Our Shipment

After saying goodbye to our stuff on August 11th, we welcomed it to our new home on September 12th.

Nine containers – only moderately beaten up – with ALL OUR BELONGINGS, except one box of anti-diarrheal tablets, delivered to our apartment! When I got home from school, Jack had already unpacked almost everything. He had gone thru our inventory, checked that things were there and stacked stuff all over the house. The amusing thing was going thru what we had shipped. We were both left laughing/questioning, “Why did we bring THAT?” and “Why DIDN’T we bring ***?”. As I’d stated in a previous post (9 containers – 68,000 cubic inches), there are no guidelines to follow. There is no list of “What everyone needs when they move to Cairo”

So, having packed more-or-less blindly, our chosen items, for better or worse, are here. I’ve already begun making lists for those coming to visit – cuz there are just some things that I can’t get here (or are “imported” here, so won’t pay the price for here!).