Bumps, Bends, Mixed Up Plans
"A wizard does not make mistakes. He makes unexpected possibilities." – Merlin
Tag: Estonia
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Chapter 7 in which Ksenia looks at the situation from different angles
If I wanted to document my last week Instagram-style, I would tell my subscribers that we got bored and decided to go travelling. We made up our minds and we started packing. We did not spend much time, though, and soon we drove into the sunset in our Lexus. We drove through the Baltics, enjoyed…
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Chapter 4 in which we grumble about short term accommodation market
We did not book a place to stay for the first night, because we just did not know where and when we would be. It turns out that a lot of places listed on Booking are not happy to see customers after 10pm. Moreover, many of them don’t accept check-ins after 7 or even 6pm.…
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Chapter 3 in which everything is going according to the plan
We had a perfect plan: we wake up, all our belongings are packed, movers come on time, we quickly load everything into their van, go to the storage facility, come back and off we go. We spend a night in Poland, then on the second day of our trip we drive in relaxed mode. Of…
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Chapter 2 in which we made up our minds and we started packing
After two days of laughing, swearing, bragging to close friends about being so dangerous, also a few cocktails and a game of Carcassonne for meditation we finally realized that our exodus was inevitable. Have you ever tried to fit all your life into a storage space with floor area of 3 square meters and about…
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Chapter 1 in which Estonia evicts us for being a threat to national security
Well, Estonia did it. They really rejected our applications for long term visas, and the reason was “You pose a threat to national security, international relations or public safety”. Now, let us introduce ourselves. We are Dmitry, Ksenia and Denis. Dmitry is the dangerous guy. He is bad to the bone, he is a Senior…