‘It was hard for our son’: This US couple say moving to Germany was a tough adjustment for their young family | CNN

They’ve lived in various destinations, including San Francisco and Ireland, over the years but Geoffrey and Sarah say they’ve never felt as at home as they do in Germany. The couple, who relocated to Breisach, located along the temperate Rhine Valley, in 2023, loves exploring the riverbanks, parks and forests in the charming town, known as the gateway to the Black Forest, with their six-year-old son. After two and a half years in Breisach, which is built on a hilltop, Geoffrey and Sarah — who have chosen to withhold their surnames for personal reasons — say they’ve been welcomed with open arms and now feel like a part of the local community. “It didn’t have anything to do with us,” says Geoffrey. “It had to do with the people here that really opened up their hearts to us.” While they are happily settled in Germany today, the couple says moving there was never part of their plan. Geoffrey and Sarah, who’ve been married since 2005, were content with their lives in Colorado and had no intention of leaving the US until around a decade ago. Geoffrey says he became depressed after the 2016 US presidential election and began to look at his life there differently. Aro

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