My New Apartment in France
So I have an address in France already. It’s in the city of St. Genis, one of the closer cities to CERN. People usually live in either France or Switzerland when they work at CERN, which is largely dependent upon their preference. I hear Switzerland is more urban, while the France side is more rural-like. In both cases, it seems the France side is cheaper, so many people choose to live there.
St. Genis is on the French side. I can’t say much else about it, since of course I haven’t been there. I’ve heard that although washing machines are common, dryers are not. This apartment doesn’t happen to have one. I have some pictures of the insides – the kitchen is quite small, but the living room seems comfy. The bedroom is just enough room to sleep and a dresser.
It’s about a 30 min walk to work (beautiful scenery I’m told), but how much will that last through bitter cold or rainy days? Luckily, there’s a bus stop right outside my door. Most people bike to work at CERN.
The point of getting an apartment before I arrive is so I can live somewhere when I get there. Sometimes people arrive and start looking for places, while they stay in hostels, hotels, or friends’ living rooms. So, this may not be a final address for me, but at least it will be for the first month or so. Heck, I may even love the place and decide to live there for the time I’m there.
But the bottom line is I won’t spend too much time finding a place while I’m still in the US. It probably makes more sense to visit it first to make a good decision.
I’m moving to France. Wow. I would have never thought I’d say that if you asked me more than a year ago.
