Navin Johnson
Footballguy
Looks like I'll be exediting my dual citizenship
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My impending Italian Ex-Pat adventure is ***Official*** 2024-25 v3.1 (1 Viewer)
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Chemical X
Footballguy
adding this to the thread……i posted this in the thanksgiving thread in response to turkey day:
so, it was an interesting event. the turkey was moist and sliced well, coulda used some more seasoning. the sides were really good, though i think i do some versions better. cranberry sauce, corn pudding, sweet potato mousse, vegan and non vegan stuffing. gravy was thin. someone baked apple cake, punkin pie and carrot cake. lots of wine and they left the grappa on the table. most were over 70. we recently made friends with some in the ex pat community, so we had a nice table of some familiar faces. we are still in the newlyfriend phrase, but it’s nice to speak english a bit. one couple a bit older than us just went back to frisco/tahoe. one couple is married men. an eclectic group. if in the US would they be friends of mine? prolly not, but it’s nice to meet nice people when so many things areo so strange.
so, it was an interesting event. the turkey was moist and sliced well, coulda used some more seasoning. the sides were really good, though i think i do some versions better. cranberry sauce, corn pudding, sweet potato mousse, vegan and non vegan stuffing. gravy was thin. someone baked apple cake, punkin pie and carrot cake. lots of wine and they left the grappa on the table. most were over 70. we recently made friends with some in the ex pat community, so we had a nice table of some familiar faces. we are still in the newlyfriend phrase, but it’s nice to speak english a bit. one couple a bit older than us just went back to frisco/tahoe. one couple is married men. an eclectic group. if in the US would they be friends of mine? prolly not, but it’s nice to meet nice people when so many things areo so strange.
Chemical X
Footballguy
i have many updates, but a quick one today. we returned back here from the states and the next night our boy friends invited us for dinner, pretty awesome meal in fact. while we talked, they mentioned that they signed up for the national health insurance. it runs annually here, with a contribution one time based on income. based on what they told us and info required, we seemed to qualify. we had read that we needed to be comune residents. right now we have an italian permit to stay, but haven’t registered with our local town. so, our friend showed us to where the office is hiding and we brought our info today. we signed up and it cost us €2,000- combined, since we are students. a student here would be €700, but since we are married, we are now considered a family, kind of like insurance in the states. we picked our doctor and essentially will not have any more costs for medical services. not sure if prescriptions are covered, we’ll see. the big savings now is that we bought private cigna insurance we can cancel. obviously our premium alone well exceeds the €2,000. let’s see how the care is…..but for the cost, it already seems worth it.
The Z Machine
Footballguy
Good timing on the update, Chem.
Today I finally received my long stay visa for Switzerland in my US passport. Up until now I had been a tourist and had to do the 90 out of 180 shuffle. I travel back to Geneva tomorrow night. The visa arrived just in time.
I'm very happy to put this behind me. Many people have to go through much worse when moving to another country, but this still sucked. Being away from my kids for 50% of the time was not good.
I'll give an update on my life there at some point...
Today I finally received my long stay visa for Switzerland in my US passport. Up until now I had been a tourist and had to do the 90 out of 180 shuffle. I travel back to Geneva tomorrow night. The visa arrived just in time.
I'm very happy to put this behind me. Many people have to go through much worse when moving to another country, but this still sucked. Being away from my kids for 50% of the time was not good.
I'll give an update on my life there at some point...
Chemical X
Footballguy
also, we redid the eurocartt french auto scheme rental. got picked up at the harrport and received a brand new citroen c4 hybrid. if you rent for an extended period, i’d research these guys and peugeot, big savings over traditional rentals. i might buy this car off rental.
The Z Machine
Footballguy
FYI, I bought a used VW Touran. 1.4 TSI. Not sexy but gets the job done.
My wife and I have already gotten 3 speeding (camera) tickets in rental cars. Each is CHF 120, plus the rental agency charges an additional CHF 60 for "processing". This last time I was going 71 in a 60 kph zone. So lame.
My wife and I have already gotten 3 speeding (camera) tickets in rental cars. Each is CHF 120, plus the rental agency charges an additional CHF 60 for "processing". This last time I was going 71 in a 60 kph zone. So lame.
Navin Johnson
Footballguy
do you use waze? I got saved from two blitzers today?
The Z Machine
Footballguy
Nope. Google Maps.
Navin Johnson
Footballguy
Waze has speed camera warnings. You should try it out.
The Z Machine
Footballguy
Yeah, I think I'm gonna have to. I guess I'm just used to both higher speed limits and more leeway on excess speed over the limit.
ConstruxBoy
Kate's Daddy
It's like the Swiss just expect you to spend the whole drive in Neutral.
I'll see myself out.
