Happy New Year, prepare for action!

It's a new year and with the memory of the Christmas turkey already fading into background, it's time to take action. This is it people. This is not a drill. The move is on.

Over the last 18 months, things have had a habit of going wrong. It seemed everytime we announced a date to move, something would happen to throw that plan to the wind. From an original date of May 2015, the move continued to slip as one thing or another came up to spoil the party. In the end, the whole move was almost called off. 2015 proved to be a very trying year and one I personally will be glad to see the back of. 2016 offers a fresh start and finally a date set in stone. 

Date and time um, time. 

With all that was said above, I've been a little reticent to announce a new date having seen so many fall by the wayside. The time has come though to let you all in on the secret. Why is this date different? Put simply, as readers of previous post will know, things have been booked. The van is ready to go, the eurotunnel crossing is sorted as are the hotels needed along the route. Finally, the flight I need to take to get back to Vienna is bought and paid for, so we're committed, and the fun starts on July 30th! 

Yup Saturday July the 30th we pick up the van, load it up and head off to Folkestone to stay overnight, before setting off for Frankfurt on the 31st before arriving in Vienna on August the 1st 2016. Then I get a day off on the 2nd before jumping in the van and driving it back to the UK and finally catching my flight back on the 5th. It's six days, 2200 miles and a lot of food on the go. I expect it to be exhausting, exhilarating and it'll take a toll, but so worth it. 

Pre move madness. 

With the date and time set, we've now started the process of moving. We have just about 7 months and although it sounds like a lot, it really isn't. In that time we need to sell of the stuff we're not taking, pack up the stuff we're not using right now, but taking with us, and try to work out what just needs to go in the bin. Then we have to visit Vienna about six weeks before we arrive to try and get an apartment, for which we have our own estate agent, a lovely guy called Wolfgang, who will take us to viewings and hopefully we can agree a lease. And all this has to be done whilst still working and saving. The next seven months is going to be tough. For now, it's New Year's Day, and I'm going to enjoy the New Year's Day from Vienna. And as a parting picture, here's what we're working for. 

So happy new year, hopefully it'll be as interesting as ours. :)