Watching TV with my wife.

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74. I have a friend who was on House Hunters International

He moved to Lyon, FRANCE from Kansas City about 15 years ago. He was a high school French teacher here and he teaches in a private International school in Lyon. Moved before he had a job, but had met someone while he was there in the summer taking a course for his Master's degree.

He was already living in Lyon and they gave him three choices for an apartment, one of which had already come up in his current building which he planned to take. Several years ago he moved again to a fabulous 2 bedroom apartment overlooking a central courtyard.

In 2019 I started looking at renting an apartment in Lyon for 3 months to try out the idea of moving there. Before I could make it happen, COVID hit. In April 2020 I put a deposit on building a new house locally to get myself out of the downtown high rise apartment where I was living, feeling like I was playing Russian roulette every time I got in the elevator. I spent the summer of 2020 making design choices for my new house. I guess watching Property Brothers for years finally paid off, but I would rather have been choosing an apartment abroad.

You are lucky to be living your dream. I wasn't able to make mine happen. I turn 72 in March and just don't have the energy to make a move abroad happen now.

I've stopped watching House Hunters, Lottery Dream Home and Property Brothers, although I loved them all at one time.