We just received news that our "air shipment" made it to France, cleared customs and will be moved into our "flat" today.  (The French do not use the term "apartments," instead they call them "flats".)  I like that. 

It feels great to know that when we arrive, we will have a lot of our comfort items.  Interesting side note is that when the movers deliver  shipments in France, they unpack everything, leave your belongings scattered about and then take the boxes with them.   It will be interesting to see what we walk into when we arrive.

We are having our relocation representative open the apartment for the movers and hoping that she will direct them to where things belong.  We shall see.