As cold weather descended on Colorado, I faced my annually recurring problem – where to go to escape winter blues? The Southern Hemisphere was a good option, summer was just starting there. My records showed that the last time I was in Australia in 2008. Perhaps, I should revisit the country of my second citizenship. […]
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The interview The permanent residency visa The departure Finland Germany The Netherlands Leaving Europe Along Africa’s West coast The Indian Ocean Australia Arriving in Australia around the New Year turned out to be beneficial for us. Everyone was in the holiday mood and that gave us sufficient time to settle in. We signed up for
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The application The interview The permanent residency visa The departure Finland Germany The Netherlands Leaving Europe Along Africa’s West coast The Indian Ocean (from my diary) 17 December 1992 I was in the gym when someone yelled on the deck ‘Land!’ It was 10 am. By noon we came to Freemantle and waited for the
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The application The interview The permanent residency visa The departure Finland Germany The Netherlands Leaving Europe Along Africa’s West coast (from my diary) 5 December 1992 We are in the Indian Ocean. It rains at times. Rather big waves and a lot of rolling. 6 December 1992 The ship moved to lower latitudes to avoid
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The application The interview The permanent residency visa The departure Finland Germany The Netherlands Leaving Europe (from my diary) 23 November 1992 High winds and mild temperature (23°C/73°F). Going along Western Sahara. Zhenya bathed in the pool, but I did not dare. In the evening I sent my mother a radiogram. Three days in a
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The backstory The application The interview The permanent residency visa The departure Finland Germany The Netherlands (from my diary) 17 November 1992 Left Rotterdam in the morning. The ship is rolling again. Zhenya plays with his new construction set. Docked in Felixstowe at 9 pm. Took a short walk along the shore. All ports are
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The backstory The application The interview The permanent residency visa The departure Finland Germany (from my diary) 15 November 1992 Fresh produce and new food after Hamburg. It was late night when we got to Rotterdam. What a huge city. The cook obviously went shopping in Hamburg. Our meals before were mostly meat, potatoes, beans,
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The backstory The application The interview The permanent residency visa The departure Finland (from my diary) 11 November 1992 Overslept and missed breakfast. Tried to keep to bed until lunch. Better after eating. Rocking increased in the evening. At night everything in the cabin rattled and got thrown around. It rained. The ship left the
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The backstory The application The interview The permanent residency visa The departure (from my diary) 8 November 1992 Departure. Left after 5 pm. Arrived in Kotka at night. Shortly after the departure from St. Petersburg the first mate gathered all passengers in the ship’s saloon for an introduction. There were not many of us. A
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The backstory The application The interview The permanent residency visa Any migrant knows what a daunting task is to wrap up everything in one country in order to start a new life from scratch in another country. First of all I needed an exit visa. Russian citizens were not free to leave the country without
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