Wow, new picture! A closeup too. :o) At first I thought it was a UT mistake putting someone else's picture on your account when I first read your message :o)
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>>>Charles, there are always many reasons and thoughts that go into a decision as major as moving country. However, I would say the 2 biggest ones would be (1) I come from Holland and all my extended family is in Europe (Holland, France, Switzerland) and (2) the crime levels here in SA are not good ...
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>>So why would you consider other than Holland then, which would seem the obvious choice?
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>>ie why not just Holland, close to the family etc?
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>Well there are various reasons. I spent 6 years in the UK and have good memories of that. I have friends still there as well as other friends who have moved there from here recently. My kids do not speak fluent Dutch, both are English speakers. I want to be near my family but not too near :) We want to explore setting up a UK branch to our business and the UK financial markets are the largest in Europe, etc, etc. But nothing is final - I even got an opportuinity to explore something in Auckland, NZ yeserday. Who knows...
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