India, May 6 -- A Germany-based American family has opened up about why they left the United States for Europe and how their life has changed since the move. Geoffrey and Sarah left the US in 2017, shortly after Geoffrey was laid off from his job as a software engineer.

The couple, who have been married since 2005, told CNN Travel that moving out of the US was never really on the cards - until the 2016 presidential election made them rethink their choices. The year 2016 was when Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton to become the president of the United States.

A year later, when Geoffrey lost his job, he and his wife began to consider moving out of the US.

"That sort of pushed me over a ledge," Geoffrey told CNN Tr...