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The move into our new aprtment went well. It basically entailed Matthew and I lugging four overstuffed suitcases down the cobblestone streets of Amsterdam for four blocks. Probably the easiest move I've ever had. Now we are waiting for confirmation on when the rest of our belongings will be delivered. We just need to wait for them to be cleared through customs. I can't wait to put some personal touches on the place. The formalities of all of the paperwork seems to be slowing down. Matthew was sent off to Den Hague (neighboing city) in order to get the non-marriage certificates legalized. I took a ride out to the IND offices in order to register my address with the city. After several roadblocks, our bank account is up and running. Wire transfer info and bill payments all set up with our US bank accounts. Next is processing my CV in order to obtain the 30% tax ruling. We've been busy to say the least.
I've learned a lot in the past couple of weeks at work. Putting together an estimate is not as easy as it once was. We have figures that are submitted in Rands, Euros, USD's, NZD's, etc.. Every week there is a new currency exchange rate that is printed off that we use as our guide. However, some of these estimates are rather large and are done far in advance of the actual production, so when the time comes to reconcile all of the costs, the fluctuation can change dramatically and can sometimes cause problems when trying to recoup the funds form the client.
On a side note, I never realized how often I wear tennis shoes to work until I started working here. As most of you know, one of W+K's main clients is Nike. You cannot wear any other brand of athletic style shoe ever. I had to find this out after wearing a pair of Adidias during my first week, I know I know, bonehead move but it never occurred to me once when putting them on! Needless to say I'll be buying some this weekend (Nike just recently bought Converse too, which I was glad to hear).
We walked down to the organic food market on Saturday which was amazing! It's about six or so blocks from our place. What a treasure.