Pat And Patty Travel Blog

 Less than one week before we leave and I'm still making last minute adjustments to our travel plans.  The company that's shipping our container just contacted me to reschedule the pick-up for the same day that we leave.  That's obviously not going to work. The pets don't know that this is their last week in a house before transitioning to apartment life.  The cats will adjust, but I'm worried about our dog Nellie. She's always been very skittish and barks at any noise. Miss Nellie Tommy can't escape the power of the sunbeam

Deciding what to bring to another country is difficult when you've spent a lifetime collecting things.  Patty loves to wear vintage clothing and she has a lot of it.  This is load one of about 3 heading over to our storage unit to be packed onto pallets.  We will fill a 40' container and we'll need to put everything into storage once it arrives in Spain, until we find permanent housing. It's not what I'd recommend doing, but we're both pretty bad at letting things go. This is what it looks like when the pallets are ready to go.  When exporting to another country, don't forget to use plastic pallets as there's restrictions over using wood ones.  Something to do with the possible introduction of insects to places where they might not already exist. Still a lot of work to do.  The pets are booked and we've got approved crates for them.  Definitely a big estate sale with everything that we are leaving behind.