Well... They got our stuff moved in today. The outside elevator is an interesting device. - basicly it is a long boom, which they extend to the rail of the terrace, it has a ca. 5 x 6 foot open platform which slides up and down the boom. [They should use these in the USA]. A crew on the bottom loads it up, 8 or 10 boxes at a time, zips it to the top where another crew unloads, checks each item off the inventory, and puts it where it belongs - They managed to get all ca. 200 packages up to the fifth floor in a couple of hours, then they unpacked and assembled whatever had been disassembled - and presto! we're moved in. We will unpack most of the dishes and kitchen stuff later, as well as the books, but most everything else is done. Everything is accounted for, and there is not a trace of damage or breakage. It now really feels like we live here!

The lady from downstairs came to greet us. She is the building administrator. She was pleasant and friendly - The neighbor on the 5th floor, who our landlord told us is NEVER there (he told us she own a ship), showed up, and complained to the movers that they had broken something on the terrace. The first day and the neighbors are already annoyed!