Relocation, Relocation, Relocation

October 15, 2008, 1:46 pm
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If I could give one piece of advice to anyone who reads this, it would be “Do NOT ever emigrate to another country”. It is possibly the most stressful experience of my life so far (this might say a lot about my lifestyle) and glad it is now over.

After looking over the different options for moving belongings I decided on taking a car and driving up through Europe mainly because of the fact that using a shipping company or getting the ferry means you have to sell both kidneys to afford it and I kind of need at least one. I managed to drag my friend Rob along for the ride too and we set out on Monday morning for Dover and the ferry to France (Via the Post Office to get the new taxed). I can’t go into detail about all the trip so I will break it down into bullet points

The security checks at Dover involve simply looking at bags and asking the owner what is in them without actually checking… safety first.
France smells funny… a rollercoaster ride of seriously strong sulfurous smells to just plain cow crap pong.
Belgium is flat and equally smelly
People seem to disappear from cars in road-side rest points and then magically appear from seemingly nowhere out of the trees (Rob suspected we had stumbled upon a dogging spot, I suspect road-side pooping is legal in Holland)
The Autobahn is scary
Germany is a lot bigger than I expected.
The Autobahn is scary
Bridges in Denmark are massive and massively expensive to cross.
Eating a diet of Pringles, Wine gums and McDonalds for 20 hours and then downing a red bull = Instant nausea.
Being asked why you are coming to Sweden and responding with “I am coming to live here” gets you instantly waved through the checkpoint.
Did I mention the Autobahn is scary?

Check out the ‘professional’ video I have created of our little adventure below with possibly the best driving song ever… oh and watch out for the cameo from Jeremy Clarkson!