3rd time's a charm...

[srij]

Hey all, glad to find this forum. I'm moving back to India, this time it looks like for keeps; I spent the last 6 months living and working there, now I'm taking the major step of pulling my roots up out of New York and going legit (i.e., work visa etc.) After the initial nightmare of finding a flat (Andheri W) and all, and now that I will have a more substantial chunk of change to move with, I'm excited about actually going expat.
So, why am I posting anyway? A couple things I'm curious about:
1) Moving my bed to mumbai. I already have a bed at my flat, and it's nice and all, but my bed in NYC is the bomb. It's the one object I can't leave behind. How ridiculous is it for me to try to move it? I've read through other peoples' posts, but they mostly seem to be business folk whose companies will pay for them, and they want to move the whole house. I just need the bed. Any advice appreciated.
2) My cats. Two of them. I see there's no quarantine, and I think from what I've looked into I can actually take them on the plane with me. But I would love to hear other peoples' own experiences and advice on this (can they be sedated? should I go for a non-stop flight?) . Also, when I get there, I was thinking that I should make their food for them, since I feed them prescription food here and want a healthy diet for them--they don't do well with meow mix, etc. Anyone who has advice / websites / or other on that would be greatly appreciated.

Also, and forgive me if this is stupid, but I'm interested in hindi classes and meeting other expats and such--are there meetups with this forum? I have studied hindi for a couple years, and can read and write, but I'm not composing poetry yet.

Looking forward to your replies!
~b


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