Making new friends

Hey there Patricia

Welcome to Expat.com

Have a scroll down the page and you will see similar posts asking about making new friends.

When I moved over to Austria I spoke no German. I would visit cafes or the odd bar, I would listen out for English being spoken then kind of try and join in with the chit chat. I would also after some time after I got familiar with the place and staff, I would ask if there were any other English speaking people in the area.

With the great weather we are having now get out there and investigate, don't be shy.

Good Luck


SimCityAT
Expat.com Expert Team

Thanks for your advice, we did go to a Tea Shop specialising in English Tea at Pontriex. Although all of the staff were French they tried to telephone some English people who they said would love to meet us, but they were not at home. They said that we should go back to see them. I'll take your advice and start by going back to the tea shop this week.

I realise we have to actively make the effort to meet new friends as they are not going to seek us out.  I don't think that there's a lot of English speaking people I
Where we live.

Thank you for your input.

Kind Regards,

Patricia

Patricia


This guy is moving to France soon https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=683723

Sim