After his service with the Foreign Legion, Le Monde said, Gotovina lived for some time in the towns of Nice and Aix-en-Provence in southern France and travelled extensively to locations in South America and elsewhere.
Nakon službe u Legiji stranaca, piše Le Monde, Gotovina je određeno razdoblje živio u Nici i Aix-en-Provence na jugu Francuske i često putovao na odredišta u Južnoj Americi i druga mjesta.