Tuesday, 9 September 2014

Do you live here?

I was asked that question by the British border police and for a second I panicked... :D

Obviously I've watched too many Border Control episodes where they question immigrants etc but hey! I remembered this is the EU I'm legally allowed to enter and live in the UK even if I'm not their citizen.

The other thing bouncing in my head at the time was the same question or rather confusion: do I?!?!?! Do I live in the UK? or do I live in France? or Estonia? well... different establishments know different things :D Oh god I look like an undercover spy with 7 different passports that have my pic but different names etc :D But where do I live? At the moment nowhere to be honest: Moved all my stuff from France to Wales but at the same time never went to Wales and will be spending 2 weeks in Estonia in my home-home instead (and obviously using all the benefits that people of Tallinn get). Can you say yes I live in the UK? 

My French bank for example still thinks I live in Corsica :S I didn't bother to change it because I thought it would be too much of a hassle (French bureaucracy :/) and since I had no access to the post box in Paris (didn't have the key no biggie) thought it best just to leave it be... My Estonian bank (and every other institution here) knows I still live in my home-home. Which isn't technically wrong, since my parents live here and if anyone needs to send anything it's better to send it here rather than me changing my foreign address with them every time I move :) My UK bank knows I have some Aber address where my friend lived last year... who knows who lives there at this time though :/

So what would you have answered? (Mind you I haven't been there for a year)

And every time I travel with my passport all the officials look at it like its fake :D They bend it every way possible and scan it? and god knows what else then look at me like da fudge is this? Then usually let me through. I was once asked how old am I and the other time where am I going. And now well this existential question that has no one clear answer.

I heard UK was on high immigration/terrorist alert maybe that raised the question? Or the fact that Mr. Special came with me that time and two different nationalities travelling together is weird or suspicious?

By this time (as there was no answer) the official was playing ping-pong with his eyes that darted back and forth from me to Mr.Special...

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