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I am interested in why people move countries, given that I did too.

That is a long story.
After the war there where not enough homes for people to live in.
You had to be 60 years old to get a home first.
My fiance and I were together only 40 so.............?
To get rid of us the Dutch governement started to show films of
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and the USA.
We chose Canada.
We had the choice of going by plane or boat and so we chose the boat.
The Dutch started to work in Germany as they could earn more money.
Who was left to do the dirty work?
So the governement took in Poles, Roemenians etc. They were only to stay for two years.
Well guess what? they are still living in Holland today.

This is a fun fact. Sweden invited Spanish and Italians 50 years ago. Many of them live there still, and our neighbouring countries, mainly Finland and Norway.

Today Swedes are instead moving elsewhere to work, most interestingly to Finland and Norway.

Here in Spain many construction workers are now packing their luggage moving east, to work there. Until last year the flow was the opposite.

I moved because of my job, placed in Krakow the first year of my expat life.

Since leaving Sweden I have lived in 11 countries - over 19 years.

I did not blend in well in many of the countries, mostly because I was working with foreigners and did not stay long enough. As favourites I hold Romania and Sri Lanka. Unfortunately Sri Lanka has deteriorated and is not the hospitably place it used to be 15 years ago.

Romania is as warm as ever, now with the national pride coming back to the people, even more so. If you ever were in France, then you know it, minus the common French arrogance.

Well worth a visit. Languages spoken in Romania are apart from their own Latin based Romanian, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. With other words – easy to get around.

Well thank you, glad you have such great impression about Romania!

I have lived in five countries, including my home country, although I was born in Eire.

I have lived in the Middle East, which was not my bag, given that it was full of British expats getting drunk.

I have lived in the US, which was ok, but I was glad to get out and return home.

I now live in Austria, nine months of the year and the UK three months, I like my new adopted country and the mountains and I can relax and once my youngest is at university, I suspect that I will remain there, it is a lovely country, with the mountains and the people have embraced me as I have them.

N-am crezut.... Esti românca?

Da

Silly to say this, but it explains the good looks

Was there a lots of British ,in Midlle East???? Did you mean people on Holidays???

grate grand parents they where killing the gypse late 1800.

I went to london because I was tired of the politicsin my country..met a french girl. We had breakfast a few times and I went bare back..and she finished with a bun in the oven..And know i'm here..

I often wondered if at age twenty I really knew what I was doing.
The movies shown while in Holland showed farms and combines. I am born in the city.
Canada is different they said; Different from what?
How different?
To me it was adventure.

You are left with two lovely kids right? So something good came out of the "bakery"

I don't know where I came from, the woman that claims to be my mother has told me it is on a need to now basis and I do not need to know..



Maybe a stork brought me..

The Gypsies are still persucuted. Hitler tried to kill them all, ovious did not succee. Your here!

Yes twenty years old and six week married.
The governement gave us a free ride to the new country.
Plane or ship?
Ship of course.
Reality hits when landing in Halifax. Followed by 5 days and nights of a train ride.
There we are at the station. No place to go to, no work, 250 dollars in the pocket.
My brand new husband spoke little English, I know only, yes, no and money.
The third word is a joke

it was the Russens