Nataly 38 #1 December 26, 2010 So I moved last week to a new city in France and I'm giggling about it now but I wasn't laughing then!!! The first thing that didn't exactly go well is the truck I rented... I moved all my shit from London in a massive moving van - I selected the same size vehicle for this move... What I got instead was a lunch-box-on-wheels!!! I almost cried when I saw the miniature van pull up with just 3 cubic meters of space!! I wish now I had taken a picture - it looked like something you would only see in a movie!! I couldn't believe they even bother to manufacture such a uselessly small van! I asked what the hell, and the response (complete with a lot of French shrugging and apathy) was that they had run out of what I ordered and this was the next best thing they could offer! Like really - couldn't they have gone one size Up instead?! So miraculously I squeezed everything in - I swear I have mad skillz when it comes to packing... I could fit a piano in my backpack!! . Only issue is it was so full I couldn't see out of the right window, so couldn't turn right with a clear conscience and so missed my exit several times because of possible traffic I couldn't see!! D'oh!! So I get here and take All my crap into the appartment... On the last trip up the stairs, wouldn't ya know it, I spot someone coming out of the elevator... THERE WAS AN ELEVATOR!!! Double d'oh!! By this point, I'm just pretty pleased it's mostly done, so I decide to bring back the van in the morning because anyway it's now too late because by the time I bring the van back their office would be shut. So I get up at 04:30 the next day to be able to return the van at the agreed 08:00 deadline... I make it - no probs. Then I pick up my bike and it suddenly starts chucking down rain . And so the 3 hour ride back took more like 4 hours and I was soaked... But hey, I parked the bike and took an uber long warm bath and went to bed (at like 3 in the afternoon!!) and thought actually, life is good... In a new town (Nice - on the French Riviera) and got some friends in the neighbourhood and overall it was hard work but well worth it Still can't believe that mini-van, though!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #2 December 26, 2010 Great tale. All's well that ends well.Joyeux Noël et bonne année. P.S you TOOK the van back you didn;y Bring it (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellis 0 #3 December 26, 2010 Quote .... pull up with just 3 cubic meters of space!! She speaks metric!! I was prepared for a million cubic inches and a silly fraction at the end. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #4 December 26, 2010 Quote Quote .... pull up with just 3 cubic meters of space!! She speaks metric!! I was prepared for a million cubic inches and a silly fraction at the end. In case you thought I was exaggerating, no... It really was only 3 cubic meters. My first thought was "my handbag won't even fit in that - how do you expect me to put my whole life in it??!" "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,390 #5 December 26, 2010 Quote Still can't believe that mini-van, though!! Probably a prop leftover from the last Pink Panther movie."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,346 #6 December 26, 2010 Was it THIS? You're a skydiver, you know how to put a lot of stuff in a small space, right? "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellis 0 #7 December 26, 2010 Quote Quote Quote .... pull up with just 3 cubic meters of space!! She speaks metric!! I was prepared for a million cubic inches and a silly fraction at the end. In case you thought I was exaggerating, no... It really was only 3 cubic meters. My first thought was "my handbag won't even fit in that - how do you expect me to put my whole life in it??!" No no, i think i have seen one of those. I am suprised you could get everything in there, but im glad everything worked out for you. But i was a bit off on my guess. Its only 183071 and 1/4 cubic inches. Now this thread is US-friendly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #8 December 26, 2010 Quote But i was a bit off on my guess. Its only 183071 and 1/4 cubic inches. Now this thread is US-friendly Or 9'10" cubed. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellis 0 #9 December 26, 2010 Quote Quote But i was a bit off on my guess. Its only 183071 and 1/4 cubic inches. Now this thread is US-friendly Or 9'10" cubed. No, thats to easy to read Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #10 December 26, 2010 Quote No, thats to easy to read Ja, det är klart!!!"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellis 0 #11 December 26, 2010 Google translate? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #12 December 26, 2010 Jag var utbytesstudent om 1996 for tio manader.. Jag talar relativt bra Svenska!"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellis 0 #13 December 26, 2010 Där ser man! Var bodde du då? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #14 December 26, 2010 QuoteDär ser man! Var bodde du då? Norrkoping - typ, tva timmar ifran Stockholm."There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellis 0 #15 December 26, 2010 Cool! Better switch to english before a moderator goes wild. So you have traveld the world, impressive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #16 December 26, 2010 I wish, but not so much... I did a typical post-uni backpacking whirlwind tour of Europe, moved to London and recently settled in the south of France. Aside from the odd slightly exotic trip and the exchange-student thing that's not really a lot..."There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jim_32766 0 #17 December 26, 2010 Congrats on getting it all done, and thanks for sharing. I've wandered around part of Nice on foot. It's a pretty nice city. Where do you skydive near there?The meaning of life . . . is to make life have meaning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
