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Green Roofs at the ENAC
Image from WikipediaI have been teaching English at l’École Nationale d’Aviation Civile here in Toulouse for the last 6 weeks. Just 2 weeks ago I saw a bunch of people climbing around the roofs everyday. They had blowtorches and plants. It was a strange sight. The school already looks straight out of a 60’s spy [...]
It’s official, I have a job!
I just accepted a job teaching English at an Engineering school here in Toulouse called ENAC. I have been going back and forth with them and thought I had the job but until yesterday it wasn’t “official”. I start on March 10th. The school is called ENAC, École National d’Aviation Civile. The air traffic controllers [...]
Carte de Sejour in hand
After a long process of applying to Campus France, enrolling in the Alliance Française, applying for a VISA, selling our house, moving to France, foraging for documents, applying for the carte de sejour, receiving my récipssé, receiving my letter to go to the Préfecture, but only on Fridays from 9-3, I finally went yesterday and [...]
Going to Toulouse, job interview today
I really don’t need to work for at least a year but since I was offered an interview I thought I’d exercise my Protestant work ethic. That and it would make finding an apartment easier. Apparently in France, if your income comes from overseas, they cannot garnish your wages if necessary, so they like you [...]