Our very modest four card board boxes that were supposed to leave our country of origin 5 days before K's departure have yet to arrive in KSA. It's not like there isn't freight being flown between Europe and the Middle East on a daily basis. On the contrary, I know for a fact that European goods are arriving in the Kingdom every day. If you are now wondering how I know this, I can reveal that we have the option of buying European produced yogurt at the closest Carrefour. (No, T and I do not buy that yogurt since we feel our carbon footprint is big enough as it is.)
So what is it with the clothes, running shoes and the ice cream machine that is taking so long then? Well it's the customs office. Since T still doesn't have a residence permit the customs office doesn't really understand why he should be able to receive any stuff here in KSA. Their view is that since T's stay here is only temporary (little do they know) then why should he be able to make his own ice cream and wear his clothes anyways? Hopefully we will get the paperwork sorted out in the next few days so that we can finally get the ice cream machine from the customs.
Oh, and rumor has it that the all-important paper that T has been waiting for for 5 and a half months now that would get his business visa converted into a residence permit has now been signed by the prince. This is yet to be confirmed though. We will believe it when we see it.
So what is it with the clothes, running shoes and the ice cream machine that is taking so long then? Well it's the customs office. Since T still doesn't have a residence permit the customs office doesn't really understand why he should be able to receive any stuff here in KSA. Their view is that since T's stay here is only temporary (little do they know) then why should he be able to make his own ice cream and wear his clothes anyways? Hopefully we will get the paperwork sorted out in the next few days so that we can finally get the ice cream machine from the customs.
Oh, and rumor has it that the all-important paper that T has been waiting for for 5 and a half months now that would get his business visa converted into a residence permit has now been signed by the prince. This is yet to be confirmed though. We will believe it when we see it.
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