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Surviving in a Foreign Country: Without Money Personal experience

Surviving in a Foreign Country: Without Money

Often, ignorance of foreign languages and misunderstanding of local customs lead to misunderstandings, the most unpleasant of which are financial. A similar story happened to me in East Africa, from…

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Surviving in a Foreign Country: Without Panic Personal experience

Surviving in a Foreign Country: Without Panic

We solved the problem of lack of money with outside help, but we clearly knew that if the plan failed, we needed to contact the embassy, whose functions include, among other things, providing…

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How I got a British driving licence Personal experience

How I got a British driving licence

To acquire a car in almost any part of the world, you don't need much time. A driving licence is a different matter. As Rockefeller asserts, you cannot get one outside your own country so easily.

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How I Learned Insurance in Paris

"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris in your youth, then wherever you go later, it will remain with you until the end of your days, because Paris is a moveable feast." (From a letter by…

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Guide and Work in Tourism: European Quality and Freedom of Expression

Tourism manager Max Polyakov is ready to share personal experience of development in the field of excursion services. Want to know the secrets of a successful business in tourism?

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How students live in the Czech Republic

Prague is not only the capital of the Czech Republic, but also the main educational center of the country. Today, there are over 30 higher education institutions operating in the Czech capital, and…

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German records of a Ukrainian girl

At the world's most important Olympiad for those studying German as a foreign language, in the German city of Freiburg, Ukrainian Diana Panevska won. She has been studying German since first grade at…

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Ukrainian model in Germany

Tasha Tarusova was born in the Ukrainian city of Sumy and started her modeling career while still in school: she was accidentally noticed at a music competition and invited to a photo shoot. At age…

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About Countries of the World – First-Hand

Our generation lives in the era of information technology. All necessary information is on the surface, you just need to ask the right question. Thematic blogs are very popular today. The blogosphere…

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Hitchhiking Through 15 Countries in a Year

Travelers Vadym Naiko and Andriy Hursky visited 15 countries in a year, covering 25,000 kilometers by hitchhiking. The guys chose hitchhiking because it brings new acquaintances, adventures, and…

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Heroes of the Exchange Semester

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Peculiarities of Swiss Translation

Is there a country that has a greater need for translators than Switzerland? Honestly, I don't know of any other such country! Let me remind you that in this Alpine republic with a population of 8.3…

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