Wow! Your hose in Blois looks so bright and inviting with the new furniture in it. I think you are going to have a blast there, Rosemary. And with the holidays coming, it’s going to be even more appealing. On the other hand, when I see what a gorgeous apartment you had in Paris, I’d feel sorry moving out. That view …. a million dollars!
Rosemary Kneipp
November 4th, 2014 at 10:31 pm
Thanks Anda! The view was pretty stunning but I know we’re going to love living here. Arriving in bright sunshine really made things easier, I have to say.
Jill
November 4th, 2014 at 12:31 am
Hi Rosemary! 🙂 I know packing and moving is exhausting..but you are looking great!! I must admit I felt teary when reading of you taking your last photo of your view over the beautiful Jardin Royale..I know how I would have felt if it had been my view! But onward and upward to a wonderful new life that you have been dreaming of and planning for, for what seems a long time 🙂 You’ve done it!! A huge congratulations to both of you…I LOVE it when a plan comes together! Looks like a may just have to head to Le Blois for a look around and take aperos in your gorgeous country garden.:)
Lots of love
Jill.xxxxx
Rosemary Kneipp
November 4th, 2014 at 10:32 pm
Hi Jill – I was amazed at that photo. I look better than I was feeling, I can tell you. Thank you for your well wishes and I can’t wait to have an apero with you in our country garden!
At this point one would normally wish good luck in your new home. Of course your home isn’t new, but your life there will be.
You seem to have prepared for and managed the move very well. It’s a pity about the wine which must leave you sad to think that someone you trusted might have taken it. I hope it turns up.
Good luck!
Rosemary Kneipp
November 4th, 2014 at 10:35 pm
Thank you for your wishes. I’m fairly sure that one of the removalists (whom we didn’t know) was responsible for the disappearance of the wine. I phoned the company today so am keeping my fingers crossed!
Phew! What an effort moving is! At least you had the great advantage of moving into an already set up house. Although it does let you fall into the trap of not opening boxes for years 🙂
We had no breakages when our stuff arrived from Australia, but we lost the odd thing in transit. We think it was because customs officials opened every box in the warehouse without our knowledge and repacked everything very badly. I’d say some things got accidently thrown out with excess packaging or maybe they broke things and rather than tell us just tossed them. I don’t know.
Rosemary Kneipp
November 4th, 2014 at 10:38 pm
It certainly is an effort. As I unpack the boxes, I keep thinking “why did I keep that?”. I know what you mean about the unpacked boxes though …
How annoying to have the customs officials go through everything. I had trunks sent over on two occasions but took them through customs myself so they weren’t even unpacked thank goodness.
sillygirl
November 5th, 2014 at 4:17 pm
We moved once from Seattle to Dallas and “somehow” they lost one section of our four-section bed – so they had to buy us a new one which never fit. They also broke a lamp which they “fixed” (a bungled job that we rejected) and then replaced. Six months later we were moving again and low and behold they found our bed – stored with someone else’s things that had been moved in the same truck. Bed recovered. BUT when they arrived in Spokane they said we had so many pounds of goods – up from the previous move and we hadn’t acquired anything. We had the option of them reweighing the truck – we would have to pay for that if we were wrong but it WAS less – because they had slipped in someone’s boat in our load and thought they could get by with us paying for it. Lesson learned about double checking things!
Rosemary Kneipp
November 5th, 2014 at 9:15 pm
Oh my goodness what a story! The moral is that we shouldn’t move …
I am sorry that your wine went missing. I know that moving can be exhausting but, it looks like you had a fun time with it. We are planning on moving this summer. I hope to have as much fun with it as you did but, I hope that nothing goes missing.
Every move is very exhausting and stressful… the thing is that after a move often there are wonderful new things that are happening! It seems that you did really well with everything! Your view is fantastic! Thanks for sharing your story! All the best!
I hope you ended up finding the wine that went missing. It’s a hassle to move, but it seems like yours went more or less smoothly. I’m glad that the Russian removalist was able to find work in Paris; it must be difficult for people like him just struggling to support their family. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Wow! Your hose in Blois looks so bright and inviting with the new furniture in it. I think you are going to have a blast there, Rosemary. And with the holidays coming, it’s going to be even more appealing. On the other hand, when I see what a gorgeous apartment you had in Paris, I’d feel sorry moving out. That view …. a million dollars!
Thanks Anda! The view was pretty stunning but I know we’re going to love living here. Arriving in bright sunshine really made things easier, I have to say.
Hi Rosemary! 🙂 I know packing and moving is exhausting..but you are looking great!! I must admit I felt teary when reading of you taking your last photo of your view over the beautiful Jardin Royale..I know how I would have felt if it had been my view! But onward and upward to a wonderful new life that you have been dreaming of and planning for, for what seems a long time 🙂 You’ve done it!! A huge congratulations to both of you…I LOVE it when a plan comes together! Looks like a may just have to head to Le Blois for a look around and take aperos in your gorgeous country garden.:)
Lots of love
Jill.xxxxx
Hi Jill – I was amazed at that photo. I look better than I was feeling, I can tell you. Thank you for your well wishes and I can’t wait to have an apero with you in our country garden!
Not knowing the value of the wine, I can only say at least that’s the only thing amiss about the move. It’s quite a process to sort through.
I phoned the removalists today and they said to send the details so they could “sort it out in-house”. Who knows, maybe it’ll turn up!
At this point one would normally wish good luck in your new home. Of course your home isn’t new, but your life there will be.
You seem to have prepared for and managed the move very well. It’s a pity about the wine which must leave you sad to think that someone you trusted might have taken it. I hope it turns up.
Good luck!
Thank you for your wishes. I’m fairly sure that one of the removalists (whom we didn’t know) was responsible for the disappearance of the wine. I phoned the company today so am keeping my fingers crossed!
Phew! What an effort moving is! At least you had the great advantage of moving into an already set up house. Although it does let you fall into the trap of not opening boxes for years 🙂
We had no breakages when our stuff arrived from Australia, but we lost the odd thing in transit. We think it was because customs officials opened every box in the warehouse without our knowledge and repacked everything very badly. I’d say some things got accidently thrown out with excess packaging or maybe they broke things and rather than tell us just tossed them. I don’t know.
It certainly is an effort. As I unpack the boxes, I keep thinking “why did I keep that?”. I know what you mean about the unpacked boxes though …
How annoying to have the customs officials go through everything. I had trunks sent over on two occasions but took them through customs myself so they weren’t even unpacked thank goodness.
We moved once from Seattle to Dallas and “somehow” they lost one section of our four-section bed – so they had to buy us a new one which never fit. They also broke a lamp which they “fixed” (a bungled job that we rejected) and then replaced. Six months later we were moving again and low and behold they found our bed – stored with someone else’s things that had been moved in the same truck. Bed recovered. BUT when they arrived in Spokane they said we had so many pounds of goods – up from the previous move and we hadn’t acquired anything. We had the option of them reweighing the truck – we would have to pay for that if we were wrong but it WAS less – because they had slipped in someone’s boat in our load and thought they could get by with us paying for it. Lesson learned about double checking things!
Oh my goodness what a story! The moral is that we shouldn’t move …
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I am sorry that your wine went missing. I know that moving can be exhausting but, it looks like you had a fun time with it. We are planning on moving this summer. I hope to have as much fun with it as you did but, I hope that nothing goes missing.
I certainly hope nothing goes wrong …
Every move is very exhausting and stressful… the thing is that after a move often there are wonderful new things that are happening! It seems that you did really well with everything! Your view is fantastic! Thanks for sharing your story! All the best!
I hope you ended up finding the wine that went missing. It’s a hassle to move, but it seems like yours went more or less smoothly. I’m glad that the Russian removalist was able to find work in Paris; it must be difficult for people like him just struggling to support their family. Thanks for sharing your experience.