February 01, 2006
When the boat comes in
Our boat has come in! Sterker noch, it arrived on the 9th of January (apparently our posessions were lucky enough to be flung on a 'direct boat' and thus the sea voyage tool less than four weeks rather than the expected six) and everything has been cleared by Customs and Quarantine. Tomorrow it will all be delivered to us. Jacob gets his tricycle back and I ................. what DID we have on the boat actually?
Quarantine are particularly vigilant these days and we had been told that they would unpack all 26 boxes, unwrap everything in them and check it all. This amazed me and I wasn't sure if I believed it until I heard from Judy and Kees, who had 126 boxes + furniture, that when their posessions were released they received a letter from quarantine explaining that they had removed and destroyed one item. A small bag of pot-pouri.
Posted by Faith