{"id":13123,"date":"2017-05-24T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eazycityblog.com\/fr\/day-decided-move-berlin-new-life-germany-following-dreams-love\/"},"modified":"2017-10-10T15:42:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T15:42:37","slug":"day-decided-move-berlin-new-life-germany-following-dreams-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eazycityblog.com\/fr\/day-decided-move-berlin-new-life-germany-following-dreams-love\/","title":{"rendered":"The day I decided to move to Berlin: my new life in Germany following my dreams and my love"},"content":{"rendered":"

It happened suddenly, during a walk through its fascinating buildings, freshly renovated, perfectly symmetric, everyone with a specific different colour. Surrounded by positive vibes, I couldn\u2019t think of anything but: \u201cthis will be my next destination<\/strong>\u201d. Perhaps because of the sun (it was April and the spring here is astonishing) or maybe because of the feeling of freedom… I don’t know exactly why, but I knew I had to move to Berlin<\/strong>, as soon as possible, because after years spent all around Europe, that was the first time I felt like at home. And I did it, I moved to Germany<\/strong> in only two weeks, saying goodbye to my family, my friends, my home, my everything.<\/span><\/p>\n

But let’s start from the beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Which are the common reasons to leave? Living a bad financial\/working situation, willing to discover new places and cultures, emancipation, love, looking for new adventures and challenges, and so on. Well, at that point of my life, in 2015, after a master\u2019s degree and different working experiences, I had all of those feelings together (and even more): the perfect situation for a brand new start!<\/span><\/p>\n

In that period, I was living in <\/span>Sardinia<\/b><\/a> with my parents, not the best for a 28-year-old girl. I couldn\u2019t find a job<\/strong>, not even after more than 100 applications. A bit frustrating, I must say, especially because none of them answered my emails. Could have it been worse than this? Yes, of course. Because a couple of months before, I fell in love<\/strong>, in a deeply huge enchanting love. There was only a detail, he was living in Berlin<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Sardinia\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Definitively, lots of problems. I needed a plan<\/strong>, a good one, that could have helped me to transform obstacles into opportunities. So, I let my thoughts show up in my head:<\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/span> \u00a0<\/span>Staying at home?<\/b> There are not so many possibilities to get a proper job (Sardinia has been in a deep crisis for ages) and I will lose forever my big love. However, my family is here, and so my whole life and my roots; the sun shines 360 days per year and we have such a beautiful sea. Maybe things will change with a bit of patience. But, unfortunately, we need money to live, and money comes only with a job, not from the good weather or an amazing landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Moving to Berlin?<\/b> I don\u2019t know German, I don\u2019t know Germans, I don\u2019t know bureaucracy, I don\u2019t have a flat nor a job. Solutions: communicate in English for the first period, <\/span>attending a German class<\/a>, looking for a job or internship<\/a><\/b> and getting the more information possible on Internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Move<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The solution seemed to be predictable, but it wasn\u2019t at all. There were a few steps I wasn\u2019t considering while thinking of a possible move to Germany: everybody must be registered to the municipality (<\/span>B\u00fcrgeramt<\/b><\/a>) after a stay of 14 days, but to do so, people must have an official address in which he\/she effectively lives, but to get an apartment (or a room), it\u2019s necessary to have different documents, included the three last German pay slips. Easy! <\/span><\/p>\n

What could I do? Desperate? Never and never<\/strong>! I took a deep breath, I looked into myself, and I asked to my heart \u201cwhere do you want to go? Just tell me, and I will do my best to reach the goal, our goal\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

On one side, the only thing I wanted, was to rejoin my soul mate. But on the other hand, I wasn\u2019t sure to make this big jump into the nothingness just following another person and his personal plans, even if with this person I was really in love. The idea to start again from zero was a bit stressful for me. So, I went to Berlin<\/strong> to find the answer, I reached my love during the Easter holidays, only for one week, but that week, has been enough to make a decision.<\/span><\/p>\n

I went back home full of hope, but the problems mentioned before hadn’t disappeared, I only found the right alternative at the right moment: there was a <\/span>German family looking for an\u00a0Au pair<\/b> for their two kids, and I applied without hesitation because I had the same experience the year before in Northern Ireland, and I felt I could do it again. After only a Skype<\/strong> interview, I had the job! I couldn\u2019t believe it.<\/span><\/p>\n

I bought a one-way ticket, and I left my home with a bit of sadness, but full of positive energies for my new life. I live in Berlin<\/strong> since 2015, and at this point of my adventure, I can surely say that coming here (not speaking a single word of German<\/strong>), was the best foolish idea ever. One suitcase, my energy, the love for my partner, but also, for my future, have been enough to leave. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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