Tales Of Two Cities

Tales Of Two Cities
Most of us have one home, one job, one lifestyle. But in the 21st century, cheap travel and communication technology have made the world smaller and smaller, so that we can work and live almost anywhere. More and more people have two places they call "home. Claire Turner and Joss Langford  talk about their two different lives. 
Cambridge - Nureburg

Joss Langford, 29, Snowboard designer
"In Germany, I feel European. In England, I feel English,"says Loss. Every two weeks, Joss leaves his farmhouse home near Cambridge for another farmhouse near Nuremberg. "Both places are really flat,"say Joss.
It's a strange choice of landscape for a snowboard designer. "I design in England, build in Germany, then drive to Switzerland to test the boards". The distance between my homes in England and Germany is almost 1000km door-to-door. He knows this because he sometimes drives. It makes a nice change from flying. Joss flew 100 time last year. He doesn't mind all the air travel, but there are disadvantages. "it's exhausting, and I've always got a cold", he says.People think it's glamorous, but I don't fly first class."

In each country he has a social life and a local pub. Although Joss speaks German, people in Nuremberg always want to practice their English. In Cambridge, he lives with his partner, Kate. She travels a lot in her job, too. "I call her before bedtime. Sometimes our places cross in the skies."

In Nuremberg, he rents a room with his colleague. "There, I eat more meat and drink more beer. I watch TV because I don't have one at home. I know all the German celebs! I'm not lonely. I have a second home, not a hotel room. I have a German life in Germany, and an English life in England.

Manchester - New York
Claire Turner,33,gallery owner
Claire holds up her hands to show her nails, "Don't they look awful!"she cries. "I so miss New York manicures."That's not all Claire misses about her other life in the USA. For two years she has divided her life between her home town. Manchester, in north of England, and Brooklyn, New York. She flies once a month, and spends about a month at a time in each.
I dress differently in New York: pearls, contact lenses, no jeans, and I wear my hair up. Amerecans love the English accent, so I feel I should act the part."After work in work in New York, she may sip a glass of wine or fruit juice in a trendy bar, but after work in Manchester she gose to the local pub for a pint of beer. Her two homes are similar, though."In broolyn, I share a rooftop flat with an artist. I can actually see the sky!"She can see the same stars from her city-centre loft in Manchester.
Claire loves her transatlantic lifstyle. Her husband travels a lot in his job too. They met in Manchester and married in New York. "We're not always in the same country, but our live are going in the same direction!"