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>>1119703
Lived my whole life in the orange.

If you're a naturefag, go to Yosemite and Grand Sequoia in the central eastern part hugging Nevada. Camp for a few days and hike around.

If you like popculture and urban stuff, obviously LA and SF. Sacramento is cool for a day trip because of the old western theme. Also San Diego has some cool shit like an aircraft carrier and a good zoo. Plus you can go 45 minutes south and check out the shit hole that is Tijuana and the border.

Northern California (past SF) is Oregon-Lite and kind of redneck iirc. Lots of trees and flat land.

I'd recommend coming to the Central Coast (orange) if you want to experience the beach scene or whatever. Santa Barbara and Pismo have good beaches with large college populations (college girls + the beach is always good) plus there's a small nude beach by Pismo :^). This area is called wine country as well, so if you're 21+ and into that, there ya go.

Enjoy

>>1119839
That's nice, the college I'm going to is in Orange County. How much would it cost to get to Yosemite from there? Also, how much money should I bring and are domestic flights the best way to get around even within state boundaries?

>>1119898
Since I'm right in the middle of the coast, I tend to just drive wherever. However, since you're so far south it'd probably take 8-10 hours to drive to Yosemite. Really anything travel over 7 hours to drive is best just flown. But it really depends on your preferences (if your time is limited, fly. If not, drive. But the San Joaquin valley is boring af so be prepared). You'll be next to LAX and I can't imagine tickets for intrastate travel being over $200.

Also, if you make any friends, a road trip up the coast from LA-SF would probably be a good way to see a lot of the state, though i've never done this.

>>1119599
>Hello /trv/
Bonjour!

>1. Do locals mind speaking English? or do they treat it the same way people in France treat English speakers?

In Montreal, you will experience no language barriers unless you are way out in the suburbs. Outside of Montreal, it's expected that you make some sort of effort to speak French, in smaller towns you will be stonewalled if your French isn't fluent. So as long as you stay in town, you'll be alright.

>2. What are must-see attractions /trv/ recommends?

Foufones electrique. Tam-tam. Any strip club.

>3. What are important norms to keep in mind? (e.g. talking on public transport, general manners etc.)

Always tip 15%, 20% if the service is good. You can't smoke indoors. Don't talk bad about the church, people are very Catholic. Walk left, stand right on the escalators. They love a little ass kissing about their culture. Pretend you give a shit about hockey.

People are pretty carefree tee bee aich, really anything goes and you have to be deliberately offensive to piss anyone off.

>>1119599
i thought that was celine dion

>>1119599
I speak French so I've never experienced 'rude' Quebeckers until I went out with my Anglo friends. It's true sometimes you'll be treated differently. Not so much rude but maybe just... not friendly.

If you're from the states you're fine. It's the Ontarians they dislike. Hard to tell the difference.

>>1119569
Pretty sure Canada won't care but good luck getting back into the US.

>>1119570
in my experience, canadian border police were more strict than the americans. the canadians made us get out of the car so they could search and the americans were super lax.

could be because quebecois are assholes

>>1119570
comfirmed for know shit. Canada customs are professional tier, and don't fuck about.

Don't post in the Japan general or anything

>>1119202
Japan general is just a bunch of ignorant weaboos so really if you want good info or civil discussion you shouldnt go there. Ever.

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My specialty is amusement parks, so here are my tips for Tokyo on that topic:

Tokyo Disney Resort: per hardcore theme park fans who travel the world just to ride rides (yes, these freaks of nature exist), the two theme parks in Tokyo Disney are the Holy Grail of theme parks.

Tokyo Dome City: baseball stadium complex flanked by amusement zones. One of them has Thunder Dolphin, the biggest roller coaster in the Tokyo area, which rides along and dips over the tops of skyscrapers.

Sega Joypolis: giant arcade with one ride that is part arcade game, part looping roller coaster (an actual roller coaster, not a simulation).

Hanayashiki: oldest amusement park in Japan (dates back to being a flower garden in the mid-1800s). It also has the oldest roller coaster in the country, which dates back to the 1950s. It's a very small park, though, so don't plan your whole day around it.

There are a couple of other decent parks in and around Tokyo, but these are the most notable ones.

>>1119190
I don't get why anyone would want to goto France

Spain is really surprising to me. In fact, I don't believe it. Even though it is a great country.

>>1119208
Why is Spain Surprising? It is basically the S. America/Caribbean of Europe. Everyone goes there for beaches and cheap resort vacations. Ibiza, Andalucia, Barcelona, Madrid. These places are full of tourists. Have you been to Spain?

>>1119133
Edinburgh requires at least two days, though most of the rest can be done in a day or even half a day. It really depends what kind of pace you want togo, if you want to take a few extra days to just relax in nice places then maybe stay an extra day in York and Bath

How are you travelling? Be aware that the trains are very expensive, and slow if you're going off the beaten track.

>>1119139
Thanks for the advice. Everything you said sounds about right to me.

I haven't really decided yet, but I was thinking about taking the bus. I know it'll probably take quite a long time travelling from place to place, but I imagine it's quite a bit cheaper. Do you agree or should I try some other means of transportation?

Oh, and also -- if I had to choose between Oxford and Cambridge, which is more worth seeing?

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>>1118972

1/2

Not really sure what's up with mine. It doesn't include MANY of the places I've visited. For example, I lived in Delhi and it doesn't show very many checkins, even though I had data and frequently used Google products. Literally no history for cities like Srinagar, Belgrade, Kolkata, Bangkok, et cetera.

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>>1118977

2/2

It also doesn't show any of the road trip I just took. Does this only work if you're using an Android device?

>>1118981
I think your device needs to be signed in to your Google account, have location tracking turned on (the default), and probably needs location/GPS enabled as well? My wife has always had an iPhone and her history is there.

Mine is missing a handful of places too, so I'm not sure what any other requirements may be

>>1118970
It's not high-brow or demanding work. But if you're outgoing, you can have fun whenever you like.

>>1118973
did you already do this? mind sharing some stories?

>>1118974
I found her standing in the doorway. Cute little thing, about 5'5" and 120 pounds. Red hair.

We ended up in a hostel private room that wasn't booked for that night. Only problem was she was autistic and her handler was looking for her the whole time.

Knew how to rub a chub though. Good for her.

>>1118820
National parks. Santa Fe is touristy as hell.

>>1118820
>Truth or Consequences
What is wrong with these people.

>>1118922
Radioshow stuff. Some kind of contest.

Santa Fe is shit, fake. Unless you are an old person you won't like it.

>>1118673
Well there's Vancouver, which is near the US

why are there no asian cities in the us?
what's your criteria?
there's new york, which has similar population density but i still don't know what you mean

New York, LA, Boston, Miami

Things to think of.
If you are a police officer they may require you to live in the city you serve, the city I live in in us requires this, though there are ways around it.
Also Canada is much safer with less violence possibly why they make less money. Also have you thought about competition? I didn't think it was that easy to just get a police position in a large city, but if you are qualified then go for it. Also, the Bay Area/San Jose have many many towns and suburbs, Mayb keep checking the job postings/city websites of all of them as well.

>>1118606
Thanks for your input. Yes, obviously Toronto is safer than San Jose. I chose San Jose because its one of the highest paying cities in California beside the other factors.

>>1118609
And they're willing to pay more for another cop cause its probably a shitty area with too much violence and not enough ppl are applying

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>>1118371
>favorite place in the world
Lower Blue Ridge Mountain range, from north GA, through east TN and west NC, up to about middle VA
>where you would like to live
Same (seems like an obvious answer following the first question), specifically east NC near Asheville
>where you would like to vacation
The Swiss Alps
>where u would like to explore
Same? We'll go with the northern Rockies, though, for variety
>where you would like to hang out
German cities seem cool. I'm going to Germany for 10 days at the end of June. Leipzig, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt. Should be cool.

>>1118371
Western Santa Catarina (southern Brazil).
Such great people, town-like cities, mild cold weather, blonde girls, beta guys.

Now I live in a place full of smelly native indians, women here are waay uglier than south


>Where I'd like to explore
I dunno why, but that fucking chinese desert on Tibet seems interesting and unexplored enough

I would like to travel to the UK, London probably, but am really put off with the whole immigrant situation.

Venice is one of those entry-level places and it's great. So yea, go there.

If you have a bit more time, check out tickets to Milano. Not much to see tehre but it's cheaper to fly into and you can see Verona on your way to Venice.

On the way to Bled also check out Triest and Koper - they are next to each other.

train and bus tickets - a few days in advance. WIth some cheap bus companies it's worth checking a few weeks in advance .

Also check blablacar for car sharing. It's very popular in Europe. Most rides appear just a few days in advance though

For planning ground transportation you can use
rome2rio.com

and relax, it's all easy

Fist off, thank you so much for the reply, I'll check out the sites and the cities. Trieste and koper sound like a solid midway destination, but as for milano from what I see it doesn't matter as much if I fly there or Venice, will look more into it.

>>1118143
As a first time traveler, a paranoid one at that, you should go ahead and book all the transport, if not all your accommodation. It'll help you to relax about it all hanging over you. Summer is THE time to be a tourist in these major cities as every school kid is out of school, so expect it to be hot and annoyingly hot with high prices and high occupancy and crowds. I wouldn't go to Rome or Venice in the summer (but you could).

Is price an issue or just going to hit off your biggest favorite dreams on the way? Slovenia might be most easily accessible by train from a 10day Prague-Vienna-Budapest trip idea. You might also like a cruise that dumps you in Split and book inland from there as well.

>>1117713

Don't quit your jobs until you've got another job lined up (or a place at a university for your bachelors).

Have you actually been to Japan yet? Why not travel there first and figure out if the country is the way you expected it to be.

>>1117713
>*Join the navy/military and hope to get stationed in japan. If not, they'll pay for your 4 year bachelor's degree when you get out
You could try this. Seems kinda like a waste of the past 2 years though. Maybe if you took a vacation there with the money then joined the military after you knew for sure you were making the right choice?

>*Move out of America and go somewhere else to get a bachelor's degree. A bachelor's degree is a requirement for Japan work visa's and the only workaround is marriage or 10 year work experience
Why not in America?

>*Get married to someone in Japan. This is the only workaround to the bachelor's degree requirement that I know about
Come on now.

>*Get a student visa and acquire your student loan in Japan. What could possibly go wrong?
Do you speak Japanese?

>>1117720
>Why not travel there first

I was saving up for a 14 day trip.

However. Do you think I will go to japan for 14 days, spend $3000, come back, and say "Holy crap that was awesome and totally worth 2 years of suffering. Now let's do 2 more years of suffering to make our 5k back"

Probably not. I'll probably be exhausted, give up my dream, and buy a car and settle down. Right now, this might actually be a "once in a lifetime chance" to reach my dream for real. I have to double down on it while I can.

>>1117730
>Why not in America?

Let's see...a bachelor's degree in Germany costs $0. And a bachelor's degree in America costs $300,000 and enslaves you for the rest of your life.

Hmmmm. I think it's an easy choice. Go to the country with an actual affordable education.

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>>1117291
- I'd spend less time in England on this trip, London'll be enough
- Paris is largely an Arab/Gipsy tourist trap these days, just saying. (I seriously thought I woke up in Kabul last time I got off the bus in Montmartre)
- Skip Luxembourgh, nothing to see there
- For the love of god skip Brussels, any Belgian will concur, have Antwerp as your base instead, and see Bruges and Ghent, and the coast from there
- Amsterdam is fun, go to Haarlem or up north in the province to see something else of Holland, 4 days may be too long, given everything else you wanna see, but the Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht aren't interesting to a foreign tourist imo
- Köln/Aachen/Rhine isn't the most interesting to see on such a tour, just saying
- Don't skip the Atlantic coast, in France, Spain or Portugal would be good
- 8 days in Switzerland might be a bit long, and expensive
- Slovenia is beautiful, but a bit of an odd egg in your list
- Bratislava?
- I don't go nowhere near Turkey, given the political situation right now.. Greece is very much affected by the refugee and economic crisis as well.
- I'd strongly recommend Spain, Mediteranean France and Portugal for a first European experience over places like Bosnia, Albania and Greece

Also, your route is indeed a bit weird. What transportation will you be using?

And don't forget to see the beautiful European nature and landscape, it's more than just big, old cities.

Source: Dutchfag who's been around Europe for quite a bit

Dublin is a good starting point and 2-3 days are okay. And in general there is nothing wrong with the places you want to visit. But you make the same mistake as most "first trip to Europe" guys. You rush it.
You want to spend 2 days "in a region". Sounds good. But you will end up spending one day to arrive and one day to depart and have no day left to actually see something. So better slow down a bit and at cut half of your targets from your list. Or more.
Think about your priorities. Where do you really want to go? What is essential? What is just nice to have?


If you travel by train it's smart to include at least one scenic route.
http://www.eurail.com/europe-by-train/scenic-trains
This way you can enjoy beautiful landscape while travelling.