Lenin made it unscathed

When we found the portrait of Lenin in a packed-to-the-gills San Juan antique shop, the paint was cracking off the canvas. That was part of the appeal. However, while unpacking it yesterday, I was somewhat concerned about unearthing a faceless dictator! Fortunately, all he lost was a small speck of his lower eyelid! Incidentally, I found the missing camera equipment - needed to share the following pictures. Moving house (let alone continents) truly tests every part of one's resolve. It wasn't pretty...

The truck couldn't have been bigger

Taking half a tree along with it

Ready to unload

Packed to capacity

Woah! (and starting to rain, of course)

How it all fits into this space defies logic

Why do you have so much stuff?

Biggie finding a safe spot

Hellish

By the end of the day, the empty boxes were touching the rafters

This is a slightly distorted picture of the Lenin portrait

(more palatable house pics coming up soon, I promise)