Farewell Party - SA

Farewell Party - SA

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A week before my flight I had a little farewell party with my friends and family. Up to this point, I had anxiously been awaiting my Visa. 18th August 2018 we went to Ginos to celebrate that in less than ten days I would be on a flight heading to Moscow where I would stay for four months.

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