Wet and cold, but home

This weekend, we stayed at my work apartment on Saturday night because it was easier to get to church on Sunday morning, then on Sunday after church we would carry the last few things from the work apartment to our new place, and that would be our move completed.  At least, that was the plan.

The train (metro) we catch to church goes past the Ikea, so on the way home on Sunday afternoon we decided to stop off at Ikea for coffee and cake, and pick up some bits and pieces we needed for the new house.  As always, we forgot to account for the Ikea Multiplier.  It seems that whenever one goes to Ikea to buy a few things, they always end up buying many times more times than planned- a number which in my experience is somewhere between 3 and 5.

IKEA- an international constant

This meant that our simple walk from my work apartment to our new place was not the relaxed stroll it should have been, due to the ridiculous amount of stuff we were trying to balance on our shoulders.  To make matters worse, it started raining.  We decided to catch the tram, but still had a kilometer walk through the rain.

Late on Sunday night we arrived at our new place, this time for good.  We're wet, cold and sore from the walk but very excited to spend the first night at our new house in Amsterdam.