marconorth, American expatriate in Russia

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MarcoNorth

I am an expatriate.

I am American, and I am now living in Russia. I am currently in Moscow.

My path

My birthday is on 15 August, I was born in 1968

Interests

design, literature, music writing, networking

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Title: Member
Posts: 24
Last post: 2013-02-18 17:03:00
Registered: 2010-07-15

impressions of an expat

HOW I LEFT AMERICA, AND MY ADVENTURES IN MOSCOW AS A SINGLE FATHER AND ARTIST. Ex-New Yorker Marco North chronicles a dizzying array of experiences, both bitter and sweet. Father of a child that was kidnapped to Russia, he survives and protects - cooks and makes music, sharing his triumphs as well as his failures every Monday.

Russia
Moscow

I am currently living in Russia since May 2007

My life & projects in this location:

www.bittersweetmoscow.com http://impressionsofanexpat.blogspot.com/

My occupation:

creative director, senior designer & animator

What I like about this destination:

kind and wonderful people i have met here completely by chance

What I don't like about this destination:

the chaotic, insane bureaucracy i encounter every 5 minutes in Russia. the cruelty and dishonesty that runs wild here. the brutality of your typical Russian. the lack of a middle class. The russian's fear of foreigners.

USA
New York

I lived in the USA from August 1968 to March 2007

My life & projects in this location:

www.bittersweetcircus.com

My occupation:

author, musician, filmmaker

What I liked about this destination:

the people, the food, the high quality of cultural events. honesty.

What I didn't like about this destination:

i loved it. ok, sometimes expensive for no reason. ok, too much traffic but hard to say much bad about NYC except that a lot of my old favorite places are gone now.