Solo lavado...: t-6d: Fridge Day

Beside sending out lots of boxes to Germany (1.2 cubic meters of shoes), we are luckily able to leave a lot of stuff here:

Some things have been sold to our fellow Córdobese friends and are long gone.
Some things are shipped to P.'s parents, who store them for us in Chaco (to be sent out to Germany later? No shoes though...)
Some things are P.'s sister's and are shipped to Buenos Aires.
Some things just stay here, because the daughter of P.'s cousin is moving in as soon as we leave.

So regarding № 2 we were buying more cardboard boxes, packed them, wrapped them, attached proper handles to carry them (I am a semi-professional cardboard box wrapper and handle attacher by now!)... and then took a taxi to bring them to the bus terminal to send them out to Chaco.

Regarding № 3 we were working the whole day with the fridge/freezer. Of course you have to unplug and defrost it. Easily done. You nearly freeze your hand of because the ice is piling up at the bottom of the freezer and there is no way to get ice and ice water out of the thingy without using your bare hands. While the whole thing is defrosting, you chuck all the food, that is left (at least all the food, that you will not be able to eat pretty soon).

Then the fun part starts: you have to clean it all. According to good Argentine tradition I get myself a bottle of some unknown cleaning liquid. Comes in a spray bottle without any commercial label. The bottle says "baño", handwritten with a permanent marker. Well, I do not speak any Spanish, so this is what I'm gonna use. Spraying lots of the liquid. And within seconds my lung feels like it is not gonna survive this beautiful day. Anyway, I'm pretty sure it kills every germ that might be left in the defrosted fridge/freezer.

Of course you have to get out all the bits and pieces, that are mounted inside the fridge: shelves, thingy to keep eggs, plastic drawers for vegetables etc. You clean all of it (this time with regular dish-washing detergent to avoid a long and painful death due to a burnt lung). Then you have to wrap the whole fridge/freezer in a layer of bubble wrap, a layer of cardboard, and a layer of stretch wrap. Hand-cut little styrofoam sockets and attach them to the "package", put the address tags and bring the fridge/freezer downstairs for the shipping company to pick it up.

While you are doing all of these things, a major part of the family shows up (due to № 4). So while P. is taking care of the family, you are on your own with the fridge/freezer. Everyone is having fun and mate (the hot beverage), while you are suffering blood, sweat and tears with the wrapping of the fridge/freezer (literally... I have a tendency to stick my fingers or rather the whole hand in the ceiling fan... cultural issue... I'm gonna write about it).

The Result

When you are done with the fridge, you have to prepare the hornito tambien. That is way easier. Cleaning and packaging it in yet another cardboard box is done in like 15 minutes. But you have to prepare the proper handle thingy. Takes another 15 minutes.