Hi Everyone!
I'm Jonathan from the UK and I have just moved here with my wife Ilvira and our 2 young children - Byron 6yo and Edith 2yo.
In the UK I ran a IT Consultancy business specializing in SharePoint solutions - we moved here due to my wife's health - actually she was so ill she moved out with the kids in January and I have only now arrived as I had to complete my contracts and close down the business in the UK.
So now we are both unemployed and in debt but Ilvira is thriving in this climate and the kids are happy - Byron is at school and learning French. Now I frantically trying to work out how to make a living here!
Ilvira speaks French but I am just learning. Naturally I am looking for IT opportunities here but they seem to be very limited/non-existent - Can anyone tell me what the situation is here? If I learn decent French do I stand a chance of getting an IT job?
Anyway I taught EFL in Japan for 7 years when I was younger (I'm 45 now!) - so I'm taking on online course to get re qualified and then I plan to start teaching while I study French - We're based in St Pierre - anyone had any experience of teaching down here/anywhere on the island
Life here is great - In the UK life is work, work, work - here values are different and I can see that people have more time for each other and of course the climate is just awesome.
Look forward to meeting other expats on this site and hopefully making it work here in Reunion!
Cheers
Jonathan