When Tom retired after 30 years in the oil and chemical industry at the end of July 2005, we left Madrid. We had a wonderful time living overseas, both in Madrid, Spain, for 2.5 years and before that in Jakarta, Indonesia, for 5 years. We made many good friends, both expatriates and nationals. But the time had come to move home to the USA and the packing out began. Having moved often in the US, we knew what to expect as well as the upheaval and fatigue that are involved in the process.
One of the rooms of boxes ready to go. After boxing everything up it was time to load it in the container for overseas shipping. In Europe the elevators are very small. Many of them are crowded with only 2 people inside. So it is a challenge moving furniture in or out. The answer is a hydraulic lift!
This is the lift set up and ready to go. We lived on the first floor. That is using the non-US method of counting where the ground floor is "0" and the next one above it is "1". It was the same in Jakarta. The elevator in our building used a "B" for "planta baja" or "lower floor" and I would often, in a hurry, forget and think "basement". It took us some time to get used to that method of numbering.
A load of our stuff is coming down to be put in the blue container. The man in the blue shirt is operating the lift. It really worked quite well and saved a lot of time, not to mention the workers' backs! Some of the pieces that were too large or too awkward (like the sofa) had to be carried down the stairs but that was better than having to carry it ALL down.
One of the rooms of boxes ready to go. After boxing everything up it was time to load it in the container for overseas shipping. In Europe the elevators are very small. Many of them are crowded with only 2 people inside. So it is a challenge moving furniture in or out. The answer is a hydraulic lift!
This is the lift set up and ready to go. We lived on the first floor. That is using the non-US method of counting where the ground floor is "0" and the next one above it is "1". It was the same in Jakarta. The elevator in our building used a "B" for "planta baja" or "lower floor" and I would often, in a hurry, forget and think "basement". It took us some time to get used to that method of numbering.
A load of our stuff is coming down to be put in the blue container. The man in the blue shirt is operating the lift. It really worked quite well and saved a lot of time, not to mention the workers' backs! Some of the pieces that were too large or too awkward (like the sofa) had to be carried down the stairs but that was better than having to carry it ALL down.
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