C’est gagné, we did it!
Having lived out of our suitcases for exactly one month, we finally moved into our apartment on Friday, October 10th. Along the way we had stayed with the Aurelie, Christian, and Anna in Nanterre; Isabelle and Alain in Caen; Sara, Seb, and Maya in the Point du Jour neighborhood of Lyon; Céline and Julien on Presqu’ile; and finally Annie and Pierre in Bron.
It’s been a huge relief to finally have a place to put everything. I think our apartment is really nice, but Nicole thinks it looks like an 80′s hotel room. We have wood floors, a seperate bedroom, a washing machine, an oven, a fridge, and a dishwasher. The rent is about 580€ a month which is pretty fair considering how nice it is.
Nicole and I both started working on October 1st. She teaches elementary school kids, while I work with elementary school teachers who need to work on their English skills. My job has been a bit boring, but it’s probably the easiest one in the entire assistants program.
Hopefully, once I get all settled in, I can find a second source of income. 780€ is great when your expenses are only food and rent, but it’s nothing when you want to travel and have credit card bills to pay. The Toussaint holidays are coming up, and I’m itching to travel, but I don’t want to dig myself further into debt until I get my first paycheck.
My brother’s coming to visit on Wednesday.
Everyone else is also invited.
Tags: Lyon