tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post8576944143093548308..comments2021-10-05T19:44:46.905+02:00Comments on BerlinBites: The Emigrant's Dilemma, Chapter 10: The Week of (Almost) Giving UpJon Lebkowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16248713335392018033noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-56186653260702567132008-07-20T15:37:00.000+02:002008-07-20T15:37:00.000+02:00I sure hope you can dodge some of those landmines...I sure hope you can dodge some of those landmines that are stifling you from moving to Montpellier, Ed? But to look on the sunnyside, at least you are mired in 'French Red Tape' now, instead of 'German Red Tape'! JohnClaude Boveehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15444971597853904288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-70352743637307694502008-07-19T18:05:00.000+02:002008-07-19T18:05:00.000+02:00Fingers (and everything else) crossed for you.Fingers (and everything else) crossed for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-749945284498735052008-07-18T14:33:00.000+02:002008-07-18T14:33:00.000+02:00Sean, you're going to find this counterintuitive b...Sean, you're going to find this counterintuitive because you're not French, but most French people want to live in those far-out suburbs. They own cars, so the distance isn't so much of an issue, and they shop at big supermarkets and the odd farmer's market that sets up somewhere nearby. They live in clusters of what they call "villas," with walls around them (not because they're anti-social, but because the swimming-pool laws require them, and they all want pools), and it all looks like New Jersey set down in the Texas Hill Country. <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, the ancient limestone buildings and the grand 19th century buildings with the lovely detailing carved into the outer walls and wonderful wrought-iron balconies, the apartments with 14-foot ceilings, and the places in the pedestrianized center with its fantastic access via bus and tram to the rest of the city is left to students and immigrants. <BR/><BR/>And expat beatniks. Go figure.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-52701399126041719852008-07-17T23:53:00.000+02:002008-07-17T23:53:00.000+02:00Bonne courage, Ed. We're all rooting for you!Bonne courage, Ed. We're all rooting for you!Cynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02209922477570147718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-78238170678312883632008-07-17T16:47:00.000+02:002008-07-17T16:47:00.000+02:00i didn't realize that the reason the dollar hadn't...i didn't realize that the reason the dollar hadn't gone past $1.60 against the euro was because of a capping by the european bank. that makes so much sense. and causes a new wash of worries as i read more about the tumbling dollar, rising food costs in germany, and recession already in or looming everywhere.<BR/><BR/>may something break for you, or have broken for you, by now in your search.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15611723670976072309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-53552640767632102122008-07-17T14:39:00.000+02:002008-07-17T14:39:00.000+02:00What about looking for an apartment in whatever su...What about looking for an apartment in whatever suburb-of-a-suburb-of-a-suburb you can get to with the bus or train/tram/whatever?<BR/><BR/>There'll be nothing there, and what there is will close early every night, and only old people will live there. But it'd be somewhere a lot closer than Berlin to live while looking for a more desirable place.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09663452684449876521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-794984684405991702008-07-17T12:39:00.000+02:002008-07-17T12:39:00.000+02:00I had that Paypal problem once in Vietnam, and the...I had that Paypal problem once in Vietnam, and they lectured me then on signing on from banned countries. <BR/><BR/>As if I had any idea there were such thing as banned Paypal countries. <BR/><BR/>But they let me fax in a photocopy of my passport. Guess their rules have changed.Marie Javinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12632729774717864231noreply@blogger.com