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In Europe

>>1185355
Craigslist.

You want local sites?

>>1185355

eros, it wont come up on a google search, better quality and more expensive

>>1185002
Look up cross club.

>>1185002
>Im literallly in Prague right now

Nice. Is Prague the coolest place in Europe now?

I met a guy from Prague and asked him if it was as awesome as I had heard and he look surprised/confused.

>>1185044
>Is Prague the coolest place in Europe now?
About 10 years ago, possibly. Right now, I'd throw my vote over to Budapest.

The "cool" thing about Prague is the architecture is intact, whereas WWII demolished bridges and medieval buildings throughout the rest of Europe's capitals. The place was once glorious, the seat of the holy roman church, and during the baroque era, so, you have some quite ornate facades on many of the old buildings because money combined with fashion of the time. So there's that. Then you have the relatively recent ejection from communist rule, so you have a country that didn't keep up with the times due to extreme control, now, suddenly in the current times. But each and every year, the place gets more expats, more touristed, and you'll find the culture is hard to find, it's like being at disneyland in the height of the tourism, especially in Old Town. So, you don't get cultural immersion, hearing the united nations of languages all around you at once. But, the architecture is still cool. The food scene is all over the world's map and really damn good as is the pilsner.

Budapest still feels like hungarians live there. That's the big major difference (for now!!)

Check Rome2Rio

https://www.rome2rio.com/de/s/K%C3%B6ln/Rennes

ESC Rennes or Rennes U? Studied there...
Your best bet is obviously TGV. Bon voyage.

p.s. I wouldn't go as Rennes is a party town and your gf has been banged repeatedly, just sayin'. I've seen some shit back in the days and this was common as fuck.

>>1184976
Thank you.
>>1184978
ESC Rennes. Yes thank you but it costs alot.
I don´t think so that she got banged. But how is rennes?

>>1184902
Oxuennii plan, chtobi sosnut, bratish.

You need a good diploma first (I see you like it, it's fine), proficiency in German second (duo lingo lmao), and pls make it legal, not that hard - start from Moscow branch of eg Siemens, work your way up, use a transfer/rotation opportunity (every big name has it), then settle in Germany.
Long but the only 100% way.

p.s. Hamburg, Berlin etc are shit tier, aim for either Rhein Westfalen region or Bayern.
t. Comrade Ivan

>>1184920

b-but ya ne hochu sosat, bratun!((

do you live in germany?

I just heard there was a stupid overdemand for programmers in the country, and I don't mind being a code monkey desu

>Hamburg is shit

to me it seemed like new york of europe

>>1184928
Ya tam ne zhivu, no rabotal. And overall I followed the way I described in my previous msg, starting more or less from your position. Sadly I don't know anything about demand for code monkeys in germany

bumping for hopefully some information.

You can do Macedonia in 2 days, not 2 weeks lmao.
Go to Bulgaria, senpai. Macedonia is the diet version of Bulgaria.

If you're interested in that, I can make you a great itinerary for Bulgaria.

Yeah but I want to relax as well, that's why I got an apartment on the lake, so we can chill when we want.

Plus I guess I can rent a car and drive to Bulgaria if you've got some good stuff in the west I'm all ears.

I remember your old threads and your itineraries were shit because you never really followed anyone's advice. Somehow you have made it worse.

>5 days in Minsk
Holy shit, you should skip Belarus entirely. Why would you go there...just to add another country to your list?

There's literally nothing worthwhile there besides Białowieża Forest and you can find that in Poland, too.

If you have never been to Krakow, you should go there.
I would spend those 5 days in Minsk in Poland (Krakow, Zakopane, Wrocław) or Western Ukraine.

>>1184730
Don't be hard on him, Minsk has some redeeming qualities. Though I'd say five days is too much if you're not going on any day trips.

Anyway OP, strip a few days of Minsk and one off Lviv and do Krakow like the other guy said, Krakow is awesome.

Anyway, have you checked all your border crossings? I was going to do a trip a few years ago from Riga to Minsk via Vitebsk I think, but had to change plans last minute and go via Vilnius instead because I found out there was no public transport.

You can do Belarus, but be aware that organizing the visa will be some work (even if not that terrible).

Five days is definitely way to much for Minsk though, you´d be fine with two or three at most. Find some excursions or shorten your stay there

Kiev is cool but consider reducing your stay by one or two days. You should have seen most interesting things by then.

>>1184205
Island living is just expensive cost of living, from imported foods to higher water and electrical prices, and much of the time higher gasoline, and goods brought in via air.
Work would be seasonal in most options you pick outside of Hawaii, however. So, there's that. Winter work vs summer work. Snowbirds go south for the winter and work picks up, and then fall tourism somewhere, and good winter tourism. I don't see you able to stay in the exact same place year round with ocean activities.
Do you have work permit visas?

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>>1184240
yeah we do. I don't expect anything but seasonal work anyways. I'd be staying there all summer and maybe a few weeks in September.

>>1184205
what are the best cheaper surfing cities in the US?

I rented a room in Warsaw for 3 months. For a room in a shared apartment you'll play like 1000 zlotys per month. Foods pretty cheap. 1300 euro per month is heaps you'll have an awesome time.

>>1184186
1300 is plenty. Warsaw is expensive by Polish standards, but it´s still cheaper than most western non-capital cities. You have more money to spend than the average local.

>>1184186
Fuck off richfag, we're full.

Lol at them thinking they're preserving their culture by limiting tourism, while china is fucking them in the backdoor in every possible way.

I have been to Bhutan. Lovely country. Pure and preserved. They keep the costs high because they don't want to become just another place overrun by cheap backpackers. So if you can afford it, definitely go for it.

>>1184196

Is there really any reason to travel there other than "Hey wow look at what a strange country I went to!"? The only cool thing I ever hear about Bhutan is the Tiger Temple, and everyone has already seen like 10,000 of the exact same shot of it.

Why go when there are what seem to be infinite better options for every type of travelling (culture, natural beauty, obscurity, cost, luxury, fun, nightlife, etc.)?

You can't learn to step out of your comfort zone without stepping out of your comfort zone.

That's all i can really give you.

>>1183937
>What if something happens to me, what if I get sick, what if I lose my baggage etc

Just accept it and carry on. All you can really do.

You can of course take precautions against these things (or other unfortunate events) happening to you but it is never fail-safe as sometimes events happen beyond your control or capability to see.

Just start small with easy short trips and build up from there is my advice. You'l pick up travel sense on the way making you a bit more confident with each subsequent trip. Don't start out with something really complex and fret about it - you won't enjoy yourself at all.

>>1183937
Try reading the artoftravel site linked in the sticky. I'm not sure how much of it will apply to you but it helped me get over a lot of my anxiety, partially because it gives good advice on how to prepare.

>>1183695
What area you staying in?

You should avoid going to LA

>>1183717
Santa Monica/ Beach area

>>1183365
go to Nantucket and get some saudaire

Portland is sweet.

>>1183365
Besides the obvious in Massachusetts (Boston, Cape Cod, etc.) check out the Berkshires -- Great Barrington is a nice little city and the nature out there is the best in the state.

Maine has Portland, Acadia, and Baxter State Park

New Hampshire has the White Mountains and Vermont has nice nature and little towns, but no major parks that I would really recommend.

Interests? Objectives?

Dont mention British Isles in Ireland, its an autistic thing to say and will trigger people.

In terms of scenery the west is the best, in particular Kerry and Galway.

>>1183249
The primary goal was to stay in London with some friends, but I thought I'd travel around the Isles since I'm into Celtic culture and shit.

Interests? Like I said, I'm a fan of the culture and the history, but I'm also down for nature spots, like forests or hiking trails.

>>1183256
I'm not teaching geography there, so I don't intend on using the phrase often.

I've heard Galway is really good, I was considering staying there for a bit. Are there some good cultural/historic spots around the area?

>>1183234
>arrive there, locate the next atm
>insert your credit card
>withdraw $300-500 worth of the local currency
>pay a $2-5 transaction fee per withdraw
>that rate is still way better than any bank or exchange will offer you.
>problem solved.

pro tip: Most banks offer a traveler card with 0 foreign transaction fees, just ask them.

>>1183234
>My credit cards all have 1-3% foreign transaction fees
So just get a card with no fees.

>>1183238
This. Get some cash from the bank if you want a little money on hand when you arrive. Find an ATM preferably inside a bank. You'll likely pay a transaction free to the bank that runs the ATM (small fee) and whatever your bank charges you ($5 or 1% depending). Normally get the exact exchange rate though I did get fucked by getting money from my buddies ATM withdrawal and it was a crappy rate somehow.
>>1183239
Good luck with that.

>>1182974
I assume your day in Nagano will be to see the monkeys at Jigokudani?

At any rate it doesn't seem like a bad set up.

>>1182976

Baller. What do you recommend doing in Fukushima? I'm pretty much only going there for the foxes, and I can't find any info about the Yellow Fall, and whether or not it will be frozen over when I arrive.

>>1182982
Its recommended to stop trying to be edgy. Japanese people with family and reasons to go there obviously find Fukushima safe enough to visit, but the entire rest of the country avoids the area and all the food from there for a reason. There was no reason to go there before the incident and theres a massive reason to not go there now.