sympatoche
French expat in Spain
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About me
French, 62 years old
Lives in Madrid, Communaut茅 de Mad
Registration: 28 May 2012
About
My expat journey
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
For professional reasons I was appointed to Madrid. I don't speak Spanish, I'm discovering the language and it's very complicated for me. I really want to learn but it's not that easy unfortunately!!!
CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRENCH
Montr茅al, Quebec, Canada
CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRENCH
Cotonou, Littoral, Benin
The beginnings were quite easy even if the search for accommodation was not easy. Then once settled, life in Benin was very pleasant.
CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRENCH
my place of life,
the development of my family,
the friendships created,
beaches and rollers,
cities PORTO NOVO - OUIDAH - GRAND POPO - ABOMEY,
Beninese gastronomy, notably grilled pork, monyo with amiwo or akassa or dakoin, cincrin sauce, okra sauce etc....,
my masseuse,
the Bangkok terrace, a Thai restaurant,
the Abidjan-Cotonou maquis,
the craft village,
the people of the country.
mosquitoes,
power outages,
the high cost of water and electricity,
the absence of cinemas,
potholes,
the z茅midjans, also called zem, very unruly and dangerous motorcycle taxis.
Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France
MAEE - SCEC - Nantes
Ouagadougou, Centre, Burkina Faso
Very very difficult at first! Then after a few months I learned to love the country and its people. The Burkinab茅 are an endearing and kind people.
COOPERATION AND CULTURAL ACTION SERVICE - FRENCH EMBASSY
The simple and unpretentious life...
the meetings and friendships that were created.
FESPACO (odd years) - SIAO (even years)
the richness of cultural life - the French cultural center, the artisanal village
the market and its sellers
nice little restaurants
Sunday trips to the swimming pool
The peaks of Sindou (S茅noufo village in western Burkina Faso).
Bobo Dioulasso and its pottery
the Ziniar茅 zoological park (a cry of despair for this park which has been dying since the fall of the President....)
power and water outages
mosquitoes
heat and dust
Port-of-Spain, City of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Very very difficult at first! Then discovery of the Island and its charm.
CONSULAR SECTION - FRENCH EMBASSY
The beaches - the mountains, the music: soca and calypso, the Steel pans: the drums of Trinidad and the carnival.
Mixed local gastronomy, spices and condiments (pepper, chilli, coriander, coconut).
Fish, including shark with bake and shark, and seafood (especially crab). fruit, calaloo and crab dumplings, rotis (very thin wheat pancake filled with curry preparations, pea puree and potatoes) served in the street - outings accompanied by Rum and Carib and Stag, local blond beers.
- impromptu meetings - friendship -Divali
-mangrove oyster cocktails by the side of the road
- my house full of flowers
AND the birth of my daughter in December 2001!
insecurity - high rents - difficulty finding certain products - broken wooden bridges which gave us fright every time.
Dakar, Senegal
Quite a difficult start - then saw my aunt and a former Senegalese friend from university in Tours (37) who helped me integrate - met some great people - passed my driving test - purchased my first car - great times on the Island of N'Gor - in Gor茅e - St Louis - Almadies - M'Bour - Rufisque etc.... Good adaptation of my son - acquisition of my first dog Olaf - discovery of African art that I didn't know about until then.
and my wedding on 03/07/1999
CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRENCH
simply life...
surely things but I didn't remember them because I was so good...
Paris, 脦le-de-France, France
Multiple activities
Tours, Centre, France
Student - Faculty of Biology - Chambray-l猫s-Tours
France