Personal experience
Blogger Ekaterina named expensive rent and food, lack of sunny days, and hair problems, which she associates with local water. She also warned compatriots against making a poor choice of employer…
Personal experience
According to Lyudmila Rusina, after moving to Germany, it was unusual for her to see how calmly parents treat children's dirty clothes. Children are given more freedom, allowed to choose their own…
Personal experience
A couple in Wrocław paid 3100 zlotys for a two-room apartment, spent another 1800 zlotys on food, 650 on fuel, and 350 on establishments. In total, basic expenses alone amounted to about 5900 zlotys…
Personal experience
Ukrainian woman Anna decided to leave Poland after four years of living, together with her boyfriend. Among the reasons, she cited difficulties with legalization and a change in attitude towards…
Personal experience
A Ukrainian woman in Germany received a 12,000 euro bill from a hospital after giving birth. The reason was problems with confirming health insurance and the newborn's documents. The family managed…
Personal experience
The next morning brought us a most unpleasant surprise. The indigenous inhabitants of this house, having gone unnoticed by us during the daytime, decisively announced their presence under the cover…
Personal experience
Regarding the authenticity of the events described in the 'Notes,' I can offer the following: perceive these articles not as a documentary account of real historical facts, but as light reading akin…
Personal experience
Discount stores are certainly a good thing, but there are places where prices for some products are even lower. These are Turkish shops. Unfortunately, the service in them leaves much to be desired…
Personal experience
As a child, I was madly fond of reading the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, admiring the flawless deductive thinking of his main character. But it never occurred to me then that many years later I would…
Personal experience
If you don't have acquaintances who can find you a job, then there's no point in coming to Berlin with your new Ukrainian ambitions. Moreover, the job should not be occasional – from time to time…
Personal experience
In the first issues of 'Zagranitsa' for 2001, an article 'Three Days in the Life of a Berlin Illegal' was published – a story of our compatriot who experienced all the 'delights' of illegal life in…
Personal experience
Today we offer readers the conclusion of a story about the first working days of one illegal immigrant who began his labor activity as a 'black' builder of Germany's bright future.