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    Top Gear

    Memoires from the summer... Memoires from the summer... I drove on this road in September together with a friend of mine and his American wife + kids. On the second day we went on the other side over the top and we had a close encounter with a bear mother and her baby (by close I mean 4 or 5...
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    Registering in an EU country after 3 months

    And I thought that Germans have a dry sense of humour...
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    Registering in an EU country after 3 months

    I have a 6 months contract in Luxembourg, for various reasons I preferred to stay in a hotel (no hassle, good value for money, no headaches). EU citizens have to register with local authorities after 3 months, but I don't see how this applies in my case as I don't have a permanent residence...
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    FTSE down down down...

    Doomed...again!!! Doomed...again!!! Whooo.....3625....5.33%....that's a fall comparable to Nov. 2008 levels....:smokin http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/stockmarket/3/default.stm Glad I'm not contracting in UK at the mo!!....Can't believe how tulipe are rates in £...
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    Time to depart...

    For me, the decision to leave has already been taken - greetings from Luxembourg...:banana: It's strange but I'm missing London sometimes - well the good bits, a walk in Richmond park, Wimbledon, a drive on a quiet Sunday from Hampton Court to Windsor....but then it's the other side, the dark...
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    Bye Bye London...Bon jour Luxembourg!

    No, there is free WiFi in Luxembourg city!! BOOMED!!:smokin
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    Bye Bye London...Bon jour Luxembourg!

    That's it! Finally, the last day on my contract :banana:, a pint with friends, and now freedom until the week after next!! :yay: I am hoping Luxembourg will be a good host for me during the next year, it used to be my favourite driving pit-stop on the way to London and in a short time will...
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    Accomodation in Luxembourg

    Many thanks for your replies, really appreciated! I plan to rent for one - two months something temp near work, then rent long term (the contract is for 1 year maybe more...). Don't know about nearby countries, it may be a possibility...just curious if I can be a perpetual traveller (i.e. no...
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    FTSE down down down...

    The low in October has been tested again... This time it's not a free-fall, it's a sistemic daily drop, looks identical to the Great Depression... http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/stockmarket/3/default.stm 3851 now, where is the STOP?
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    Accomodation in Luxembourg

    :rollin: You've made my day!! If I think twice I can become a fiscal nomad together with the caravan :smokin Btw how's life have you been into some dodgy strip bars in Constanta yet?
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    Accomodation in Luxembourg

    I might move to Lux in order to start a new gig. Can you recommend websites that offer rental accomodation in and around the city? I'm looking to rent a flat, I'm quite flexible on location (after 2 hours commuting in London I can do with half an hour in Lux !! :tongue), the price would be...
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    UK, Anno Domini 2010

    Btw Just made some decent do$h on the "ups" and "downs" of the Romanian RON. Trouble with UK is that BOE + Gordo + Average Joe English are all obsessed with house prices, and the economy as a whole is so much dependent on house prices. Hence the recent huge drop. People seem to forget that...
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    UK, Anno Domini 2010

    BOE has just dropped rates to 0%...Dollar just went at par with the pound and Swindon is invaded with loads of American tourists looking for property bargains... New Labour decides to adopt the euro as this might help the economy..."Gordo saves UK PLC by joining the euro" new Daily Mail...
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    1,5% BOE rate hut, blimey!!!

    So where is that Dimshrimp with this comments when you need him?!?!
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    1,5% BOE rate hut, blimey!!!

    Wohoooo, my poll didn't have this option...:eek So what's next? Bye Bye mighty pound? RIP ££?:wave:

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