Update
Well I guess I owe it to my one and only true reader Agust to keep this blog vaguely up to date, so this will be the first of hopefully a couple of posts filling him in on what has been going on in Moscow over the past month.
For now, suffice to say that I am in Brussels at my parents' house, celebrating Christmas with them and my sister. Got back on Saturday, although I nearly did not make it onto the flight. For the first time I was confronted directly with the phenomenon of overbooking a flight. I thought this only existed in Africa (where apparently passengers are made to run three laps around the plane to see who are the lucky ones that get a seat), but guess that is not the case. Arrived at the check-in and got a little suspicious when a procedure that usually takes three minutes took at least ten. At first I thought it was the incompetent guy checking me in, but after having waited for ten minutes (without being told anything, in the true old-fashioned kind of providing services in Russia) I started asking questions. Turned out the airline had overbooked the flight by about 20 seats. Unfortunately for the guy, I speak some Russian now and I really wanted to fly home. So he had to endure a rant in a mix of Russian and English. No idea if it helped, but I did get my ticket and that is all that matters really.
After a rather uneventful three hour flight I arrived in Brussels. Was really glad to see my parents and sister again! Will spend Christmas here and travel to London on Thursday to celebrate New Year there with some of the Warwick crew which should be great.
After that, I will work from Brussels during January as I wait for my visa for Russia to come trough as I have agreed a one year contract with Lighthouse! Very excited and happy that I will get to work in Russia for at least another year!
For now, suffice to say that I am in Brussels at my parents' house, celebrating Christmas with them and my sister. Got back on Saturday, although I nearly did not make it onto the flight. For the first time I was confronted directly with the phenomenon of overbooking a flight. I thought this only existed in Africa (where apparently passengers are made to run three laps around the plane to see who are the lucky ones that get a seat), but guess that is not the case. Arrived at the check-in and got a little suspicious when a procedure that usually takes three minutes took at least ten. At first I thought it was the incompetent guy checking me in, but after having waited for ten minutes (without being told anything, in the true old-fashioned kind of providing services in Russia) I started asking questions. Turned out the airline had overbooked the flight by about 20 seats. Unfortunately for the guy, I speak some Russian now and I really wanted to fly home. So he had to endure a rant in a mix of Russian and English. No idea if it helped, but I did get my ticket and that is all that matters really.
After a rather uneventful three hour flight I arrived in Brussels. Was really glad to see my parents and sister again! Will spend Christmas here and travel to London on Thursday to celebrate New Year there with some of the Warwick crew which should be great.
After that, I will work from Brussels during January as I wait for my visa for Russia to come trough as I have agreed a one year contract with Lighthouse! Very excited and happy that I will get to work in Russia for at least another year!
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