Move to Berlin

I have graduated from university and want to move to Berlin because of its eclectic culture. So many different people and nationalities there. I think I will enjoy it a lot.
I have studied business but actually do not want to work at an office from 9 to 5 as a sales miep. I hope to find a nice job at some kind of art/ cultural place and meet likeminded people. My German understanding is intermediate but speaking is a bit rusty.But I reckon that will improve once I speak it every day.

I fell in love with Berlin a few years back when we visited before returning to New Orleans. I am ready to make the move but my girlfriend is not quite as ready. In the states I have lived in New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Berlin is a logical next step!!!

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so i can hang-out here

Going there on the 14th to look at flats!

everything is better in berlin. remember the love parade. chris please for your own good please move to berlin.

I have been looking up businesses online that buy houses (not realtors, more like resellers). I think this might be the way to go, depending on how much my house is worth and how much they offer.

I really wish I’d done this last September. I was feeling too uncertain, though.

Quick update…I ordered an online TESOL course this past Sunday. Completing it will qualify me to teach English as a second language, which will help with the whole job thing. As a free bonus before the end of the month, I got the course in teaching English to children, too. I’d have rather had the business English course, since that’s my background, but hey, it’s free. And you never know.

I also contacted my ex about selling the house. He was quite polite and asked to be kept informed on how it went. So that was a relief.

I might end up going to Germany through South Korea. Lots of money being poured into learning English there. But we’ll see what and where my qualifications land me.

Ugh: I am now where the rubber meets the road. I have to get in touch with my former mother-in-law to find out where my ex-husband is. None of our old mutual friends know of his whereabouts. His name is on the house. I need to sell the house. Ugh. I do NOT want to do this.

Ugh: I also have to rearrange my finances and start saving mucho dinero. Moving is turning out to be an expensive proposition. I knew it would be, but good god…

Goodie: I’m going to start a TESOL course next month with a firm that guarantees jobs upon completion of the course. That, plus my master’s degree and university teaching experience, makes the future significantly brighter. I may not start out in Berlin or in Dublin, but this is going to make it easier for me to get there eventually.

Yesterday I had lunch with the friend who said he’d be my Dublin roommate. We talked more about it and set up a timeline. Looks like this is really gonna happen!