it; we made it; the
cat made it…
Saying goodbye
Saying goodbye is never easy. Specially saying goodbye to
our couch, our coffee machine, our stand mixer … All these things are now
stored in a container far far away, praying for us to find an apartment soon,
so we can be reunited.
The weeks prior to packing and furniture move (we left this
up to professionals) I spent a great deal of time worrying and wondering if all
my stuff would fit in one truck. I fantasized about what I would have to leave
behind, which precious piece of my collection of inexpensive furniture would have
to be donated to a friend, which small kitchen appliance would not make it to
Switzerland? Having to choose between the vacuum sealer and the mixer is like
having to choose between amputating your left or right leg.
After the movers were done, I had mixed feelings about the
whole process: not only I could take both the mixer and the vacuum sealer; I
could have fitted my neighbors’ complete furnishings and my whole car in there.
This was good in a way, but there was also the realization that my life fits in
less than half a truck.
Lausanne
We are just starting to get used to the new city, the new
country, the new language and the new cultural peculiarities. So plenty of writing material for next time.
