Comments on: Russia – The Farewell Post http://ruminationsonrussia.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/russia-the-farewell-post/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:36:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: varske http://ruminationsonrussia.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/russia-the-farewell-post/#comment-943 varske Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:52:57 +0000 http://ruminationsonrussia.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/russia-the-farewell-post/#comment-943 That's a shame. I've only just found your blog. I can sympathise about feeling an expat in your own country. I left the UK about the same time as you for a tour which included Murmansk, Kiev (3 years), Vilnius (5 years), Athens (2 years) then back in Oxford for my kids' education for the last 4 years (whilst commuting to the Balkans and Georgia). I think I lived longer in Kosovo than Oxford. We have none of us settled, and so it was with relief to all I decided to buy a flat in Vilnius, where actually I have most friends. Now my eldest is in Moscow learning Russian and loving it, despite my dire predictions. The circle continues. That’s a shame. I’ve only just found your blog. I can sympathise about feeling an expat in your own country. I left the UK about the same time as you for a tour which included Murmansk, Kiev (3 years), Vilnius (5 years), Athens (2 years) then back in Oxford for my kids’ education for the last 4 years (whilst commuting to the Balkans and Georgia). I think I lived longer in Kosovo than Oxford.

We have none of us settled, and so it was with relief to all I decided to buy a flat in Vilnius, where actually I have most friends. Now my eldest is in Moscow learning Russian and loving it, despite my dire predictions. The circle continues.

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