To escape from the gloom of England
I looked on google earth and decided that this was were I wanted to be. Bought a trailer sold everything and put what was left in the trailer and headed East to eternal sunshine and new adventures wi…
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Living in France is harder than I thought
I was born in the EU in Italy, but I currently am an English citizen and England is outside of the EU. They said that I had to register for the card things because I lived in England, I am a quarter …
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Born to EU-member parents, double-sided sword
Born to EU-member parents, double-sided sword, I probably would have strived to work in the Southern hemisphere had this not been mentally and logistically easier. On the whole, it was straight forwa…
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It was the right time
I am very careful with my finances! But I do not have a car, my apartment is paid for, and I am covered by the French national health care system. Of course I pay my taxes, but the burden is not grea…
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I got married to a French citizen
As soon as I moved here, I took intensive French courses and then looked for work in my field, which is very specialized. There was a lot of paperwork, but we found it quite organized. In additional,…
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Joined my Belgian husband in Paris
Despite all the horror stories about making visa to France, the process I went thru was quite smooth. Yes the paper works to get the visa was as thick as a dictionary but I did it with ease since it …
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It's hard at first but you get used to it
If you have kids and you want them to learn the french faster then i advise you to put them in to a good french school with not too many other English kids. (i lost a year of learning by having a bad…
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A real experience for our children
We had to organise a long term visitor visa. There were a lot of requirements and the visa website was not clear a lot of the time. You were not allowed to phone them and ask any visa questions. We a…
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Lived in France while working in Switzerland
I simply applied at the Maire de Ferney-Voltaire where we lived. There were so many UN employees living in that town that the Maire had a dedicated employee to take care of all the administration rel…
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Bought a round-trip ticket... and stayed
I packed my suitcase, booked a flight (return flight since I'm not an EU citizen) and lived with his family until we got on our feet after having been on a 1 year holiday together O/S. I came with ha…
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I am in love with France
I married the love of my life, a French man, this year. I've studied French since highschool and I would practice speaking it to French players on XboxLive. One day I was on Halo when a group of Fren…
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Parisians are wonderful people
I took a sabbatical from work to move to Paris and began studying French at Alliance Francaise. My wife and I located an apartment on the internet, rented it and moved to Paris where we lived for 5 m…
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The feelings experienced there will be with me for a life time
Talked over with family and told them that this was dream of mine, saved the money and made plans to go there in the summer. Took a French class to add to the experience and provided me with a struct…
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The moon and stars aligned
I studied French at one of the language schools, and spent many days wandering around with my camera, recording the visual feast that is France. With only a tourist visa, opportunities to find work a…
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Try everything
I moved to Nevers, France, where I spent a year teaching English to elementary-aged students (5-12 years old). There were several other English assistants in my town, and since we only worked 12 hour…
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