Greetings from LA!
We have started our cross -country road trip. A slow goodbye to the US. We will travel from the west coast to east and then fly awayyy!
There was one annoying thing after another on the last day. Each could be a blog posting in itself.

We shipped all our stuff in a container a few days before our final departure. It went smoothly with four packer and movers working in perfect synch. We packed all the small stuff to save money and let them handle the furniture, art work etc. They rocked and were laughing and chatting as the day wore on while our respective backs were burning and our smiles fading by the end of the day! The rest of the condo -owners in the building (mostly elderly people) gave us grief over all things big and small- Dont let the main door stay open ( one of us was always watching), dont move the door wedge( wedge!getting worked up about a door wedge!!),they wanted to know how long the loading will take because of "security concerns". I don't think the fact that the movers were two turbaned sikh gentlemen helped. (but I sincerely hope this is only my hyper active albeit tired imagination).

Selling the cars was another interesting experience...but more on that later. We have a couple of hours before we have to get on the road again! Auf Weidersehn!