Why trade South Africa for France?
What? leave paradise?
South Africa I will tell you about in another post. Wanting to leave this beautiful country has almost nothing to do with the country itself, it's rather because I don't find it necessary to stay in the same place for the rest of my life.
But you could go and live in another city? Why go to frigid winters and overpopulated countrysides ?
Well, I've never really lived in France or explored Europe, so why not now that my maternal responsibilities are over...
So you're abandoning your children?
But I'm not abandoning them... Yes, I'm going to sell my house, my car, my furniture and everything, to buy a van, but they'll be 21 and 23 in 2022... it's time to push the fledglings out of the nest, no ? and then their paternal grandparents are still here...
Why France, there are a lot of other countries in the world right?
Of course. But I was born in France, I'm lucky enough to have a French passport, whereas so many South Africans, among others, bend over backwards to be able to go to work there... And here I am, I have family there and I've just discovered how good it is to be surrounded by family! Here there is only my father and my two. It's high time to rediscover my roots.
And then, while I'm at it, I might as well start my discovery of the world with a country where it will be easier for me to assimilate administratively thanks to my papers :) And I know the language too.
The sea. The sea... I was born in Saint-Malo and I dream of the sea... Here in Johannesburg the sea is so far away... I dream of driving the coastal road from the north to the south!
Well, enough dreaming. It's good to dream, you have to have dreams, but then, you have to put them into action, otherwise it's just entertainment.
Now, let's get to the serious stuff !
Good winds !
Gaëlle