lomek
Russian expat in Italy
Forum posts
27
Contacts
1
About me
Russian
Lives in Alghero
Speaks Russian, English, Italian, Japanese
Registration: 11 September 2013
How to save money in Italy by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Did you plan your budget before your move to Italy? If so, how did you go about it? How do you save money in your day to day life? Do you find there are any areas where you can't cut costs? Do you have any tips about saving ...
Hi Dave! Nice to see you around =) Regarding the finances, electricity bills are where it's at for me. Hate them. In winter, we use heating sheets on the bed instead of heating the room at night, works better & cheaper. Read More
Travel to Russia
Here you go https://goingrus.com/info/en/get-russian-visa/visa-to-russia-from-italy tl;dr no Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
Can you try to apply at different consulate? Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
I guess that government official is just extorting the bribe. This is somewhat of a hobby among bureaucrats. Read More
Expand your social circle in Italy by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Moving to Italy means leaving one's family and friends behind. Creating a circle of friends or joining an existing one should therefore be paramount in order to fight loneliness in your host country. But how can one develop a ...
Go to bars at morning and drink some coffee. Italians will approach you themselves. Read More
Your experience of culture shock in Italy by Christine
Hi, Living in a foreign country implies to discover its culture, to learn and master the cultural codes. How did you deal with that? Share with us your culture shock stories where you experienced a funny or awkward moment in Italy. What is ...
Hi sohelsaheen! Thanks, good day to you too! Well, while I was living in Russia it seemed okay but when I landed on Sardinia I truly learned the difference. I was getting on the bus and there were a few teenagers who entered the bus with me. Then ... Read More
Your experience of culture shock in Italy by Christine
Hi, Living in a foreign country implies to discover its culture, to learn and master the cultural codes. How did you deal with that? Share with us your culture shock stories where you experienced a funny or awkward moment in Italy. What is ...
Hi Dave! PM me the link, surely would like to chat. Read More
Volunteering in Italy
I believe that Caritas could be your first place to ask. Read More
Your experience of culture shock in Italy by Christine
Hi, Living in a foreign country implies to discover its culture, to learn and master the cultural codes. How did you deal with that? Share with us your culture shock stories where you experienced a funny or awkward moment in Italy. What is ...
Consider visiting southern Italy and Sardinia, plenty of very spicy food here! Read More
Your experience of culture shock in Italy by Christine
Hi, Living in a foreign country implies to discover its culture, to learn and master the cultural codes. How did you deal with that? Share with us your culture shock stories where you experienced a funny or awkward moment in Italy. What is ...
Italians are so nice to everyone. In small cities, at least. After a life in Russia, that was a shock =) Read More
What are the pros and cons of moving to Italy? by ThurmsJ
Hello all! I am considering the adventure of a lifetime but need advice on whether moving to Italy is doable. I'm retired, not interested in working but also have no relatives in Italy. I'm thinking about the Abruzzo region and ...
Don't worry about making connections, it only takes to make one italian friend, then it's like a chain reaction =) If you're a nice person of course. Read More
Can I stay in Italy 3 months as a tourist after my study visa expires? by GuestPoster965
Hi, I'm living in Milan on a 1 year student visa (with my Italian boyfriend). The visa and my permesso di sioggorno expire in May. As I'm Australian, in theory I am allowed to stay in the Schengen countries for 3 months as a tourist ...
I belive that you need to adress this question to the nearest questura. Read More
anton by sirAnton
I want to know the easuest way to go and work in italy. Thanks
You may try, but you'll have to compete with Italians since inemployment rate is high now, and also with people from poor euro countries like Lithuania/Latvia who have work permit by default. In your case, you have to find someone who will agree ... Read More
Looking for gamers, Roleplayer or geeks by NazGreg
Hi everybody, I am looking for people around Milan to play board games, role-playing games (D&D) or figs games (40k, FOW,...) Also, if you know any groups that speak english or french, I am very interested as all my researches around internet ...
There are a lot =) Japanese (riichi) is a bit more complicated, but a lot more fun to my taste. Would love to teach you! Read More
Looking for gamers, Roleplayer or geeks by NazGreg
Hi everybody, I am looking for people around Milan to play board games, role-playing games (D&D) or figs games (40k, FOW,...) Also, if you know any groups that speak english or french, I am very interested as all my researches around internet ...
Would love to join, but I don't think I'll be able to leave Alghero anytime soon. On the other hand, if you plan to visit Alghero this summer, we can meet for sure. I spent a lot of time on DnD 3.5/4, and have a passion for japanese mahjong. Read More
what about IT jobs in Italy?
Looks like they're all in Milano, if any. Read More
lokking for some english or american teacher in Olbia for conversation
Hi! I'm not native english speaker but would love to practice together and sail. I'm Andrei, 28yo eastern slavic software engineer living in Alghero and I'm very friendly and respectful person. I'd love to have this experience and ... Read More
The other side of the Italian postcard by Julien
Hi, As a tourist in a foreign country, very often, we are enchanted with what we discover. Living abroad is different. It's a rich experience but there are also some difficulties to face. When people ask me for advice on living abroad, I ...
Electric companies. There's interesting paragraph in your bills called "servizi di rete", which means charges for network servise to deliver electricity to you. To my surpise, cost of this part of the bill not only very close to actually consumed ... Read More
Gotta get outta here.
Well you'll need about 1,5k euro or so monthly for a rent/food, so if you make that much, it'll be okay I guess. You won't even need work permit if you're not uptight about proper taxpaying. Read More
Looking for expats in Alghero (Sardinia)! by oiu8897
Hi, I was just wondering if there are any expats in Alghero (Sardinia) willing to meet up? I am curious how is your life here, how do you entertain, what do you do for living, etc. It seems there aren't too many foreigners living in Sardinia ...
hi, sorry for late responce =) for some reason I didn't recieve update notofocations on this topic until now. If you're going to meet with fionamaristella, I would love to join, if it's appropriate of course. Looking forward for invitation =3 Read More
Looking for expats in Alghero (Sardinia)! by oiu8897
Hi, I was just wondering if there are any expats in Alghero (Sardinia) willing to meet up? I am curious how is your life here, how do you entertain, what do you do for living, etc. It seems there aren't too many foreigners living in Sardinia ...
Thanks for kind proposal! I'd love to. I live on via Gaudi, in zona Maria Pia. Surely would like to meet you, just afraid that not today, since I didn't sleep yet =) I'm a little homestuck, so I don't really know any nice bars in the city except ... Read More
Looking for expats in Alghero (Sardinia)! by oiu8897
Hi, I was just wondering if there are any expats in Alghero (Sardinia) willing to meet up? I am curious how is your life here, how do you entertain, what do you do for living, etc. It seems there aren't too many foreigners living in Sardinia ...
Hey guys! I'm living in Alghero for a while and would love to meet some expats =) I don't speak italian well yet so it's always a pleasure to communicate with anglophone people - though my english is a bit broken too. Would love to attend local ... Read More