I'm running away to Paris

[Greebo]

Strong Euro or not, I'm sure you'll enjoy the time in Paris - just don't arrive in August when a lot of it goes dead (except for v old, v poor, or tourists) because those who can head for the coasts.

IMHO finding somewhere affordable to stay is going to be the main problem - unless the work provides bed & board.
I recommend the "Rough Guide to Paris" or the Lonely Planet version - both list v cheap places to eat & sleep, and they're aimed at people of student age.

Not sure if it's still in print, but "summer jobs abroad" used to be published every year and included all sorts of short term work which you could apply for before going, and not just in Europe either.

 

[Lea]

Paris is a lovely place to live and work in. I lived there for 4 years between 2002 and 2006.

Here is a couple of links to get you started for your search for jobs and apartment:

This is the governement's jobsite ANPE which is where I found my job working as a secretary:

http://www.anpe.fr/

For your search for apartments try Particulier a Particulier:

http://www.pap.fr/

Otherwise you might be better off with a flat share. I dont know any sites but you can try googling "colocation" or "colocataire" meaning flat share or flat mate.

 

[butterfly child]

I have some money in the bank,

You can send that to me, you owe me some money as I recall..

 

[Dillinger4]

I am yet to meet you Chio, but if you want somebody to do this with, ask me.

 

[lontok2005]

Go!!! You'll regret not going. Getting away and living elsewhere is one of the best and most exciting experiences you can have. Not everyone has the chance. You're almost certain to enjoy it, and even if you don't, so what? How far away is home?

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I wish I could have got the then equivalent of 20 euros an hour to talk english. I could have finished the year in paris in credit rather than overdrawn

 

[chio]

I got an email the other day about a "drop in" session at university with some EU department or other (there are that many) that helps people find work in other European countries. "Drop in" in this case meant "we can't be bothered to set up an appointment booking system, so come and queue up for half the day". I thought it sounded worth going to, so I spent about an hour waiting, then went to the desk. The exchange went something like this:

"So where do you live?"
"[my town]."
"Where-abouts is that?"
"[My town]. It's just up the road in Cheshire."
"Oh, I'm sorry, but we can't help you today, you're not a West Midlands resident."

I can only presume there's some hold-out UKIP councillor somewhere like Knutsford who hasn't signed up to the EU yet I'm still none the wiser about exactly what this department does. Anyway, aside from all that there are a couple more avenues I'm going to look down, but I've all but scrapped the plan. The more I read up on it and read about people who've already done similar things, the more I get the impression that moving to another country (whether it's France or anywhere else) is something you do if you've already got very hefty cash behind you, which I haven't. And with the number of people who were queuing up for this euro-whatever-it-was at university, I've a feeling that by summer I'll have half the town to myself anyway!

The more I think about it, the more I get the feeling that I'm going to be one of those people who stays where they were born. I'd really like to find out what it's like to live in another country for a while for the experience, but if I can't do that I've got no interest in moving to another part of England in the future. Where I am now isn't perfect and I'm a bit bored with it, but it's really not so bad and it's definitely up there with the best areas to live.

 

[Fuchs66]

Chio do it get away from the UK even if its just a temporary thing, there's a whole big world out here and its a greta place to be in.

 

[BlackSpecs]

Fuchs is right !!!

I picked-up the new Fusag magazine for you today chio ..... you still want it ?

 

[Zorra]

So, are you off then? I always think these things are best done as soon as they're thought of otherwise they tend to go off the boil. <packs Chio's bags>

 

[crustychick]

buy a Lonely Planet or similar - book yourself in at a backpackers or something - instant friends and also probably advice on easy, seasonal work

 

[Xanadu]

I got an email the other day about a "drop in" session at university with some EU department or other (there are that many) that helps people find work in other European countries. "Drop in" in this case meant "we can't be bothered to set up an appointment booking system, so come and queue up for half the day". I thought it sounded worth going to, so I spent about an hour waiting, then went to the desk. The exchange went something like this:

"So where do you live?"
"[my town]."
"Where-abouts is that?"
"[My town]. It's just up the road in Cheshire."
"Oh, I'm sorry, but we can't help you today, you're not a West Midlands resident."

I can only presume there's some hold-out UKIP councillor somewhere like Knutsford who hasn't signed up to the EU yet I'm still none the wiser about exactly what this department does. Anyway, aside from all that there are a couple more avenues I'm going to look down, but I've all but scrapped the plan. The more I read up on it and read about people who've already done similar things, the more I get the impression that moving to another country (whether it's France or anywhere else) is something you do if you've already got very hefty cash behind you, which I haven't. And with the number of people who were queuing up for this euro-whatever-it-was at university, I've a feeling that by summer I'll have half the town to myself anyway!

The more I think about it, the more I get the feeling that I'm going to be one of those people who stays where they were born. I'd really like to find out what it's like to live in another country for a while for the experience, but if I can't do that I've got no interest in moving to another part of England in the future. Where I am now isn't perfect and I'm a bit bored with it, but it's really not so bad and it's definitely up there with the best areas to live.

If you really can't do it now, how about saving up for 12 months or something? Just because you can't do it now, doesn't mean you can't do it soon.