Moving to Aberdeen, Scotland

[ Me mudo a Escocia] Here we are again, in another city, another country, not knowing anyone, and with a lot of challenges ahead. A couple of months ago, my boyfriend’s company announced to us that this summer we were moving to Aberdeen, Scotland. I could lie to you, and tell you that by now I’m getting used to moving countries, but the truth is, you never get used to this sort of changes. Aquí estamos de nuevo, en otra ciudad, otro país, sin conocer a nadie, y con muchos retos por venir. Hace varios meses, la empresa para la que trabaja mi novio nos anunció que este verano nos estaríamos mudando a Aberdeen, Escocia. Les podría mentir y decir que, igual ya me estoy acostumbrando a esto de mudarme, pero creo que uno jamás se acostumbra a este tipo de cambio. Starting over can be difficult, especially if you were able to forge friendships and close ties where you lived. Moving to France was hard, but it was these difficulties that made me grow up as a person. While I was there, I decided that even though I missed my family and friends very much, I was going to […]

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Pau, France [Pau, Francia]

Pau, France [Pau, Francia]

On my last post I wrote about my experience on moving far from my family. But…where am I? I’m in Pau, France. A city on the southwest of France located in the department of Atlantic Pyrenees.  In about an hour we have the ocean, Spain, and the Pyrénées Mountains, therefore there’s always something to do in its surroundings. [Versión en español abajo]

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Moving to France [Mudanza a Francia]

Moving to France [Mudanza a Francia]

I arrived in France with the joy of finally being with the person I loved, and the hope of getting to know more about his culture, friends, family, and of learning the language. The first couple of weeks everything is new, you feel like a little kid discovering everything where even the most ordinary things are fascinating. However, at the same time you feel vulnerable to be in an unknown place. I’m not going to lie, the change was hard on me at first. I felt strange, I felt like I was on a trip…on one of those trips where you feel that you’ve left part your heart somewhere else, and even though you try to enjoy all the new experiences you know you are fortunate to be able to live, your thoughts fog all the amazing things that are right in front of you. [Versión en español abajo]

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