It took about a month and a half (after submitting our paperwork) to receive our residence permits. You need to have one of these to get a cell phone, license plates for your car, etc.
Ruby holding her residence card
I used to complain about the DMV in the States, but it is nothing compared to the DMV here. It took about 8 weeks to have our van inspected and approved to drive here in Switzerland. During that time we had a rental car. From the picture above, you can see that it was small enough that I could almost park sideways in a parking stall. Luckily, the kids fit fine in the back seat and it got great gas mileage. For a brief moment, I considered selling my van and buying a car just like it.
When our car was finally ready, Pete was lucky enough to go to the DMV to pick up our new plates. The catch: we had to surrender our California plates. This was fine with us, but Pete had no screwdriver to remove the plates, and the DMV wouldn't let him borrow one of theirs. Fortunately, Pete does not give up easily. With a coin in hand, he was able to remove the screws holding our plates in. Voila!
1 comments:
that is a cool car, but definitely not as cool as the toyota p.o.s. we had last year! Remember how packed up that thing was when we drove from Italy? wow.
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