special delivery!
That's right- our unaccompanied air baggage came last Friday! We said goodbye to it on December 20th for our DC packout and here it is in Shenyang a short 37 days later. One special thing about China is that not only is it far away, but the customs process takes a bit longer as well. Plus we had Christmas & New Year's and we all know it's hard to get much done then anyways. What does this mean exactly? It means our wardrobes have doubled. It means we have more than 2 dinner plates & 2 salad plates off of which to eat! Our kitchen knives, dutch oven and cast iron skillet (FINALLY) are here! With a few extra throw blankets around things are much cozier. The fridge is now covered in magnets & christmas cards which I think has become one of my initial strategies to personalize and warm up our empty apartments as we move around the globe. magnets in the UAB along with fridge decor helps our kitchen feel a little more familiar R roasted his first batch of Shenyang cof...