Well, it looks like my days in Hamburg are numbered! I moved here last Spring, mumbling ‘I’m so not going to move again in the near future’ as I carried my boxes down the driveway to my house. Well, with the announcement that all management functions in my company are being centralised in Geneva, it seems that I am going to move again in the near future.
So, within the next few months, I’ll either be moving down to that corner of Switzerland with my current position or, if the conditions for my move aren’t good enough (Geneva is a lot more expensive than Hamburg), I’ll be taking a redundancy package and probably heading off to the UK to be with my girlfriend. Either way, I don’t think that Hamburg will be home this time next year.
Geneva is a city I know well, and I have some very close friends there (including my best friend: my ex-wife), so moving there isn’t exactly a hardship, especially if the package is right! However, I have moved a lot in my life and I’m tired with carting boxes all over so I do hope that this is the last move for the time being! To be honest, I’ll miss Hamburg, too, since I’m just starting to get rather comfortable here!
Oh well… I’d better start planning my packing!
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There comes a time in everyone’s life when they tire of moving about too much. I am sure you haven’y reached that ripe old age though…….yet! LOL. In today’s climate it is becoming difficult to find new jobs or even hold on to the one you’ve got! If you can afford to retire on a golden handshake it might give you the opportunity to try something else. I can understand how much of an attraction Geneva would be in view of the folk you know there but like you say, the cost of living is higher. If your job is a valued one and you are happy to make that one last move I am sure you won’t regret ir. As for the UK if I were you I might think twice. It’s all cut, cut, cut here just now! I hope though Emily that whatever you decide you will be happy. Love
Shirley Anne xxx
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Thanks, Shirley-Anne!
I am sure that either way I’ll find something good… Just being with my girlfriend will be more than enough to make me happy! However, I think I’m well past the point of being happy about carrying boxes yet another time, so I will just have to grumble about that and get it done! Whatever happens, I’m moving soon, so I’d better prepare for it! 
Wou-Hou !
Myself, I know now that I will be heading to Munich for the next two years, and how does Heidi says (Klum, not the little one in a dirndl talking to sheeps in the Alps) ?? Oh, yes…”Ich liebe es !”.
I am sure whichever destination, you’ ll make the most out of it.
^_^
XX
Jessica
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Well, I hope it works out for you in the way that is best for you. Do you think you’ll still be in Hamburg for the WEBUM in September?
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I’ll definitely still be here, then, so I do hope to meet everyone! I don’t think I’ll be leaving before the end of the year at the earliest. I’ll know more in the next few weeks.