This British dude seriously needs help. Sob your way through immigration? Was if before or after cavity search? Join a local Russian singing group? In a country that gave the world Zeppelin and Stones? Is it the crappy weather or warm beer that got to you back home?
Seriously, who can miss 24/7 traffic jams and the rudest people on earth? Let the girl go live out her dreams, unless she's got a Night Flight gig in mind... 2008/11/25 M.A.Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi > For what it's worth, when I moved to Moscow in 1998, I couldn't wait to get > on the next plane home for the first month, and then something magical > happened. I fell in love with the Russian people and with Moscow of course. > We had to leave in July 1999 as a result of the financial crisis, and I > sobbed my way through immigration - even the desk clerk was almost moved to > tears - and all the way back to the UK. I was well and truly hooked. > So determined were we to return that when the first opportunity arose to do > so in September 2001, we did - to a city 1000km to the east of Moscow - even > that was good enough - after all, it was Russia! > We then returned to Moscow in 2003 and lived there till 2007. I miss it > badly. Just to give you an idea of how much, I'm going to a seminar by > Edward Lucas, the archetypal anti-Russian, today, in the hope of heckling > him. I'm also thinking of joining a Russian singing group in our local town. > See - that's how much it gets to you. > I will be back one day. > Martine > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Emin Aliev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, November 24, 2008 1:48 PM > *Subject:* Re: Expat List help??? > > Well, Christine, > > what is the other city in Europe? Otherwise, it's very difficult to > compare... > > - Emin > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Christine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, November 24, 2008 12:39:46 PM > *Subject:* Expat List help??? > > Hi Expats- > > I have been offered 2 jobs and am currently trying to decide between them! > One is in Moscow and the other is elsewhere! They both pay about the same > and include the same types of benefits (free apartment, discount on language > lessons...etc) as they are actually with the same company! The only > difference is the location...Moscow or another city in Europe. > I don't know much about Moscow today...(I have a limited historical > perspective from history class a million years ago)! Can anyone provide me > any insights to help me decide? and possibly give me a comparison on safety > to some other major cities in the world? I have heard it is kind of like > New York or Chicago - there is crime, but if you use the normal precautions > (ie don't visit bad neighborhoods at night alone) you should be ok? > > Thanks! > > Christine > > "Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good > thing ever dies." > -The Shawshank Redemption > > "Dort, wo man Buecher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen." > > -Heinrich Heine > > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >
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