Arriving
A parcel has to find a name, a door and somebody at home
Receiving post and deliveries at a foreign address fails in three distinct places, and almost all of them…
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Arriving
The first fortnight somewhere you are not leaving next week.
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Arriving
The last month at home decides how the first month abroad goes
A handful of errands can only be done while you are still in the country you are leaving, and forgetting…
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Arriving
The month you arrive in shapes the whole of the first year
Landing in the depth of winter, at the height of summer or at the start of a school year drops you into…
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Arriving
Sending your belongings by sea means living without them for months
A container is far cheaper than air freight and arrives on a timescale that turns the first part of a long…
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Arriving
Everything takes three times as long at first, and that is arithmetic
The exhaustion of the first weeks abroad is not a character failing but the predictable cost of doing…
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Arriving
The partner who did not get the job has the harder arrival
When one person moves for work and another moves with them, the two arrivals are structurally different…
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Arriving
The information you want in an emergency has to be gathered before one
Knowing which number to call, what to say and where to go is trivial to establish in the first week and…
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Arriving
Moving to a place you loved on holiday means unlearning the holiday
A fortnight somewhere is a sample taken at the best time of year, in the best part of town, with money to…
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