Dordogne widow looking for nerdy women friends 馃

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4 years ago

I'm an expat American living in southern Dordogne, I have been in France since 2003 and in Dordogne for 10 years. Many of my English friends have recently moved back to the UK. I still have friends but I miss having someone who shares my interests. I have a degree in English and mathematics and I聽 also have varying nerdy pursuits.. I鈥檓 fascinated by physics, evolutionary biology, and also more mundane pursuits as well: gardening, horses, dogs, cats, and cooking. I鈥檓 also an artist and have had many shows. I鈥檓 also interested in writing and have finished the first draft of a novel. If you share any of these interests and would like to chat let me know.

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Robert Uomini Contributor

132POSTS

4 years ago

Too bad you're only looking for nerdy women friends, 'cause I'm a nerdy American guy (in a permanent relationship) with an advanced degree in Math who loves cooking, has two cats and is about to publish the first complete set of English translations of Brassens.

Painthacker Member

13POSTS

4 years ago

Hi Robert,
Wow, another American! As it happens I鈥檓 in a relationship with an American guy who鈥檚 a nerd. But I lack women friends. Where in America are you from? I鈥檓 from near Boston.

Robert Uomini Contributor

132POSTS

4 years ago

I'm from Berkeley. Moved to Strasbourg in February 2019 and am living with my French girlfriend, who invited me to move in with her. I sold my house, packed most of my stuff in storage and haven't looked back.

I'm going to Paris this Wednesday for lunch at the Ritz (invited by a science-loving acquaintance who wants to pick my brain about something I've had a lot of experience with). Is your boyfriend a programmer, by any chance?

Painthacker Member

13POSTS

4 years ago

No, my boyfriend is an electrical engineer, although he of course knows several programming languages. I聽 worked as a programmer for Digital back in the days when they still existed.

Robert Uomini Contributor

132POSTS

4 years ago

I hope I'm not getting too personal, but how did he manage to get a long-term visa? Or did he come over with you way back when? Nowadays, as you probably know, it's very difficult to move permanently to France if you don't have a work- or education visa. In my case, besides American citizernship, I also am an EU citizen (Italian), so there was no hassle for me. Plus, my girlfriend, being a fonctionnaire, knew what I had to do and what forms to fill out to get a titre de sejour and carte vitale.

How fluent are you and your boyfriend in French? Do either of you have a French drivers license? I've been studying for the test and plan to take it this Friday. Even though I'd been driving over 50 years, there are nuances to the French law that I had to learn.

Painthacker Member

13POSTS

4 years ago

I'm a widow and my husband and I moved to France back in 2003. We first had to get a long stay visa while we were still US residents. They wouldn鈥檛 grant a visa if we were already living in france.

Arrgghhh this ridiculous website won鈥檛 let me see your latest post while I鈥檓 writing this and I can鈥檛 remember your other questions. Oh yeah, driver's license. We had New Ha shire drivers licenses and NH has an open exchange policy with France. France offered this to all the US States many years ago and only 6 or 7 took advantage of it. We were living in Massachusetts but we rented an apartment in NH, exchanged our MA licenses for NH ones and then did the swap here.

Let鈥檚 talk by email, I鈥檓 at ***.

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RedColaCubes Member

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4 years ago

Hi Painthacker,

It is a tough time for expats at the moment. I'm British and living in Rhone Alpes for over 10 years now and I share your nerdy outlook on life. The thing about expat life is that friends often come and go and it can be difficult to connect with likeminded people. I work in IT and moved here to take up a new job. It has not been plain sailing, it takes a certain tenacity to stick out the rough times. And certainly the current pandemic has been isolating for us all.

I'd love to chat further so feel free to send me a message.

Jen

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gangel Member

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4 years ago

Wow I have just read you threads - I am from Silicon Valley and would relish contact with fellow nerds

emilyvought Member

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4 years ago

#10

Hello,

I also consider myself nerdy and have just relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area

I鈥檝e come on my own and am certainly looking for some American/ English-speaking friends.聽 I鈥檓 into history in general, architectural history, sailing and went to culinary school in San Francisco years ago now.聽 Also, an enthusiastic聽 gardener and here with my cat and dog.聽 Think I鈥檓 a bit north of most of you, right on the Morbihan/Loire-Atlantique border.