A couple of humorous experiences came to mind this past week.
When the movers arrived at our house I identified which items were designated for storage, which were to go to Norway and the few items that we would need in our last days in the house. An hour later I needed one of those "keep in the house" items and it was gone. Six weeks later when our shipment arrived in Norway I found my half eaten box of cereal. The cereal was a little stale but I was so home-sick for the familiar that I still ate it.
In our move from Norway to France I researched what was required to bring our Norwegian born dog into France. My wife and I spent at least ten hours looking online, talking to the vet and calling the French authorities. After getting vaccinations and filling out the proper paperwork we felt confident. Upon our arrival in France we went through the "Red Line." I approached an immigration official and told him I had a dog with accompanying paperwork. The response I got was "What do you want me to do about it?" After all of our effort we got a "who cares?" As a family we had a good laugh about it.
Yeah, but if you had not gone to all that work, you would likely have been penalized big time! C'est la vie!
ReplyDeleteI agree Hilda, had we not done anything we would have encountered the person who follows everything to a T and would get his grandmother in trouble.
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