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Three days ago I had the pleasure of going to the

Three days ago I had the pleasure of going to the immigration office here in Hamburg to renew my residence permit for the last time ever. That's a chore I've had to do pretty much every year (with some exceptions) since 2009 to basically just be allowed to carry on living and working here in Germany like a normal person, but this time around I finally got permanent residency.

I remember that renewing my visa used to really stress me out when I was a student but these last few years it's been smooth sailing—so much so that I even forgot it was that time of the year again back in March!

I can't tell you how happy I am to have finally gotten to this point—which, mind you, was not easy. Moving to a new country is never easy: You're far away from your family, have no friends, no network, no nothing. And there's also the language, feeling foreign and like you don't fit in, and maybe people will even treat you different (especially if you look and sound foreign). And on top of that you have to go to this office every year to prove to the government that you got your shit together to be allowed to stay for another year. But not this guy! Not anymore!

Living in Germany has been difficult at times, and during all these years I've felt like moving back to the USA, faced numerous setbacks, felt lonely, been broke and had people not believe in me or deny me opportunities. But I also proved them wrong, made the most out of the opportunities I got, made friends, learned the language and can now stay in Germany forever and never go to the immigration office again—except to pick up my new resident card sometime next month.

Respect to all my fellow immigrants/expats reading this for playing the game!

#expatlife #expat #expatingermany #germany #immigration #nomadlife #travelblogger #travel #travelblog #hamburg_city_of_dreams #Hamburg #makhno #viajeros
2021 year of the #moustache #expatblogger #stpauli #hamburgmeinestadt #mexicanosporelmundo

It's finally getting warmer so I rode my skateboar

It's finally getting warmer so I rode my skateboard down to the HafenCity neighborhood. Skateboarding at night is my new favorite activity. 🛹

Repost because the one I posted last night was too dark.

#hamburg#hh#welovehh#welovehamburg#hamburg_de#hansestadthamburg#hamburgliebe#hamburgerhafen#hamburglove#hhlove#typischhamburch#liebefürinmer#hamburggram#deutschland#germany#schönstestadtderwelt#schönstestadt#photooftheday#pictureoftheday#picture#photography#hansestadt#hamburgvision#hansestadthamburg#explorehamburg#hamburgmeineperle#meinhamburg#bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography

Bye sun, see you tomorrow ✌🏼 . . #Berlin #die

Bye sun, see you tomorrow ✌🏼
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#Berlin #diestadtberlin #visitberlin #germanytourism #reiseblogger #history #travelblog #travelblogger #travelblogs #travelbloggers #sunsets #sunsetlover #sunsetporn #germany #alemania #ig_worldclub #beautifuldestinations #discoverearth #traveltheworld #worldcaptures #awesomeearth #instagood
#hallazgosemanal #viajeros

New username, who dis? Finally got rid of my old

New username, who dis?

Finally got rid of my old username. Now I just need to figure out how to change my blog's URL without losing my google ranking but after that Between Distances will officially be history (haha).

Stay healthy, friends!

#travelblog #travelblogger #travelblogs #travelbloggers #ukraine #kyiv #kiev #travelgram #unesco #unescoworldheritage #украина #киев #soviet #sovietunion #sssr #cccp #sovietvisuals #chernobyl #chernobyldiaries #darktourism #чернобыль #чорнобиль #slavutych
#historian #historiansofinstagram

Today is Día de Muertos. The holiday, which is ba

Today is Día de Muertos. The holiday, which is basically the Mexican way to celebrate All Saints' Day, mixes Catholic and pre-Hispanic elements.
Given the current state of the world, today is a good day to think of all those people who have died senselessly due to the negligence of governments or even individual politicians and remember how lucky we are to still be around.

I found these two skulls by a grave in the municipal cemetery of Orizaba, in the Mexican state of Veracruz, while strolling around there on a foggy morning in March of last year.

#Mexico #mexico_maravilloso #igersmexico #pasionxmexico #loves_mexico #ig_orizaba #orizaba #mexicodesconocido #taphotourist #bandorebelz #taphotourism #taphophile #cemetery #graveyard #darktourism #historians #ig_mood #moodygrams #diadelosmuertos #dayofthedead #skull #catrina #art #diademuertos #calavera

So I don't know if anyone noticed but my website w

So I don't know if anyone noticed but my website was offline for about a week. Basically I gave up on the blog for a number of reasons and let my subscription expire. That mostly had to do with the fact that my blog hit a plateau and stopped growing. Those of you who have blogs know just how much work goes into every article: writing, editing pics, optimizing the text for SEO, etc... So it can be pretty frustrating to reach only a small part of your readership after putting in the time. Oh, and it obviously costs money too so that sucks.
Things were already discouraging, but then the pandemic hit and my traffic took a nose dive, so that kinda killed my motivation. I wasn't even able to travel anyway so I guess that didn't matter.
So when it was time to fork out 200 euros to keep the site running for another year I was like “Fuck it, I'm just going to let it die and build something new.” I wanted to buy a banjo with that money, too. Plus, lately I've been dedicating my free time to other interests such as boxing, playing guitar and skateboarding. So I let the subscription expired. But today, a day before my content would be deleted forever, I decided to just renew it and rebuild it from the ground up, starting with the name.
Why? Because even though I kind of abandoned my blog, I love writing. Plus, the blog has given me lots of satisfactions—especially meeting and befriending fellow bloggers in real life. So yeah, Between Distances officially died and was taken offline for about a week but today I brought it back from the dead. And you know what the funny thing is? After I renewed it I didn't think about the money at all; I was just so happy that I rescued it that I went on the website and read my two latest articles like I had just discovered an old diary. If you're a frequent reader thanks so much for your interest and support!
And you know what? I'm buying the banjo anyway, fuck it. Not like I'm going to be traveling anytime soon anyway, right?

#reiseblogger #history #travelblog #travelblogger #travelblogs #travelbloggers #ig_worldclub #viajeros #kyiv #ukraine

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Check out my blog 🤘🏼

Three days ago I had the pleasure of going to the

Three days ago I had the pleasure of going to the immigration office here in Hamburg to renew my residence permit for the last time ever. That's a chore I've had to do pretty much every year (with some exceptions) since 2009 to basically just be allowed to carry on living and working here in Germany like a normal person, but this time around I finally got permanent residency.

I remember that renewing my visa used to really stress me out when I was a student but these last few years it's been smooth sailing—so much so that I even forgot it was that time of the year again back in March!

I can't tell you how happy I am to have finally gotten to this point—which, mind you, was not easy. Moving to a new country is never easy: You're far away from your family, have no friends, no network, no nothing. And there's also the language, feeling foreign and like you don't fit in, and maybe people will even treat you different (especially if you look and sound foreign). And on top of that you have to go to this office every year to prove to the government that you got your shit together to be allowed to stay for another year. But not this guy! Not anymore!

Living in Germany has been difficult at times, and during all these years I've felt like moving back to the USA, faced numerous setbacks, felt lonely, been broke and had people not believe in me or deny me opportunities. But I also proved them wrong, made the most out of the opportunities I got, made friends, learned the language and can now stay in Germany forever and never go to the immigration office again—except to pick up my new resident card sometime next month.

Respect to all my fellow immigrants/expats reading this for playing the game!

#expatlife #expat #expatingermany #germany #immigration #nomadlife #travelblogger #travel #travelblog #hamburg_city_of_dreams #Hamburg #makhno #viajeros
2021 year of the #moustache #expatblogger #stpauli #hamburgmeinestadt #mexicanosporelmundo

It's finally getting warmer so I rode my skateboar

It's finally getting warmer so I rode my skateboard down to the HafenCity neighborhood. Skateboarding at night is my new favorite activity. 🛹

Repost because the one I posted last night was too dark.

#hamburg#hh#welovehh#welovehamburg#hamburg_de#hansestadthamburg#hamburgliebe#hamburgerhafen#hamburglove#hhlove#typischhamburch#liebefürinmer#hamburggram#deutschland#germany#schönstestadtderwelt#schönstestadt#photooftheday#pictureoftheday#picture#photography#hansestadt#hamburgvision#hansestadthamburg#explorehamburg#hamburgmeineperle#meinhamburg#bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography

Bye sun, see you tomorrow ✌🏼 . . #Berlin #die

Bye sun, see you tomorrow ✌🏼
.
.
#Berlin #diestadtberlin #visitberlin #germanytourism #reiseblogger #history #travelblog #travelblogger #travelblogs #travelbloggers #sunsets #sunsetlover #sunsetporn #germany #alemania #ig_worldclub #beautifuldestinations #discoverearth #traveltheworld #worldcaptures #awesomeearth #instagood
#hallazgosemanal #viajeros

New username, who dis? Finally got rid of my old

New username, who dis?

Finally got rid of my old username. Now I just need to figure out how to change my blog's URL without losing my google ranking but after that Between Distances will officially be history (haha).

Stay healthy, friends!

#travelblog #travelblogger #travelblogs #travelbloggers #ukraine #kyiv #kiev #travelgram #unesco #unescoworldheritage #украина #киев #soviet #sovietunion #sssr #cccp #sovietvisuals #chernobyl #chernobyldiaries #darktourism #чернобыль #чорнобиль #slavutych
#historian #historiansofinstagram

Today is Día de Muertos. The holiday, which is ba

Today is Día de Muertos. The holiday, which is basically the Mexican way to celebrate All Saints' Day, mixes Catholic and pre-Hispanic elements.
Given the current state of the world, today is a good day to think of all those people who have died senselessly due to the negligence of governments or even individual politicians and remember how lucky we are to still be around.

I found these two skulls by a grave in the municipal cemetery of Orizaba, in the Mexican state of Veracruz, while strolling around there on a foggy morning in March of last year.

#Mexico #mexico_maravilloso #igersmexico #pasionxmexico #loves_mexico #ig_orizaba #orizaba #mexicodesconocido #taphotourist #bandorebelz #taphotourism #taphophile #cemetery #graveyard #darktourism #historians #ig_mood #moodygrams #diadelosmuertos #dayofthedead #skull #catrina #art #diademuertos #calavera

So I don't know if anyone noticed but my website w

So I don't know if anyone noticed but my website was offline for about a week. Basically I gave up on the blog for a number of reasons and let my subscription expire. That mostly had to do with the fact that my blog hit a plateau and stopped growing. Those of you who have blogs know just how much work goes into every article: writing, editing pics, optimizing the text for SEO, etc... So it can be pretty frustrating to reach only a small part of your readership after putting in the time. Oh, and it obviously costs money too so that sucks.
Things were already discouraging, but then the pandemic hit and my traffic took a nose dive, so that kinda killed my motivation. I wasn't even able to travel anyway so I guess that didn't matter.
So when it was time to fork out 200 euros to keep the site running for another year I was like “Fuck it, I'm just going to let it die and build something new.” I wanted to buy a banjo with that money, too. Plus, lately I've been dedicating my free time to other interests such as boxing, playing guitar and skateboarding. So I let the subscription expired. But today, a day before my content would be deleted forever, I decided to just renew it and rebuild it from the ground up, starting with the name.
Why? Because even though I kind of abandoned my blog, I love writing. Plus, the blog has given me lots of satisfactions—especially meeting and befriending fellow bloggers in real life. So yeah, Between Distances officially died and was taken offline for about a week but today I brought it back from the dead. And you know what the funny thing is? After I renewed it I didn't think about the money at all; I was just so happy that I rescued it that I went on the website and read my two latest articles like I had just discovered an old diary. If you're a frequent reader thanks so much for your interest and support!
And you know what? I'm buying the banjo anyway, fuck it. Not like I'm going to be traveling anytime soon anyway, right?

#reiseblogger #history #travelblog #travelblogger #travelblogs #travelbloggers #ig_worldclub #viajeros #kyiv #ukraine

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