Preparing for the Trip

In less than two weeks we are off on our trip to Japan. But just hopping on a plane is too boring for us. So guess what: we’re going by train. This is of course a bit of a lie. We’re cheating a bit by flying to Moscow. And Japan being an island makes the thing more difficult, so the last bit must be done by ferry.
Organizing the trip was a bit of a headache, but in the end we were able to do it all via the internet.

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Moving house – part I

It’s still far from September and yet we started to move our stuff. One box full of physics books was already sent by mail (20 kg, 7-8 weeks until it arrives, 54.9 EUR). Since we did not have scales and neither did our neighbors, we had to make estimates for the weight. It turned out that we were too optimistic. The Polchinskis, Di Francesco, and Peskin & Schroeder had to come back out (for your information, together they weigh nearly four and a half kilos).

Since we will be arriving with only our suitcases in Japan, I also had to get rid of most of my household items. I managed to sell my bookshelves (IKEA Billy, they moved with me from Berlin to Munich and Munich to Amsterdam) over the internet. Baskets, glass jars, a mirror and a bathroom rug came into the possession of various people living in the same house, colleagues, etc.

The bigger move was bringing my stuff from Amsterdam back to Zürich, where it will remain. We booked the night train and prepared two big suitcases full of books (heavy!), a camping backpack full of clothes and the rolled up futon to take along, furthermore we had two bags with photographic equipment, one computer bag and a guitar.

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