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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here and I agree we'd work hard to learn the language to the best of our abilities even if locals speak English. We'd put our kids right into local schools/nursery because they are young enough to still soak that up. DH and I are well traveled, respectful, and eager to learn. We backpacked the world for 4 summers in college together including doing work exchanges (helping on farms/orchards/vineyards in exchange for lodging) and couch surfing. We are avid home exchangers and have done home swaps in 25+ countries, including 6 countries with our kid(s) so even though they are young, they understand going somewhere new with different culture, trying new food, playing with kids when they don't have the same language, etc. We enrolled our oldest in a park district program in Spain while we were on a home swap there for 6 weeks and she absolutely loved it.

I do hear you all about true assimilation though. I'd imagine each of those locations has a solid expat community, but we'd love to eventually form genuine friendships with locals as well. I definitely thrive within an active community so it's definitely something to consider. DH does know his Swedish counterparts at work well and I've met a few of them and their spouses at his work events so maybe that could be a starting point. The London and German offices he currently doesn't have much overlap with so that would be more new.

I honestly don't know what we would do with our house though. We bought it in 2016 with 2.5% mortgage rate so it would be really hard to give that up, but also seems daunting to be a landlord from abroad. We also have a large dog. So much to consider. [/quote]

Oof. [b]I don't know what I'd do about the dog.[/b] But being a landlord isn't hard if you just get a property manager. They take a cut but with that interest rate it would be worth it.[/quote]

If you're ok with the dog in cargo (I am not, but  people do it) there are transport companies that manage shipping dogs overseas. There are also some private flights (K9 Jets comes to mind but I think there are others) that allow you to bring your dog of any size in the cabin with you. It's prohibitively expensive for something like a vacation, but I would totally do it for a multi-year or permanent move. I think it runs about 8k. [/quote]

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