Soon to be in Phoenix
Jun 18th 2011, 12:46 pm
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Soon to be in Phoenix
Hello
Just popping in to make my introductions. Myself, hubby, son of 11 and daughter of 7 will be moving to the US in a couple of months, to Phoenix AZ. We're British, but have been living in Switzerland for the last 3 years.
We're all really looking forward to the move: the kids have been doing well in the local French-speaking school but are keen to get back into English language schooling, hubby's looking forward to getting stuck into his new job role (same company, just a geographical transfer), and I can't wait to be able to work/volunteer/study/relax during the days rather than run my life around the Swiss school system of closing for 2-2.5 hours for lunch every day and sending the kids home! Oh, and I believe you have shops open past 5pm and even on a Sunday... bliss...
We don't have a firm date as yet - just waiting for the HR wheels to sloooooowly grind towards the L1 visa process - but are hoping to be over for the start of the school year or just after. In the meantime, I'm keeping busy by homeschooling the kids to up their written English skills, chucking out anything a bit dusty that I clearly haven't touched for months, and running endless keyword searches on this site and city-data.com.
Looking forward to taking part, and thanks for all the helpful advice I've learned so far.
kodokan
Just popping in to make my introductions. Myself, hubby, son of 11 and daughter of 7 will be moving to the US in a couple of months, to Phoenix AZ. We're British, but have been living in Switzerland for the last 3 years.
We're all really looking forward to the move: the kids have been doing well in the local French-speaking school but are keen to get back into English language schooling, hubby's looking forward to getting stuck into his new job role (same company, just a geographical transfer), and I can't wait to be able to work/volunteer/study/relax during the days rather than run my life around the Swiss school system of closing for 2-2.5 hours for lunch every day and sending the kids home! Oh, and I believe you have shops open past 5pm and even on a Sunday... bliss...
We don't have a firm date as yet - just waiting for the HR wheels to sloooooowly grind towards the L1 visa process - but are hoping to be over for the start of the school year or just after. In the meantime, I'm keeping busy by homeschooling the kids to up their written English skills, chucking out anything a bit dusty that I clearly haven't touched for months, and running endless keyword searches on this site and city-data.com.
Looking forward to taking part, and thanks for all the helpful advice I've learned so far.
kodokan
Jun 18th 2011, 9:57 pm
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Re: Soon to be in Phoenix
Welcome to BE and good luck with the move!
A handful of BE folks in the Phoenix area, so I'm sure you'll be able to get a lot of good info about what to do and see etc...but also check out the wiki as there is a wealth of decent general info
A handful of BE folks in the Phoenix area, so I'm sure you'll be able to get a lot of good info about what to do and see etc...but also check out the wiki as there is a wealth of decent general info
Jun 19th 2011, 6:47 am
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Re: Soon to be in Phoenix
Hello and a big welcome to BE.
Excellent information can be found in the BE Wiki, not forgetting the Living and Moving Abroad forum that will help you, another set of great help is the permanent threads at the TOP of each forum, they are very pertinent to that particular forum and makes sensible reading.
Moderators deal with any problems that arise such as inappropriate posts, spammers etc, you will find their names at the bottom right hand side of each forum's index in bold font.
Please contact me if I can give you any further help.
Rosemary
Excellent information can be found in the BE Wiki, not forgetting the Living and Moving Abroad forum that will help you, another set of great help is the permanent threads at the TOP of each forum, they are very pertinent to that particular forum and makes sensible reading.
Moderators deal with any problems that arise such as inappropriate posts, spammers etc, you will find their names at the bottom right hand side of each forum's index in bold font.
Please contact me if I can give you any further help.
Rosemary
Jun 19th 2011, 10:35 am
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Re: Soon to be in Phoenix
Hello
Just popping in to make my introductions. Myself, hubby, son of 11 and daughter of 7 will be moving to the US in a couple of months, to Phoenix AZ. We're British, but have been living in Switzerland for the last 3 years.
We're all really looking forward to the move: the kids have been doing well in the local French-speaking school but are keen to get back into English language schooling, hubby's looking forward to getting stuck into his new job role (same company, just a geographical transfer), and I can't wait to be able to work/volunteer/study/relax during the days rather than run my life around the Swiss school system of closing for 2-2.5 hours for lunch every day and sending the kids home! Oh, and I believe you have shops open past 5pm and even on a Sunday... bliss...
We don't have a firm date as yet - just waiting for the HR wheels to sloooooowly grind towards the L1 visa process - but are hoping to be over for the start of the school year or just after. In the meantime, I'm keeping busy by homeschooling the kids to up their written English skills, chucking out anything a bit dusty that I clearly haven't touched for months, and running endless keyword searches on this site and city-data.com.
Looking forward to taking part, and thanks for all the helpful advice I've learned so far.
kodokan
Just popping in to make my introductions. Myself, hubby, son of 11 and daughter of 7 will be moving to the US in a couple of months, to Phoenix AZ. We're British, but have been living in Switzerland for the last 3 years.
We're all really looking forward to the move: the kids have been doing well in the local French-speaking school but are keen to get back into English language schooling, hubby's looking forward to getting stuck into his new job role (same company, just a geographical transfer), and I can't wait to be able to work/volunteer/study/relax during the days rather than run my life around the Swiss school system of closing for 2-2.5 hours for lunch every day and sending the kids home! Oh, and I believe you have shops open past 5pm and even on a Sunday... bliss...
We don't have a firm date as yet - just waiting for the HR wheels to sloooooowly grind towards the L1 visa process - but are hoping to be over for the start of the school year or just after. In the meantime, I'm keeping busy by homeschooling the kids to up their written English skills, chucking out anything a bit dusty that I clearly haven't touched for months, and running endless keyword searches on this site and city-data.com.
Looking forward to taking part, and thanks for all the helpful advice I've learned so far.
kodokan
I see you have already started posting in the bUS Forums.
. The lovely people who post in that forum will try to answer any questions you may have about live in the US.There is loads of information helpful information for people moving to the US in the BE Wiki.
If you require any assistance finding your way around BE's many forums we have a team of concierges who will act as your tour guide...they will be pleased to help you. The concierge for the US forums is Kaffy Mintcake...please contact her if you need pointing in the right direction.
If you have any problems or concerns please contact a mod or admin. The mods for the US forums are Bob and MsElui.
Please give me a shout if I can be of further help. I look forward to seeing you in the US forums.
Jun 22nd 2011, 9:39 pm
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Re: Soon to be in Phoenix
Hi kodokan & welcome! You've arrived at the best forum to do your research! 
