I'm darn glad I served in places where most of the people you have don't want to go :)
We will have to get together, and over several brews recant our stories !
That's priceless !
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I'm darn glad I served in places where most of the people you have don't want to go :)
We will have to get together, and over several brews recant our stories !
That's priceless !
Yep, there are some strange folk at the fish bowl (embassy), and some do need a wake up call. I used to think State forced most to have multiple lobotomies as I had no other explanations when queried...
Most still do think so. But (a big but), half of the problems with expats is their status at the embassy in question and their (the expats) lack of desire to get engaged with the embassy counselor's...
Hey Mike,
Not much like Georgia in one sense. There's approx. 84,000 in Tallinn and remainder in the east. Over 80% of the population in Narva are ethnic Russians (where they continue to hope for...
I recall the first uprisings in Zaire and the Belgian response with troops across the river in waiting while the French jumped right on in. At that point, most of the American expats and dependents...