April 18, 2005
My two suitcases are
full to the brim with my most important belongings, as well as the things I
will need first. Eight boxes full of other carefully selected things will be
sent as cargo. Anything that doesn´t fit in these boxes and suitcases has been
thrown out, given away or sold. Buying the airplane ticket is easy, but once
your organizing, selecting and packing it turns out it’s actually quite an
undertaking, packing all of your things when planning to emigrate. What do or
don’t I need, what would I like to keep, what can go, what would be better to
buy anew once I’m there? Rather difficult, all those choices. And once
everything has been selected and packed, mixed feelings. Happy and relieved
that it all worked out, but at the same time it becomes a lot more final once
you see first all those boxes and then also the suitcases standing in the
hallway.
