This is, I guess, the last update to my naturalization saga, as I am writing this with one hand. My other hand is busy holding the brand new shiny passport. It still smells fresh ink (printed today). It has my name and picture in it, together with all the other necessary stamps, signatures, and info.
I did it!
Actually, we did. I’d like to take this chance to thank everyone who helped me get through this from my family and friends to readers of this blog and total strangers. Your support was (and is) very important to me. Thank you all.
Now I’ll have to adjust to the huge size of my new world. Practice suggests that I should consume enourmous amounts of alcohol as soon as possible. See you all later…
9 responses so far ↓
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Sue
// May 17, 2006 at 3:59 pm
Hey, congratulations, to a fellow European!!
(Does this mean you’ll now have to do army service??)
Enjoy the alcohol!
2 SmartBlog » Blog Archive » Four years on Cyprus! // May 17, 2006 at 5:19 pm
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3
michael
// May 17, 2006 at 5:20 pm
Our congratulations!!!
4
Harley
// May 17, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Hey!!
Mazal Tov !!!
Finally you got it!!!
Congratulations!!
5
Leonid Mamchenkov
// May 17, 2006 at 8:19 pm
Sue, no I won’t have to do any army. No army for naturalized!
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Konstantin
// May 18, 2006 at 8:50 am
Nice Leonid, I am sure the alcohol went down very well. By the way can you speak Cypriot?
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Lev Shuvalov
// May 18, 2006 at 9:40 am
My congratulations! I’m happy for you!
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Leonid Mamchenkov
// May 19, 2006 at 9:54 am
Indeed! Rarely I have a problem with it.
Not yet, but I am learning it now.
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Leonid Mamchenkov
// May 19, 2006 at 9:55 am
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