There was a veterinary exam I could take to be allowed to work in Australia, but I had heard it was really difficult. It would test everything I had learnt in my entire five-year degree, which I had done not only 15 years earlier, but also in Italian. And it would include practical tests with large animals, and the largest animals I had ever worked with were Great Danes!
Before my partner and I arrived in Brisbane, I was sure that I would be able to work as a vet here, because I had been working . . .