Meeting people
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I just moved from the US to a 2nd-tier French city for work. I moved into a town where I don't know anyone, and I don't speak any French.
How does /trv/ meet people when dropping into a new place completely foreign and completely alone? Or is this just the traveling lifestyle? I won't have the advantage of a hostel social scene since I'm actually living here and not just passing through.
>>1107409
Nice picture. Very comfy.
Can't actually help you.
Maybe try a social media app? You could meet people who speak English to show you around and introduce you to more people.
Why are you moving to that city? Work? Study? Other reason?
If it's work or study, you'll inevitably meet with people regularly, unless you're a freelancer or studying online.
>>1107424
Coming from the US, only social media app used for meeting strangers is Tinder. Could give it a shot, just need to hide it from the GF. Any popular social media apps for Europe?
>>1107429
Moved for work. The field office I am working out of is very small - only a handful of people - and they're all much older. Not the type of people I would normally hang out with.
>>1107409
try couch surfing, they do meet ups in most cities where people from all over meet up. even if you've never couch surfed or hosted someone, just go and say nice things about couch surfing and you'll meet people.
Tinder/badoo/whatever the local dating app is.
>>1107409
the city you're at is a nice and friendly place.
best thing to do is 'to loose' in the city,
go out at some cafe, talk to locals or students,
French (non Parisien) are not assholes
Hey /trv/, I'll do my first alone travel ever tomorrow. A guy and a girl wrote me on couchsurfing that they like to meet up. I'd like to meet them just to explore the city together or go partying, but I don't know what my gf would think about it, as it appears weird traveling without her and meeting girls - especially, if the girl has "sex" written in their "interests" section. I would just like to meet her, because she is nice (without any sexual thoughts). What would you guys do, tell my gf that I'll probably meet a foreign girl or just meet up without telling? Also, she would ask how I came to know her and would see her couchsurfing profile then.
Damn, this sounds dumb af. But please give me advice.
>>1107609
By travelling you just mean visiting the city right? Well, we don't know your girlfriend so it's hard to tell. Do you live together? If so, you won't be able to hide the fact that you're gonna be home late anyway, so it might be more clever to simply be honest. Tell her you want to socialise because you're sick of knowing no one and you met those two people through couchsurfing. Did you inform her of the fact that you made a profile on this website? It depends if you want her to join in or not; because she might want to.
>>1107628
Yeah, it's more like a city trip for a couple of days. As I say, I'll be going alone, because my gf doesn't have time for that atm. We don't live together and she knows that I'm on couchsurfing.
>>1107409
The French are all assholes and will make little effort to accomodate your lack of skill in the French language.
Enjoy your stay, mon amie
>>1107634
Well then there's no problem I guess, she probably expects you to go and meet people on your own.
Pardon madam, vous le vous dance avec moi?
I can pronounce it subpar even if that spelling is shit, but "excuse me do you want to dance?". Then develop killer dance moves and be known as 'That dancing American'.
Couchsurfing was very active back when I lived in France. Theres also OVS, onvasortir.com, people meet up for social events, most are pretty interesting. You should also look for language exchange groups. You go to a bar with a bunch of frenchies trying to practice english, and there will surely be some other english-speaking expats, you just chit-chat over a beer and make friends.
In LA where I'm from there are a bunch of ethnic enclaves like Chinatown, Little Armenia, Little Ethiopia, Koreatown, Thai town, Little Tokyo, and East Los Angeles which is effectively Mexico.
How come there aren't any America-towns in foreign cities?
>>1107409
>Musée des Augustins
Is that Toulouse ? I live here
>>1107609
You started writing about a couple but the later part of your post only considers the girl
>she is nice
>meet a foreign girl instead of a foreign couple
>her couchsurfing profile instead of their couchsurfing profile
Just be open and say you wanna fuck her. That's what you want to do anyway.
>>1107409
I'm in the same situation as you, sort of. I moved to a German city not too long ago but I don't actually start working/studying for a couple months. I don't know a single person here and I feel completely alone. Other than Tinder, what can I do to meet people? Don't expect me to just approach someone on the streets and say, "will you be my friend?" because we all know that'll never work.
I've been (and still am) in OP's situation for about 7 years, and all I do for socializing is what this guy
>>1107719
said.
Couchsurgifng is not as active as it used to be but still good. Just one important note: look at events at CS; hosting/surfing is actually irrelevant.
Others do sport clubs and dancing clubs and find them very useful.
On the other hand, dating apps /websites are going to shit even for dating, not to mention just socializing
>>1108121
>How come there aren't any America-towns in foreign cities?
Because it's by and large still a country people emigrate to, not from. I doubt that'll change.
>>1107409
What are your interests?
I like volleyball, so I went online found a group who plays volleyball twice a week, sendt them a text and I was inn. It's not that hard.
If you don't have any interests, get some.
>>1107672
This is exactly why i love the French.
Just duck into the nearest mosque and ask them to hook an American brother up.
>>1107409
>I don't speak any French
Then enroll in a French language course and you will meet lots of people in the same situation that you are in.
>>1108247
meet people from 4chan? lol
