Moving house is an expensive business. Even when you aren't taking much of your stuff. When you move across a continent without a car and with a pet it is not only expensive but also somewhat of a logistical nightmare.
Luckily for us, I have extremely wonderful parents who are going to help us. We spent yesterday afternoon working out what size vehicle we'd need, which route to take and where to stay. We settled on a van of some description (preferably under 2.4m high so that it doesn't cost extra on the ferry), going through Germany, stopping at Aachen and Linz on the way. Unfortunately there will only be enough space for 3 people in the van, so because I am the third driver, the Beard gets to fly out on his lonesome. To Bratislava.
The good things about this plan are a) we can take everything we want out there, without having to leave anything behind in storage and b) we can leave earlier than planned to get to the ferry port in the UK because we can leave the Beard to sort out the handing over of keys etc. Not forgetting of course that having a good sized van in Vienna will mean we can save on the Ikea delivery fee and have our furniture faster!
There aren't really any downsides other than the cost being more than we'd hoped, but it isn't as expensive as paying someone else to do it!
It s quite a relief to have it all planned out - it was becoming the biggest headache of the whole thing! And now we don't have to worry too much about selling stuff - if we don't manage to sell it then we could possibly take it with us!
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