What are all the immigrants silently silent about

I remember very well how I learned to iron and sprinkle water from my mouth on clothes, hold a fork in my left hand, clean boots, sharpen knives. I remember learning that threads always twist in the same direction. Each of the small household ...

Behind the Christmas tree - to the farm: where and how to choose the right tree

One of the most pleasant chores before the winter holidays is choosing a Christmas tree. Of course, you can buy it in the store, but for more emotions, you can go to the farm to buy a Christmas tree and even cut down the tree yourself. To find the closest one to your home...

Personal experience: how to find friends in exile

Suitcase-plane-America. The first weeks, and maybe months, you come to your senses and generally try to realize where you are, who you are and what is happening to you. The reasons why you are here are different for everyone. Someone dreamed for a long time and finally decided to turn it over ...

Mom's experience: what impressed me about American school

I personally studied at school for the last time in 2002, and the school was in the Central district of Minsk - the capital of the Republic of Belarus. All of the following takes place in southern California, USA, in the city of Irvine. Before moving to America, I had never encountered ...

Life at a resort: how daily life in San Diego is different from vacation

San Diego is considered the best city to live in America and one of the best vacation cities in the United States. It almost never rains and unpleasant phenomena like tornadoes and storms, the weather is dry, and the Pacific Ocean is not so cold if ...

Revelation of the immigrant: to get rid of nostalgia, you need 7 years

Anastasia Yatsuk was born in Hungary, spent most of her life in Russia, but for the last 8 years she lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. A year ago, Anastasia received American citizenship, in October 2016 she launched her own clothing line under the TextileHaus brand and does not intend to stop ...

How we won the green cards, lost them and got them again

I found out that I won the coveted green card in September last year. The numbers we checked in May turned out to be losing numbers, and my husband and I no longer looked at the lottery website. But in the fall we received a letter: they say, guys, check it again. ...

Personal experience: how to make a bank card in the US to a foreigner

We entered the United States on Friday, May 26th. Not yet three weeks have passed, so the social security card with the almighty SSN (social security number) number, and even more so the green card has not yet been sent. SSN should have been sent to the indicated mailing address only in ...

Expensive taxis, queues and tasteless food: the main mistakes of tourists in New York

A New Yorker has compiled a list of the most common mistakes guests of the city make. According to the author of the publication Thrillist, J.P. Howley, he was taught not to look like an idiot in New York by his aunt, with whom he had visited since childhood. “I loved these trips so much that I moved to New York ...

Personal experience. How much is life in Boston

For several years now I have been living in a country that has been the subject of dreams for me and my husband. As students, we clearly understood that we see our future only in America and, having sacrificed a lot, almost ten years later we still moved ...

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