thank you Andrew
posted by Alex Pappas in Belgium forum
Very nice reply, thank you.
from what you write, You seem to like the life in Belgium better than the UK. is it?
and.. Didi you find a job in match with your expectations?
better or worse paid than in the UK?
for doing something interesting or mundane?You got the job after a lot of search, or easily?
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Two months after,
the situation has not changed much, but I have put The Netherlands as my 1st preference as a destination.
after reading many articles, blog posts, and forum topics from expats, about Belgium, Holland, France and Switzerland,
I really put it in my head that one way or the other, I must learn an extra language (besides greek and english that I command), in order to live and work in any of the above countries.
so, I'll just put the language criterion to the background, and deciding on other things, I really like The Netherlands most.I've been reading the basics of the dutch language (on my own) for the last month, and I dont find it so dificult (if you know good english).
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--What has come up in these 2 months, is that the most difficult part will be to leave our country (and not to decide where we'll land after leaving).
Here we have 3 parents. 2 steady jobs (no big bucks, but we have them, while many others struggle with unemployment), a house we own (no loans, credit cards, etc.), and some friends.
If I was a bachelor, I would have fled months ago, even if it was to the icy Finland :)
but my wife is not so determined, and fears she wont manage to get a jod abroad.Two weeks of vacations follow. I hope we get some time to discuss it further.