Paul and I are a married couple who have lived in 3 different countries in the last 5 years. We are trying to find our little piece of heaven in the world. We are trying to make a home for ourselves our own way. We havent found this in Europe so far. We lived in England and now the Netherlands, each having many good qualities but also not necessarily being the right place to make our home. We are looking at Sweden as a final European possibility. We'd like YOUR opinion and information about living and working in Sweden as an immigrant :) ONE more chance for you Europe!... or its off to some remote lost tropical Island somewhere... (Keep in mind, the comments below are not complaining -we are just being brutally honest with ourselves, please remember, these comments are based solely on OUR life experiences and not meant to be an offense to anyone- We notice that others worry alot LESS about offending us.)
We are currently living in the Netherlands since November 2008
My life & projects in this location:
VERY hard to make a start here. MANY MANY hoops to jump through in order to get registered and find work.
My occupation:
For Paul- who had earned qualifications in America through work experience, finding work in NL was difficult. (impossible) with a Polish passport Dutch work providers offer 1 of 2 positions... Pick flowers... OR throw MEAT... Rascist f*ckers. Lisa found work (Thank GOD!) for a Canadian company... God Bless the North American Continent xoxo!! (BUT STILL we are both temp worker after an entire YEAR... segregation segregation segregation is the favorite word of the ARROGANT DUTCH.
What I like about this destination:
Freedom of movement for pedestrians/bike riders (oh wait this is because you cannot afford to own a car in NL... unless you are Antillean or Turkish) hahahaha legal pot is nice, Rotterdam is a nice city but population density makes everything suck.
What I don't like about this destination:
Imagine the whole world and all its nationalities, pressed into a shoe box... Welcome to Rotterdam/NL!! Discrimination... segregation and basically no middle class, unless you are Antillean... or Turkish. If youre POLISH... you can expect to live in a camping trailer... INSIDE of a giant greenhouse... right next to where you work... 12 hour days/7days a week! (no joke!) for free (cuz they FORGET to pay you- maybe once in 2 months you'll get a check) Save yourselves! Dont bother coming here Polish People!!!
My life & projects in this location:
VERY hard to make a start here. MANY MANY hoops to jump through in order to get registered and find work.
My occupation:
For Paul- who had earned qualifications in America through work experience, finding work in NL was difficult. (impossible) with a Polish passport Dutch work providers offer 1 of 2 positions... Pick flowers... OR throw MEAT... Rascist f*ckers. Lisa found work (Thank GOD!) for a Canadian company... God Bless the North American Continent xoxo!! (BUT STILL we are both temp worker after an entire YEAR... segregation segregation segregation is the favorite word of the ARROGANT DUTCH.
What I like about this destination:
Freedom of movement for pedestrians/bike riders (oh wait this is because you cannot afford to own a car in NL... unless you are Antillean or Turkish) hahahaha legal pot is nice, Rotterdam is a nice city but population density makes everything suck.
What I don't like about this destination:
Imagine the whole world and all its nationalities, pressed into a shoe box... Welcome to Rotterdam/NL!! Discrimination... segregation and basically no middle class, unless you are Antillean... or Turkish. If youre POLISH... you can expect to live in a camping trailer... INSIDE of a giant greenhouse... right next to where you work... 12 hour days/7days a week! (no joke!) for free (cuz they FORGET to pay you- maybe once in 2 months you'll get a check) Save yourselves! Dont bother coming here Polish People!!!
AND also the fact that we lived in England for 3 years and it took 3 years to develop a bad case of Cabin fever due to lack of mental stimulation and now we have come to NL, looking for a big city and more excitement and we believe the cabin fever to be MUCH MUCH worse! Due to the fact that we now live in a giant flatbuilding. We come home to a box everyday. We live in this box. When you go out, there are so many people that all you want to do is come home... but then you come homw to this BOX. Its only been one year but even 6 months ago, I was feeling stir crazy and so was Paul.
