In 1987, I am 17 years old. In Poland, the declining communist regime is still in power, slowly heading toward collapse. I have been passionate about computers for several years, but after a complete disappointment with my Atari 800 XL, which my Mom somehow managed to buy with hard currency at Pewex, my soul longs for the Commodore Amiga. It is a computer completely out of reach at the time for an average earner in Poland, let alone for my mother, who works as a poorly paid university lecturer. Then suddenly, something incredible happens. An opportunity to go to the Netherlands arises, and with it, the chance to earn money paid in hard currency.