Deutschland!!!
Earlier this 2005 a wonderful idea popped into my head- move to germany. Greg and I were just driving in the car and I realized that I can't stop thinking about Germany and that I really miss it and want to go back on a slightly more permanent basis. Greg thought the idea was cool, but I didn't get a lot of support on the home front. And after lots of talks, I decided to put the plan on hold. I realized that I wanted to go to graduate school still and if we were to move in like 1 year (which was my plan at the time) and live there for who knows....2-4 years...then graduate school would have to wait. There were also a lot of other things Greg and I wanted to do first before making such a big move.
But ho- in the back of my mind the thought has continued to linger, and this past week my moving spirit was rekindled and I announced plans to move to Germany. This time though, I have a better plan of how it will all pan out. We won't be going for about another 4 years, which leaves me plently of time to finish graduate school, for Greg to finish his school and start working more in photography, time for us both to save money, get more work experience out here, and-of course- to learn German. That was another set-back when I thought of this before, Neither Greg or I speak German and i doubt we would have been able to learn enough in a year. So this new plan of mine makes more sense, factoring in all those lovely details.
I'm already getting started on the language part- I have signed up for German I starting thus August at CSM, and by next Fall I should be starting Grad. school.....that could take about 2-3 years to finish depending on if I am part-time or full-time....while continuing my German, and getting Greg going on his German, working, saving, and violla (?) 4 years have past, and we are off to Germany. Now, don't get me wrong- I understand that this kind of move isn't going to be easy. A lot of planning will be involved in the next 4 years to help the transition. I have family in Munchen whom I shall solicit help with job-finding, apartment-finding, and once we get there- setting everything up. I'm hoping that between now and then greg and I can afford to visit germany for a few weeks, kind of a reconnaisance trip, but we'll see.
The whole purpose of this trip, for me anway, is just to see more of Europe, live there and just be there. I don't have any delusions that life will be a total vacation and that greg and i will always be traveling, and doing stuff- well maybe i would wish for that, but I'm a practical girl, and know that we will only do what we can afford. So yeah, that's the plan.
But ho- in the back of my mind the thought has continued to linger, and this past week my moving spirit was rekindled and I announced plans to move to Germany. This time though, I have a better plan of how it will all pan out. We won't be going for about another 4 years, which leaves me plently of time to finish graduate school, for Greg to finish his school and start working more in photography, time for us both to save money, get more work experience out here, and-of course- to learn German. That was another set-back when I thought of this before, Neither Greg or I speak German and i doubt we would have been able to learn enough in a year. So this new plan of mine makes more sense, factoring in all those lovely details.
I'm already getting started on the language part- I have signed up for German I starting thus August at CSM, and by next Fall I should be starting Grad. school.....that could take about 2-3 years to finish depending on if I am part-time or full-time....while continuing my German, and getting Greg going on his German, working, saving, and violla (?) 4 years have past, and we are off to Germany. Now, don't get me wrong- I understand that this kind of move isn't going to be easy. A lot of planning will be involved in the next 4 years to help the transition. I have family in Munchen whom I shall solicit help with job-finding, apartment-finding, and once we get there- setting everything up. I'm hoping that between now and then greg and I can afford to visit germany for a few weeks, kind of a reconnaisance trip, but we'll see.
The whole purpose of this trip, for me anway, is just to see more of Europe, live there and just be there. I don't have any delusions that life will be a total vacation and that greg and i will always be traveling, and doing stuff- well maybe i would wish for that, but I'm a practical girl, and know that we will only do what we can afford. So yeah, that's the plan.
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