Mike Y, How is your French? What do you know about the French culture? I wish you good luck in your assignment, both of you. From personal experience I know that the first few months can be very hard to adjust, but after that you get to really enjoy it and might find that 2 years is a bit short.
Although you mention where you are going to, you didn't say where you are coming from. I would expect that the companies, either yours or your girl friends, would connect you to a company that helps you upon and even prior to your arrival, finding a place to live, assist you in filing your taxes in your home and host country, assist with getting assurance on your inventory, car, liability. Assist in getting a drivers license, buying a car. (Or perhaps you just want to use the public transport and don't bother with a car at all.) The company I work for uses PriceWaterHouseCoopers for that. I strongly advise to have at least some level of support. If an assignment fails, a lot of money is lost, so for a company sending out people it is about reducing their risk. It has given my family and myself an experience I wouldn't have wanted to miss. Frits W�thrich mike y. informed us about the following: > > I know this is way off topic, but I'd appreciate any pointers > from someone > who's been there... > > My girlfriend and I are probably (70%) relocating to Paris for 2+ years > starting in January. Our respective companies are handling the > work visas, > her co. is picking up the moving bill, we just need to find a > place to live. > Can anyone help with online resources for apartment rentals? > Neighborhoods to stay out of (crime, price)? How are the > suburbs? My new > office will be in Velizy, her job is 80% travel through Europe. We're > headed over next month but want to have a look over the web now if > possible... > > Any replies are appreciated, off-list is fine. Sorry for posting this to > the PDML but it's the only international list I'm on and my web searches > aren't bearing much fruit. > > > Mike Y. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
