Moving from america to europe looking for tips?

I am American Expat in Romania...I would not bother to ship your car or your electronics. It will cost you almost as much in adapters as new appliances themselves. I would also go ahead and sell your car and buy a new one. Thats what we did. I would honestly due to shipping costs pay for an extra suitcase or 2 and bring your most treasured stuff and not worry about nick-knacks and such you can buy most everything you need there. PLus it will also give you a chance to collect some neat things from your area. Do you have friends there? I would begin to look very soon for an English Church, an American School, and expat community, and language lessons. These are things we have done and have given us an opportunity to meet locals who speak English and other expats. All who have been helpful in helping us with language and simple things that we have struggled with. I would suggest if at all possible locating someone who speaks both languages if at all possible someone western who is there already and communicate with them via skype, myspace or yahoo messenger if possible they can help you with things like how to get around your new town, taking a taxi or bus, shopping, getting medicines....ect....I would see if it is possible to have someone go grocery shopping with you the first few times. grocery shopping can be very stressful and can even end in tears just trying to find out which one is baking powder adn which one is soda...Also find out if the flour is self-rising, there is no such thing here in Romania and it took some time before we discovered this and were able to locate yeast. Also since I suspect there are some similaraties there as here...A fanny farmer cookbook can be a lifesavor..because a lot of things we use to cook with a home or either not available to so expensive here we cannot afford them. I would also find out about English books there. It is harder to find them most bookstores only carry the clics and maybe the new Harry Potter but not much else. I would check Amazon UK and see if they ship to your area, they do not ship here but if they did it would make things so much better for us. There is a lot we cannot get here and I would like to get...So check that out it....I am not sure what else to say except learn some useful phrases Before you know it language program is free and online...We loved it and even our 6 year old was able to learn some basic Romanian. Also go to Virtual Tourist and join them. I am a member there and it was a big help...Good Luck I hope I have helped some. I will check back to see if you have asked any more relocating questions and will helpn any way I can....