Preparations

I know it is worth it, but making the move is not without challenges even before we leave.  There are so many decisions to make!

Should we sell the car that is almost twenty years old?  Logically the answer is yes, but I will miss the windows that roll down manually, the odometer that rolls over mechanically instead of digitally, and I might even miss the tape player.

original sticker from September 1996

Should we try a peer-to-peer foreign currency exchange?  In 2010-11 our landlords were living in the US and we paid them in US currency.  It is a different story this year, plus the financial options have changed in the last five years.

What should we hold onto?  What should we leave out for the tenants?

I think some tears may be shed as this room is packed up.

How many bicycles should we take with us?  Where should we store the bicycles we aren't taking?

Maybe it helps to work with a deadline since we know the plane won't wait for us.