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Old 15th June 2009, 06:28 AM
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Originally from usa. Expat in france.
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Originally Posted by softouch115 View Post
Do you truly get depressed during the winter or is that a joke? I have to ask because I live in South Florida and it is always sunny. If that's the case, I will need to be prepared. I do seem to remember a lot of cold, icy rain from my winter in Paris.
I've known it to happen to lots of expats coming to northern Europe from sunnier climates. The winters in northern France (i.e. anything north of the Loire) can be pretty brutal - not in terms of snow, but just darkness and gloom.

St. Johns Wort ("millepertuis" in French) can really help.
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Bev
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