While We Wait To Hear About Sydney...

I suppose we should start focusing on our trip to Switzerland and Germany...

After a few weeks anxiously waiting for our tickets, brochures and all to arrive, we finally received everything yesterday. I was so excited to hold it in my hand as it makes the trip feel real at last!

I can't believe we're leaving in just a little more than a week. Although it is my first time doing a European tour, I have only heard good things about Insight Vacations, so I am really looking forward to it.

Time to get through the few days we have left, buy what needs to be bought and pack what need to be packed. Yay!!

Interesting!

Some people have really interesting gifts in life and whether you want to believe in it or not is your choice.

The job opportunity in Sydney came about last Monday. His dad was spending time with his cousin throughout that week and we kept the possible move from him until Thursday. Well...on Wednesday, Dad-in-law and his cousin were discussing our upcoming trip to Europe and she told him, out of the blue, that she can see his son working in another country. She has visions of him working in Brazil and Switzerland. She also sees the Dad-in-law with us in Aruba.

Aruba? Where did that come from?


I find it quite amusing that she sees him in those places, but a little scary that she mentioned Switzerland as we were seriously thinking about a possible relocation there not too long ago.

Now that her prediction has been duly documented, I cannot wait to read this blog back in a few years and see how accurate she was.

Sydney? Could that be?

I have always thought that my old t-shirt outlining personality traits of us fiery Sagittarius was right except for one particular word: Adventurous. Turns out I was wrong!

Back in 2006 - and after some very good sales pitches from my boyfriend - I agreed to take a leap of faith, hold his hand, and jump into a new life in Toronto, ON. It was somewhat difficult for me to adapt, particularly because I didn't have a job right away. I doubted my ability to stay there for a month, then I got a job, became completely immersed in English (I'm French, if you haven't noticed, lol), and I was fine.

Fast-forward 5 years: we bought a condo, sold it, bought a house in the suburbs and bought a car. I really love my house and although it's much longer to clean, I wouldn't go back to the condo. I can easily see myself build a family and grow old in this house.

Now, here's the thing... My partner may have this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that would have us move to Sydney, Australia.

Needless to say the more I look into this, the more excited I become about the idea of this great new adventure. Seriously, what is there not to love about the land down under?

Was it difficult to leave everything behind and star anew 5 years ago? Yes. Would I do it again? Hell yes!!

To be continued.....