Published by Hettie D.
My name is Henrietta (Hettie) Dombrovskaya. I was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russian (actually, back then – Leningrad, USSR) in 1963, and immigrated to the United States in 1996.
I love Saint Petersburg, the city I was born and raised in, and I think it’s one of the most beautiful places in the world. Similarly (but differently) I love Chicago, and can’t imagine myself moving somewhere else in the observable future.
I have three children, Igor, Vlad and Anna, all adults living on their own, and one (so far) granddaughter Nadia. I also believe that my children are the best thing that happened in my life.
As for my professional life, I am working in the field of Information Technologies. When I was twenty, I’ve declared that the databases are the coolest thing invented and that I want to do them for the rest of my life. Thirty plus years later, I still believe it’s true, and still, believe that the databases are the best. These two statements together imply that I think a person can have it all, and indeed, I think so! Keep reading my journals to find out how I did it.
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How lovely post. I loved this very much: “I had to explain this Santa that I am going were the REAL Santa lives!”.
Did you met Santa, if not, here you have possibility?
Reindeer rides and Santa
Happy Holidays!
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I have to explain it to many people on a regular basis! People don’t know! Sometimes I have to start from what is Finland :), and then – what is Lapland :). I won’t have time to visit Santa’s village, I am here literally for two days to see the loved ones. Maybe in a couple of years, I will take my granddaughter there!
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I am sorry that I disturbed your Christmas!
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Why, you didn’t! Not at all!
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Thank you.
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You really are like an ELF. Popping across the world like that. Merry Christmas, my dear. And Safe travels ahead.
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Thank you, and Merry Christmas to you! This was one year out of five when I actually could leave the States for Christmas, and when my friends family got the news that it is possible, they were so happy, that I felt even MORE joy 🙂
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we had a great time there as well, lovely miss if modern and old. we just posted about the city as well. wanted some fresh air after living in Hong Kong and it delivered much more than that
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I have deep family connections in Helsinki, and I love the city very much. Can’t understand those people who are saying there is nothing to do there for more than two days 🙂
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