The house hunting

(Connecticut, April 2006) We had to move to the USA already in May. There was not much time left for house hunting. So we flew to NYC before Eastern and stayed for six days in Connecticut. During this time, we had to find a new home. Of course, we were thinking that it would be only for two years… The most difficult thing for me was to find the right school for our son. I`ve never been in the USA before so I had no idea what to expect here. We visited 25 houses in only four days. Can you imagine?! It was absolutely my first day here and I went house hunting! I was very afraid. I didn`t know the area, the neighborhood and if I can trust the realtor. You wouldn`t believe it but the last house we saw, was “our” house. I think we decided it the moment when we saw the ocean and the beach. I enjoyed it very much in the two following years. We never regreted our decision. But I didn`t want to sign up before we found a nice school. After visiting a small private school I knew our son would be “safe” here. Safety was my biggest worry. I knew USA only from the movies and there was always a lot of crime… Everything seemed so strange to me: the way the houses were built, all the wires above the ground, the shopping malls and many other things. Of course, there was one big issue: I did understand only a part of what the people were saying. And I knew our son would not understand anything for a while. But the decision was made, and I tried to look forward to our “biggest adventure”. The hardest part would be to say good bye to our family and friends and to prepare everything for the move. How our son will take it?! These were my thoughts on the flight back to Germany.