So Becky and I saw Sicko last night and it makes us (seriously) want to move to France. Our lack of EU citizenship, of course, makes this rather tricky.
A little digging around the Internets turned up this, which is hopeful:
A letter addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the press outlet designating the journalist as a permanent correspondent and specifying his duties and his salary. A minimum of €1,000 per month is required. The applicant must also provide proof of salary (pay slip, bank statement…)
I’m hoping that this means I could finagle something as a freelancer.
Of course, John Borland pulled this trick off when he moved to Berlin. Berlin is advantageous because it’s cheaper and seems to be easier to settle there.
France, on the other hand, is where I have family, where I already speak the language, and where I’m most familiar with. And plus, dude, it’s FRANCE!
There’s also this really awesome-looking language program for “Assistants d’Anglais“, and another helpful site here.
And here, here, and here are blogs of people about to start this program in various locales around the country. Booya!
Update: Here‘s the mother lode of information about this program, blow-by-blow.
More as this story develops.
