🍆 😱 🔢 Moving a year-long: Ukraine - Isle of Man (part 1) 🆒 👎 👨🏾‍🏫

Preconditions

A family of two Ukrainian programmers (10+ years in the industry), joint work in an international product company.
The desire to change the country of residence for a number of reasons, including “quality of life” in the first place, and not from the point of view of “earning more”.

Fenella Beach shells near Peel Castle (photo: www.instagram.com/alinaliens)

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Castle Town lighthouse (photo: www.instagram.com/alinaliens) — Castle Town (: www.instagram.com/alinaliens)

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Moving a year-long: Ukraine - Isle of Man (part 1)