The joy of shipping

The shipping arrived yesterday! Happy day. The man from Crown apologised for being 10 minutes late - not bad whenyou consider how far the stuff has come.

They unpacked all the breakablesa dn opened up the other boxes - they would have unpacked everything but it didn't seem worth it. One bowl - ou favourite - got broken but it broke into large pieces so will look ok when it's glued. Have filled out a form and they will do insurance stuff. We're not bothered really - we'll get another one in Istanbul anyway.

It's good to have all our own stuff in the place now - and it will keep Aytun busy for weeks sorting it all out. We need to get some shelves etc, and there is a place where you can get nice stuff made. We will take a trip there to see and get some quotes.

Dom