5 things that are not enough for our emigrants abroad

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What do emigrants miss in a smooth and calm or, conversely, disorderly and bright “abroad” besides fields, birch trees and herring? TV channel "My planet" interrogated six people of different professions who, for one reason or another, found themselves outside their homeland.

USA, Santa Cruz

Daria, 26 years old, journalist. Born in Saratov, studied and lived in Moscow Now she lives in the USA and continues her studies in California. the university.

“Changing a place of residence is always a challenge for a person and, undoubtedly, a valuable experience. You need to carefully prepare for such a step. I do not at all support the “I’ll figure it out on the spot” approach, although I do not rule out that for people For those who are brave and willing to take risks, this may be the right option.”

Normal public transport. In California, everything is built and thought out for drivers of private cars. Machines have the vast majority of people. I, unfortunately, do not even have a driver's license, so the purchase of a car for me in the near future is simply unrealistic. The city in which I live is compact enough, most places can be reached on foot or by bike. But when you have to go, for example, to San Francisco (about 40 minutes by car), problems begin. Buses go there, but the schedule is inconvenient, they go for a long time, stop every half a kilometer, as a result, the road takes about 3 hours.

Central heating. This item may surprise, but in fact the winter in Northern California is rather unpleasant. At night the temperature can drop to zero, and in combination with the icy wind and incessant rains this becomes a problem.

Russian humor. Only when I arrived here, I realized that Russian humor is absolutely unique and inimitable. In America, it is different. He is not bad and not boring, just another. And my typical Russian jokes people do not always understand, especially since many things are difficult to translate into English so that they remain ridiculous.

Sitting in the kitchen with tea. Here, no one is sitting in the kitchen or in the house at all. To chat, people go to the bar.

Of snow There is no snow here, and the New Year with Merry Christmas looks rather strange: decorated Christmas trees coexist with palm trees, people wear Christmas red hats along with shorts and T-shirts. Because of this, I do not have the feeling of a winter fairy tale and some New Year's magic.

Israel, Tel Aviv

Olesya, 30 years, culinary blogger. She studied and worked in Moscow, has been living in Israel for a year and a half.

“Before leaving, I did everything related to cooking. Wrote notes, recipes, filmed food and taught people to cook. Cook in between times, enjoying the process, and with consistently high results. But at the same time I always dreamed of living by the sea. My dream came true, and here I am.”

Trips out of town. Most of all, in my ideal new life, there is not enough summer cottage, a campfire, a starry sky, nightly conversations on the veranda, raspberries from the bush and dumplings with blackberries for breakfast. I would like to pick fresh beet tops to immediately put it into the Ossetian pie and fry it on the fire before the coals are ready for the kebab. Here, all this is available separately, but not to combine it in one place and at the same time.

Sausages. In Israel, very tasty sausages and pies, but they are completely different. Due to the requirements of kashrut (a set of rules relating to nutrition. - Approx. Ed.), No dairy products are added to the cooked sausage, as in pastes. Therefore, the doctor's sausage of my favorite combine, Brunswick, and duck pate (they are not popular here at all for some reason) are brought to me by relatives and friends.

Of tea. Israel is an Eastern country, and everyone prefers coffee. It is a decent analogue of cappuccino (here it is called "afuh"), you can drink at any gas station, but to buy a decent tea in the supermarket is almost impossible. So his friends bring me too, in bags and without them.

Flexible service. From the point of view of a Muscovite, the Israeli service is shocking. When buying household goods via the Internet, the operator’s call after payment has to wait about 10 days. Delivery takes place on a weekday, the spread in time is usually quite large, and the courier can notify you of his appearance in just 15 minutes before arrival.

In general, the delivery and local services can talk forever. For example, a foreign passport, driver's license and checkbook are simply sent by mail. This is convenient, but somehow completely unusual. And if you order the delivery of groceries home, the purchases are simply left at the door.

It would be quite expected to mention that I do not have enough working banks, shops and other things on Saturdays. But it is not. Very quickly you get used to everything connected with the Shabbat, and you get great pleasure from the fact that after the sunset on Friday it is impossible to do almost anything until Saturday evening. So you have to solve all the issues on weekdays, and on weekends you enjoy yourself and take the time for yourself - to walk, go to the sea, drink coffee on the embankment, read, meet friends.

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Nikita, 27 years, wurinalist. Born in Perm, the last 10 years studied, worked and lived in Moscow. Now she lives in Brazil.

“I'm not attached to anything. Numerous moves have taught me to say goodbye to things easily. There is a lot of garbage, but there is only one suitcase that you can take with you.”

Life 24 hours a day. No matter how trite it may sound, Moscow never really sleeps, and there you may eat, buy food, go to dry cleaning, print business cards or even work out in the gym at any time of the day or night. This concept is missing here. Not as hard as, say, in the same Germany with supermarkets closed on Sundays, but there is a need to reckon with the schedule of stores, markets, etc.

Flexible working hours courier and utilities. They work here exclusively on the general for all hours. Therefore, those who wish to install an intercom will have to ask for leave from work, wait for the masters from 9: 00 to 18: 00, and that is if they have not forgotten about the application.

Convenient public transport. Buses here go at high speeds, and they must be caught as a ride, and the stops are usually not announced.

Communication and internet. Wi-Fi in the local subway is only at the stations. I think this is a bit illogical. There is a cafe with Wi-Fi too, but it is constantly repaired, changed or something like that. That is, you cannot sit on the Internet in a cafe either. 4G, and 3G have their own character and often refuse to catch where they worked without question yesterday.

In food I am unpretentious, so I can not say that at night I dream of buckwheat and Borodino bread. Although without caviar for the New Year is not so festive, and sometimes you want dumplings. But they can be done independently, so it does not matter.

Spain, Barcelona

Heating and heating again. In most homes it is not. And in winter, the temperature drops to 5 ° С at night. It is necessary to turn on electric heaters, which at the end of the month turns into accounts for € 100. Woolen sweater and socks are your companions for all the cold months of 4.

Internet services. Online services here are at the end of 2000's in Russia.

Good hairdressing. The level of the average barber in Irkutsk is higher than in Barcelona.

High speed internet. I pay for the Internet almost € 40, and the speed is such that I still cannot download something or broadcast online. The whole Barcelona knows about the cartel collusion of the main operators, but so far the authorities do not want to do anything about it.

Bars "Mouth Front"! Caviar, sour cream, buckwheat can be easily bought here in Russian stores, but only friends who come to visit the bar bring bars.

See also:

Where do Russian communities live in the USA

Five myths about emigration

10 types of people who attend Russian-language events in the US

How I handled depression in immigration

Stories of people who have experienced several emigration

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