My name is Eva Hamori, and my family and I moved from Vancouver Canada to explore Europe in 2011. We started in Budapest Hungary where my husband and I bought a home in Elizabethtown back in 2007. Gorgeous 4 1/2 metre ceilings, late 10th century walk-up and the appeal most of us fall in love with Hungary for.
But alas, we continued travelling and searching for a place where we could start a life in the tourist industry. Through Austria and around her capital, along the Neckar River in Germany visiting beautiful damp villages, through Northern Italy and experienced delicious foods and history, Spain and the eclectic energies of Barcelona and along the white sand beaches of the coast, and lastly southern France and her vine covered countryside and her pastel painting perfection.
We discovered a small village on the UNESCO site, the Canal du Midi and here we bought a home, renovated it and started to learn French. We chucked the children into public school and started to experience French culture. Not in Paris, but in a real traditional village. Capestang France is near the Mediterranean Sea, close to the Spanish border and our experience has been nothing short of amazing. I run an English linguist sejour from our home and my husband Alfonz runs a wine tour company. Life is beautiful.
But something is still missing. We are trying to live between the two countries and have enjoyed our cross culture lives, and our travel lifestyle but Hungary keeps calling us home. When we are in Budapest we feel the most alive. Our connections. Our first love.
We are hoping to sell up in France or rent out our home here, to start a new in Budapest. We hope to place the kids in the French private school and start the same linguistic homestay program there.
The idea of starting again, even in our forties, is pretty exciting.