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Since the pandemic I spent months in 4 different countries and 10 different cities. I enjoyed beaches, parks and many different apartments and cool hotel rooms.

Since the pandemic I spent months in 4 different countries and 10 different cities. I enjoyed beaches, parks and many different apartments and cool hotel rooms. I spent a month at the family cottage. I visited my parents and grandmother for the longest time since I moved out nearly a decade ago. I am not in captivity. Nobody is. Working remote is what you make it. You can confine yourself to your small flat - but you don't have to.

nojokes 5y ago
Exactly. I was in progress to do the same and then the bloody pandemic hit.
- emteycz 5y ago
  Why is it relevant? The only hurdle I had to overcome was having recent PCR test on hand when passing borders - otherwise it gave me freedom, I used to be bound to the capital city because we "absolutely must go to the office or we can't work at all" (now they're thinking about selling the office space, haha); it also increased my daily rate by 20% as the demand for software engineers went significantly up.
  - nojokes 5y ago
    Now it is more relaxed but in the beginning the travel was very restricted. What is the point of traveling when everything is closed and you have to stay in quarantine for 2 weeks? Besides traveling increases the risk of getting infected.
antiterra 5y ago
There are a number of situations people are in where options are far more limited, and your ‘not in captivity’ options are more like living in a tent and hiding your kids from truancy officers.
- emteycz 5y ago
  I don't understand how switching from working at office to working at home changes that situation.
musicale 5y ago
> I spent months in 4 different countries and 10 different cities. I enjoyed beaches, parks and many different apartments and cool hotel rooms. I spent a month at the family cottage Sounds nice, and possibly expensive. Outdoor escapes are definitely recommended whenever possible, and don't have to cost much. Personally I would not be enthusiastic about flouting covid travel restrictions and precautions though.
- emteycz 5y ago
  Nearly free, actually - except the hotels; the whole thing was cheaper than living in the capital city. > Personally I would not be enthusiastic about flouting covid travel restrictions and precautions. I'm not aware of breaking any law, rule or recommendation. Also, I was in perfect quarantine outside of traveling - the whole year - I really don't want to catch it. Most of my travels were me alone (or with girlfirend) in my car.
  - musicale 5y ago
    > I was in perfect quarantine outside of traveling It's the traveling part that was (and perhaps still is) worrisome to me during the pandemic, and also as more contagious and resistant variants were spreading all over the country and world. I still wonder about being exposed to antibody-resistant strains at travel hubs and in transit. > Most of my travels were me alone (or with girlfirend) in my car. Probably one of the few safe ways to travel while avoiding corona airways/railways/cruises/ferries/bus lines/etc..
    - emteycz 5y ago
      How can I spread something if I don't meet anyone?

nojokes 5y ago

Exactly. I was in progress to do the same and then the bloody pandemic hit.

emteycz 5y ago
Why is it relevant? The only hurdle I had to overcome was having recent PCR test on hand when passing borders - otherwise it gave me freedom, I used to be bound to the capital city because we "absolutely must go to the office or we can't work at all" (now they're thinking about selling the office space, haha); it also increased my daily rate by 20% as the demand for software engineers went significantly up.
- nojokes 5y ago
  Now it is more relaxed but in the beginning the travel was very restricted. What is the point of traveling when everything is closed and you have to stay in quarantine for 2 weeks? Besides traveling increases the risk of getting infected.

antiterra 5y ago

There are a number of situations people are in where options are far more limited, and your ‘not in captivity’ options are more like living in a tent and hiding your kids from truancy officers.

emteycz 5y ago
I don't understand how switching from working at office to working at home changes that situation.

musicale 5y ago

> I spent months in 4 different countries and 10 different cities. I enjoyed beaches, parks and many different apartments and cool hotel rooms. I spent a month at the family cottage Sounds nice, and possibly expensive. Outdoor escapes are definitely recommended whenever possible, and don't have to cost much. Personally I would not be enthusiastic about flouting covid travel restrictions and precautions though.

emteycz 5y ago
Nearly free, actually - except the hotels; the whole thing was cheaper than living in the capital city. > Personally I would not be enthusiastic about flouting covid travel restrictions and precautions. I'm not aware of breaking any law, rule or recommendation. Also, I was in perfect quarantine outside of traveling - the whole year - I really don't want to catch it. Most of my travels were me alone (or with girlfirend) in my car.
- musicale 5y ago
  > I was in perfect quarantine outside of traveling It's the traveling part that was (and perhaps still is) worrisome to me during the pandemic, and also as more contagious and resistant variants were spreading all over the country and world. I still wonder about being exposed to antibody-resistant strains at travel hubs and in transit. > Most of my travels were me alone (or with girlfirend) in my car. Probably one of the few safe ways to travel while avoiding corona airways/railways/cruises/ferries/bus lines/etc..
  - emteycz 5y ago
    How can I spread something if I don't meet anyone?