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Five homes in six months

Five homes in six months

On life in Bucharest, embassy housing, the World Happiness Report, Netflix recs + travel news

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Michelle Altenberg
Mar 31, 2025
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In an unexpected turn of events, I’m writing to you now from our new (temporary) apartment a bit further out in Bucharest.

In my last note, I shared that the embassy housing board here wouldn’t allow us to switch apartments until the summer sometime.

However, after taking another look at the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) which dictates embassy p…

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