Thanks for the help

The company is paying for the relocation, its a permanent relocation so they want us to bring it all... and less likely to head home after 2 years

They give us 250 kg's of airfreight and a shipping crate via sea, although we've been advised that our furniture wont fill an entire container.

Thanks for the advise with the underwear, Swisspea

Great idea about shipping wine by air Verbier I'd thought of bringing a case or two of our favorites to keep for those special occasions? We know so little about wines in Europe that it's going to be a lottery for a while .

I'm an avid reader and as I'm going to be a trailing spouse and unemployed for the first time I'm thinking I may need to purge some books and collect others in order to keep me entertained... Do you know of any good bookstores that stock design books in english?