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GLASGOW: SHEEP, HEATHER AND FUN (part 2) Personal experience

GLASGOW: SHEEP, HEATHER AND FUN (part 2)

Whisky in Scotland is a separate story. Scots are very proud of their whisky and actively cultivate tourists' interest in it. There are many tours to whisky distilleries, during which they will tell…

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GLASGOW: SHEEP, HEATHER AND FUN (Part 1) Personal experience

GLASGOW: SHEEP, HEATHER AND FUN (Part 1)

My decision to go to Glasgow for study was absolutely spontaneous. I chose Scotland after watching a great film 'Leap Year' (the action takes place in Ireland, but I thought that Scotland and Ireland…

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Singapore: City of Fines Personal experience

Singapore: City of Fines

The ironic phrase 'Singapore is a fine city' (the word 'fine' has a double meaning – 'good' and 'fine', so it means both 'Singapore is a beautiful city' and 'Singapore is a city of fines') allows one…

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Singapore: A Country in a City Personal experience

Singapore: A Country in a City

What do you know about Singapore? The death penalty is allowed, cheap electronics, pineapples grow on trees and even monkeys have passports... My knowledge of this tiny city-state was limited to such…

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How lawyers are trained in France Personal experience

How lawyers are trained in France

Student of Paris University Artyom Soloshchenkov (24 years old) answered questions from Gazeta.Ru about how he became a French student, the pros and cons of life and study in France, and his plans…

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How We Relaxed in Abkhazia Personal experience

How We Relaxed in Abkhazia

Our vacation in Abkhazia had been planned for a long time. And now the long-awaited moment arrived.

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The Impossible is Possible, or How to See the World for Pennies Personal experience

The Impossible is Possible, or How to See the World for Pennies

To see the world, you don't necessarily need a lot of money. It is the volunteer movement, which emerged at the end of World War I, that completely disproves this belief.

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Who doesn't dream of Italy? Personal experience

Who doesn't dream of Italy?

Italy, a fairy-tale country! There is probably no one who does not dream of visiting places with more than two thousand years of history. Ancient Rome, the Colosseum, Venice – these words have…

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How friends bought a car in Moscow Personal experience

How friends bought a car in Moscow

This is how it happened. An acquaintance of mine, named Anton, went to Moscow a couple of years ago with a very noble goal – to buy a used car. In order not to be deceived by vicious and cunning…

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ONE-WAY TICKET (Part 1) Personal experience

ONE-WAY TICKET (Part 1)

They say that once, when a client ordered 'one ticket to Dublin', the agent asked back: 'Where the heck?' This was in those distant times when the children of the Land of Soviets almost never set…

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ONE-WAY TICKET (part 3) Personal experience

ONE-WAY TICKET (part 3)

Well, let's say our compatriots primarily expect to 'skim the cream' off your economic boom: money and a European passport. Obviously, we are coming to the most important question: how can Ireland be…

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ONE-WAY TICKET (part 2) Personal experience

ONE-WAY TICKET (part 2)

Despite their patriotism, our compatriots are forced to seek employment outside the country. Giving birth to children 'at their place of work,' they genuinely strive to instill the native language in…

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