5 things that are not enough for our emigrants abroad

What do emigrants miss in a smooth and calm or, conversely, disorderly and bright “abroad” besides fields, birch trees and herring? The TV channel “My Planet” interviewed six people of different professions who found themselves, for one reason or another, outside their homeland. USA, Santa Cruz Daria, 26 years old, journalist. Born...

Why is it so hard to love San Francisco?

You don't need to call anyone in San Francisco. Everyone comes here without special invitations. This city looks like it was rubbed with sandpaper. He is all naturally shabby, coquettishly unkempt, gracefully dirty. There is a lot of charm in this. Thousands of amazing signage from the seventies. Whole blocks are built up ...

Russian village in the American forest

There is no designation of this settlement on the maps. There are no mentions of Churaevka in the guidebooks either. The once popular village of Churaevka is now part of the so-called "museum quest" - amateur local historians who study the history of their native state in local libraries and museums participate in these. We…

How is life for a girl from Siberia in South Carolina

A chance meeting of a resident of Khanty-Mansiysk Maria and an American Harry, which took place several years ago in India, changed the lives of both. For Maria, a recently divorced woman, the 2014 voyage to India was her first overseas trip. The girl went on vacation with her friend and absolutely ...

Personal experience. How America changed me

Soon it will be 3 years since I moved to California. In a past life, I lived in a city with a population of one million, worked in a managerial position in 2 jobs at the same time and thought about how my husband and I could go on a trip to Asia for several months. Since ...

How to get a driver's license without a social security number

A driver's license obtained at home is valid in the United States from 3 months to 1 year from the date of entry into America. Ultimately, you will have to obtain a local license, which is not easy with only a tourist visa. Today we will understand ...

How is the first acquaintance with America

Like a lost child, the emigrant stands with his head raised - maybe the tears will flow back into his eyes? A world moves around him, where each molecule has a purpose: an office, an apartment, a dog for a walk, a bad tooth. Each goal has its own emotion, like a stamp on an envelope: ...

Silicon Valley is a brainwashing

The founder of the Concertwith.me concert service Vitaly Myshlyaev about the development of his startup and, in particular, about the experience of living and working in Silicon Valley - about local lawyers, taxes, fines, prices and investors. A story about how realistic it is to realize the dream of raising a business in ...

How I handled depression in immigration

Well, that’s it, now I can write such a confession, because its time has come. This is the fourth year that my family has lived in America. In the city of Provo. This is Utah. The first thing everyone is interested in is: why is this state not the most famous for Russian people? “Ours”...

30 reasons for the surprise of the immigrant

I moved to America 3 years ago and I want to tell a little about stereotypes, what surprised me and what I missed when I first arrived. I wish you had more information, and maybe someone someday she ...

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