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If you want to get beyond Austin (which is nice) you'll need cash or car. You can pay for direct flights to LA, Chicago, NYC and Miami. You can drive to New Orleans, AZ/Grand Canyon, and farther to Las Vegas or the Mark Twain areas according to your interests. The economics are going to be weird so I suggest you make as many friends as possible.

If you want to backpack in the /trv/ manner as an American would on Eurorail you can do that airplanes. However, if you want to experience the AMERICA and our national legend, you'll need a car. This is going to be terribly inconvenient and expensive. For the miles you'd drive renting would not be economical. You'd want something reliable so buying would tie up too much capital - you'd have to lease. At that point you'll be looking for car insurance with a non-US license so premiums are 2-3x. You're going to have to get a spreadsheet and plan some speculative trips and decide if driving school and a US license make sense. If you can fill a car with American and just pay gas / drive on highways with few police then you'll be much better off.

Also, for you, frats are a means to an end. If you aren't autistic, speak RP, and are heterosexual befriending a frat will open doors for you. I don't really understand the mechanics of frats. Their dominance correlates with university size and popularity of the school's sports teams. It's an artifact of the retarded (and largely non-public) funding of (even public) US universities. For you Eurofags keep in mind that our school own minor league sports franchises (?!?!) and regularly have budget catastrophes that increase tuition by 25% over ~3 years (?!?). But if you aren't a douche and can bring 2 females with you to any given party (due to accent) then I'm sure somebody will befriend you.

>>1063794
i am a student, i don't even have a car back home, getting a car is totally infeasible, i guess i'll just have to make friends with someone with a car

having said that, my accomodation has free food, so i might have a shitload of extra cash

>>1063796
How big are your balls and what is the degree impact of the classes you'd be taking in the US? Our professors typically seek to minimize student interaction so if you pick your classes properly you can spend several weeks on Greyhound or similar buses.

Isn't the idea that you keep it hidden inside your clothes?

>>1063734
Yeah, OP is a faggot that doesn't read instructions.

>>1063740
You me I'm not supposed to throw it over my shoulder and go about my day?

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I know Austin, TX has one too

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Seaside, OR

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Chapel Hill, NC

>>1063176
Camping areas. Hostels typically have communal kitchens to use

>>1063176
Don't bring a stove if you're going from hostel to hostel. If you plan on camping then bring one.

>>1063176

be careful with german hostels, most of them are pretty old/ haven't been renovated in a long time and many usually don't have communal kitchens so always check for that online. i'm a german geology student so i've seen quite a lot of hostels here on my field trips though most of them were more in the country side.

Yeah.
If the hotel and everything else is already paid for, 200 Euros should be enough.

Except you plan on doing cocaine and hookers of course.

>>1063079
i wish i had 200 euros to burn in two days. if you can use it wisely that is a lot of money

>>1063101
I don't have a place to stay yet, just coaches there and back. I assume a hostel will be ~£15/night.

I've never been to Paris before, I just want to have a look around, soak up the ambiance, practice my French and get drunk with locals in the evenings.

>>1062384
I forgot to mention that I can read and write Russian, but I only know some basics. I'll also be accompanied by a native Russian speaker.

>>1062384

You'll have no problems especially for those 2 cities. They're full of tourists and nobody will care where you come from as long as you have a VISA and you're polite

>>1062393
So what seems to be the officer, problem?

when are you going to be in Berlin?

I'm going to be in Berlin for NY if you/anyone wants to get a beer. I've only been to Berlin for a weekend once before so I'm no expert. I went pretty hard that weekend so I only know a couple clubs.

Would've done it, but I'm in Israel from the 30th.

There are plenty of museums in Berlin. You could go to the Historic Museum which is right "Unter den Linden" near the Cathedral. Also if you are interested in GDR-History you should visit "Stasigefängnis Hohenschönhausen" or the "Stasi-Headquarters" in Lichtenberg. For Grafitti you could just wander around a bit or take the U1. That line is elevated, so you can look outside.

>>1062090
Just go to Ulpam here. I caught Hebrew here and learned English here. I am from Russia. Also, livd in Jerusalem <3

>>1062882
Live* yes, do it!

>>1062090
Yes fo Work had to learn Japanese for a DuPont owned company in Nagoya had just about 11 months to get business proficient. My company paid for classes and I went six days a week for two hours. Wouldn't say I reached my goal but close enough the rest I picked up on the job and with my now wife

>>1061821
i´m from colombia but i think you should go to ecuador, its better for your plans

Ecuador is a bit off-putting for me though only for the fact that they use USD and I only have week Canadian pesos. Is it still cheap ?

I would advise Chile or Argentina, maybe Ecuador, mostly because they are pretty safe countries in SA, and because I had a great experience when I visited Chile and Argentina.

The lack of legal jargon in that email makes me think the guy just got a different email address and is just trying to harrass you and your gf. I wouldn't sweat it unless actual summons appeared at your job or home.

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(Here is a screenshot of the second e-mail mentioned - the author does not seem to be one to give up easily)

Thanks! He's a Greek architect (though he studied and worked in London for a number of years), so he may not know the legal jargon, but given that the original review appeared over 3 months ago, he seems unrelenting...

>Do you have jobs?
Yes
>How do you take so much time off?
Had a lot of time stored up, but even if not, most European countries guarantee ~20 days paid leave. I took my leave during "off-easons" in mid-October, usually a lot of people can't be off at the same time, but I was alone in my office that wanted leave, so it was p. easy

>Is there any countries I can live and work in without spending a year filling out paperwork and stuff like that.

You mean ARE there. There might be some, but you wouldn't want to live & work in such a place. Not a proper, full time and legal job anyway. Plus language barriers. A lot of North America & Europe is English-speaking, but for employment you need a flawless second and third language.

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>I've wanted to travel my entire life and never got the chance. I'm seriously confused how you all do it.

Even though I have zero proof to back this claim, I would hazard to guess that /trv/ has one of the highest average age of all the boards.

I see a lot of people around age 18-20 posting here about WANTING to travel far more than really any other age (Note that I said WANTING to travel). I think what needs to be understood by those wanting to travel is that you (generally) need a bit of a foundation at home. Unless you have rich parents, you're going to need a job and generally the best paying jobs are those where a college degree is necessary.

How old are you OP? Just curious, not going to make you the butt of a joke.

>Do you have jobs? How do you take so much time off? I'd really love to see some more of the world before I die, but I'm starting to feel like that will never happen.

Yes, I'm a primary teacher (Australia) so I have 2 weeks off between school terms, as well as about 1/2 of December and 3/4 of January, give or take a week or two.

Teachers, at the very least in Australia, are heavily unionised and are quite well paid (60k starter with 2k each year, going up the ladder to 100,000 isn't too difficult if you play your cards right and are a half-way decent teacher).

I won't disclose my salary but it allows me to save and take a holiday each year with the time I get off in December/January.

It can happen OP, get a job, save and then take a bit of time off; nothing wrong with that.

>Is there any countries I can live and work in without spending a year filling out paperwork and stuff like that.

No, countries usually aren't interested in letting those without a paper trail to freely wander and work in their nation (legally).

>How old are you OP?

I'm a 28 year old, untraveled depressed loser.

>>1063419
Been to Morocco and Tunisia for quite some times.

Honestly, Morocco is better for culture than Tunisia, unless you want to see some dunes or local roman ruins (which can be found in Morocco too, but I just didn't see them there)

Tunisia is on the Mediterranean, so water is better there if you enjoy seebathing.

Lebanon seems like a cool place, haven't been there though. Keep in mind that it's not muslim like Tunisia/Morocco, as there's a large group of christians

>>1063419
Travel is overrated, Anon. Stay home

>>1063419
These sort of promos are targeting people who travel for a week or two per year and spend $5-10,000 on that week. They get the stereotypical "riding the elephant" Thailand experience or "camel ride and turban tying" India or "swimming with the dolphins Cuba" kinda deal.

Since they don't know any better they think this is something the locals do as well. People are very naive. I was recently sitting next to a couple on the plane who were talking about their travel plans which included going to Asia and the girl kept saying how her dream was to ride an elephant there.

I don't think there are many folks who are into that sort of travel here.

Denver, Colorado

Quebec City, Quebec, buuuuuut snow stays there for over 6 months as well. Canada is cold as fuck I tells ya

>>1062404
I'd considered denver but from what i know its wild temperature swings make it so that night snow usually melts the next day, which makes it kind of pointless. still that's a good guess.

>>1062405
wow i didn't know quebec city was so quaint, really beautiful. still that canadian winter tho

I don't know why Amsterdam is popular for first-time tourists.

It's pretty boring.

Dutchie here.

Go outside of Amsterdam if you have the chance. Other cities around like Utrecht.

Amsterdam is not that interesting outside the museums in my opinion.

>>1060339
Take the free ferries to north amsterdam

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Toronto graffiti. Apparently this had been a bear just a few weeks earlier.

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Slab City, California

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Vietnam