My parents fled Poland in 1980 and got into West Germany. They moved to Calgary in 1983 when I was 8 months old. It was typical $20 in your pocket, a suitcase of clothes and no friends looking for a new and better life.
I've never lived in Germany or Poland but I still feel a pretty strong connection with the motherland. I've applied for a few jobs in Poland over the last few years especially because they have been trying to grow their oil industry. I've also been hoping to get my papers from either Germany or Poland so that I could some sort of EU credentials in order to open up a lot of work opportunities over there.
I totally feel and am Canadian though.
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