So finally i decided to ask something quite personal here related to weiqi and me.
Some already know that not long ago, I came back to France after a long time spent in China.
I am now looking for a nice place to stay with some weiqi players (a club?) we could have games together and spend some nice time.
I need a job there, completing paperworks for french administration, a room to rent and such… So i am aiming at some medium sized town in which i could reach everything without too complicated transportation. I can stay in some youth hostel at first too if that exists.
Anyway feel free to send me a private message if you have any suggestion or question.
(I wish you) Safe travels!
I live in the USA, so I can’t help you any, but if you decide to visit the USA, and in particular Los Angeles (California) or Chicago (Illinois) let me know. Then maybe I can help.
Grenoble seems to have a nice club with lot of activities.
Black dots are clubs (actually weekly meetings for the same club):
If you want more specific informations about the place, you could try asking our beloved illustrator Camille @KyamiRefur
She shares lovely videos and pictures on Tiktok and Instagram about the Grenoble Go Club that make me really envious!
I’m assuming you are looking for a place in France exclusively. If not, I’m sure we can suggest lots of places elsewhere in the EU (which should not be an issue immigration-wise).
Well i wouldn’t mind but flying to the USA is out of my budget .
Oh yes grenoble could be. It’s where i discovered weiqi long time ago…
A bit far (like USA), i don’t have any russian knowledge and would rather speak a language i’m used to after many years in China (english, french and even spanish or german)
In France at first yes but not exclusively. The thing is that, because of the language barriers, it should be easier to find a job (cook, reception, supermarket, math teacher or whatever i can fit in)
Supermarket jobs should be easy to get here. But not payed well, to put it mildly. Math tutor might also have some chances, depending on your level of German.
If you are looking for a French speaking country at first how about Belgium? Many clubs, medium sized towns, large beers and good french fries!
In France Grenoble is certainly amongst the best choices for weiqi. The town is pretty too, and you are in the Alps, which is a big plus imho. But, it is rather expensive to live there iirc!!
Edit: Not sure, I think Inseong Hwang still lives there: Motoki Noguchi too I believe!!
Nantes has two clubs, one that meets in a bar on wednesday night, and one that meets in an associative room on saturday afternoon. There are players of all strengths, from 30k to 5d.
The public transports are pretty good, and middle schools and high schools are certainly looking for math teachers.
Have you considered teaching math online?
It would make things easier with finding a location, since the job will not be connected to it.
When you finally find a place to live, you can then reconsider your job options.
You teach math at school? I ever believed people won’t like Go and Math at the same time, because there’re not much math in Go and there’re not much Go in math, they two are not compatible in most cases.
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