How to Move to India

Three days before our flight to India, a moving company came to pack up our house.  It took 4 guys, a lot of boxes, and 2 moving trucks to empty out our entire house.  We were told that we could not pack anything ourselves in order for everything to be covered by insurance.  The lead guy’s name was “Sugar Bear” and he helped us sneak a lot of extra food into India….we hope.  We went to Sam’s a week before and bought essential American food to bring with us, like easy mac, jambalaya , spaghetti, Gatorade, and of course lots of candy for George.  We then were told that we could only have one small box of food shipped to India.  Sugar Bear told us not to worry and he began hiding food in our bed sheets and pillows.  After a long day of watching our house get boxed up, and with a Popeye’s Chicken Break in between, our house was empty and we moved in with our parents for a couple of days. 

 

 

On January 5 we packed up 2 SUVs full of 12 suitcases and 2 carry-ons and made our way to the airport.  Our parents went with us and Aunt Jeanine, Uncle Randy, and Brittney came to the airport to see us off.  The first flight was quick to Atlanta, and after a 2 hour layover, next we flew to Paris.  The flight to Paris was not the best.  Originally, our seats were booked with me sitting next to the window and George in the aisle and a random man in between us.  The random man, who later became known as the stinky man, agreed to switch with George.  This man smelled very bad and he did not know about personal space.  He kept resting his arm on George’s stomach.  After we made it to Paris, we had another 2 hour layover, and we hopped on our last flight to Bangalore.  That flight was much better.  After about 27 hours we made it to our new home.  Considering we had 12 checked bags, 1 domestic flight and 2 international flights, and only 1 lost bag, we considered it a success.  The bag made it 2 days later.  We were picked up by one of George’s co-workers Brad, his driver Manju and our driver Sarvana, and we were on our way to our hotel, Leela Palace.