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
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From: Emin Aliev
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
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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
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