I Moved to France from the USA (1 year update) 🇫🇷

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Bonjour. Ravi d'apprendre qu'ici vous vous sentez en vacances permanentes :) C'est ça, le sens de la vie !

Aww this put a smile on my face! You look so relaxed and happy about your decision! I’m around the same age, and I am relocating to Grasse to attend perfumery school. I’ve always wanted to move to Europe, and now I’m ready to be my authentic self and go for it! Best wishes to you and your journey 🤍✨!

Great video❤ my favorite quote and I will now use: Moving will not solve your problems, but it will give them a new scenery 😅😂 👏🏼

Toulouse is awesome!! family from there and American French already 22 years in France love it won't be back !!! Best of luck Salut!

You are very welcome in Toulouse, our city. Southwest of France is one of the best place in Europe. So many things to do, to discover, to experiment. It’s great to see you are now a real toulousaine

Thank you for acknowledging how stressful it can be to live in a foreign country, even when you're quite fluent in the local language, it's never the same as with your mother tongue, after 40 years in the UK, I still can't speak like a native, my vocabulary is different because I didn't grow up here, I still sound more "bookish" than someone who learns the language naturally and of course my accent isn't perfect. I still can't catch every word when I hear a song on the radio or watch a film, especially if the actors mumble (often Americans lol!)

You just reassured me for my move! I’ll be moving to Toulouse for at least a year (I hope much longer!) in August. I feel a lot more comfortable with the move thanks to this video!

Bienvenue en France ! and yes, immersing in a new language is such a strain on the brain, this is what is felt by the entire world trying to lear english ahah

Thank you Nicolette with an authentic testimony of life abroad. Frenchman (Parisian) here and even as a teenager I was interested in living abroad, first in Germany for 3 month. Total immersion as Studentproktikum, loneliness, discoveries then after 2 month the switching to dreaming in a foreign language. Then I worked in the USA on multiple occasions but discovered the American and southern way of life (Atlanta). That time I was married so the immersion was not so complete (my wife and son adored the life in Atlanta) but it happened so many times that I felt at home in the US. Among many other smaller trips, I worked in mainland China, first Nanjing and then Beijing for over 6 months in one go. There I experienced the language barrier: If you don't speak Beijingese or Mandarin, then you cannot exchange (talk) with the people there. I tried to learn it but with poor results So, yes, it is about loneliness, language barrier, time zones, flight times (often 12 to 18 hours as I discovered that flying to LA was faster than flying to Jobourg (Johannesburg) but it is so much fun to discover other cultures. I must say that each time I was flying back home, I rediscovered France (my, it is so pretty)

Life is an adventure, embrace it (French expat in Dayton)

i dream of moving to france every night, this made me so happy to see! i really hope i can move abroad like you did!

I'm so happy to find someone who chose to live in Toulouse :D I hope you like it ! I think its a great choice because you are close to the mountain & the sea, there is a decent airport which allows you to go almost everywhere in Europe, and its a studend city (Second or Third in ranking in France) so its quite vibrant, you will find a lot of people speaking English or Spanish ! Downside it might be very hot in Summer just like Spain ^^'

I relate to you on many levels. I moved to France 5 years ago for my studies after meeting a French man and I ended up working in a city called Rennes. While you are student you always have someone around you that you can hang out with but once you start working, it is so hard to make friends. That’s why I wanna move to Paris now cus I am fed up with loneliness. Also I have tendency to isolate my mself since I am gay and not completely out yet. You have a calming voice and expresse many facts clearly, I’ve subscribed.

Congrats on such a big accomplishment! So nice to see you thriving in your new environment- would love to see more updates about things you enjoy in France

You look so smart. Great you chose our country ! I wish you a great life whereever it is.

Just came across this video! Thank you for sharing your experience of your journey! I actually lived in France for several years as a teenager and now years and years (and years lol) later want to return permanently. It really is a chill country and the French know how to live life. Glad you’re living your best life in France :)

Hello, as french forty-year-old man, I watch some of your video, and I only want to say that you are very courageous. And I'm quite sure that or you will stay in my beautiful country or you will be in another one, and you will certainly become a better person of yourself after this student journey

Yay, St Sernin, la Garonne, Matabiau, le canal ... If I'm not mistaken I saw Castres too ? There aren't many Americans who speak about my city, it's great to change from Paris. I see that you moved to it now, but since you said you're team chocolatine forever, it's ok XD

I love your videos so much, Nicolette-- especially those about language, films, music, and books! 🌻