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What are some East Coast/West Coast stereotypes?
West is chill. Oregon is fit and outdoorsy. Washington is super hipster. Northern Cali is more chill/less superficial. Southern Cali is faster paced.
East coast is all about time in the bigger cities. Machismo is a bigger deal. Jersey has the bros. Massachusetts and around have the grungy fishermen/blue collar workers.
East Coast: Arrogant and rude
West Coast: Smug and liberal
East: Cocky Assholes
West: Smug Assholes
Is Albania and Bosnia a good place for a summer trip ? I went to Serbia and Slovenia last year and liked them both a lot.
Slovenia is amazing! Bosnia is supposed to be quite good too. But why not combine it with Croatia?
I'd avoid Albania like the fucking plague.
Slovenia is the best country in the world.
>>1074005
>But why not combine it with Croatia?
Too many tourists.
Albania seems very intriguing.
>>1074008
In Istria and Split you'd be right. But I thought it wasn't too bad in Zadar and along the south-western shore.
Hey anons. I have never been out of the United States and this summer I am going to the land down under. Specifically, Melbourne, Victoria.
Any advice on how to do this with a budget in mind?
Any tips on how to travel more cheaply?
Been looking into hostels.. but I have a bit of social anxiety.
Thanks/trv/.
Melbournian here. I can't give much advice on travel seeing as I've never needed to stay in a hotel or anything, but I'm happy to answer any other questions you might have.
>>1071880
Honestly the only bad thing about Australia is Australians. Incredible nature, breathtaking scenery, incredible beaches and big beautiful clear skies. What will amaze and astound you, they consider pests. If you like wildlife prepare to have your mind blown.
The people however are unfathomably stupid, violently aggressive, boneheadedly arrogant, and thick as all get out. You'll have an incredibly difficult time to find anyone who can speak or reason beyond a third grade level. Add some ridiculous slang...
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>>1071983
Melbourne guy here. You basically summed up what I hate about my own country, which amuses me because I can list the same sort of obnoxious shit about other countries.
Melbourne is a lot better than any of the other major cities for this reason, a lot less bogans if you stay away from the shitty suburbs.
Hi,
I'm looking at maybe becoming a language assistant in Spain with the British Council at some point in the next few years, one of those jobs where you get like 800 euros or so for 12 hours a week work.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Is it fairly easy to get onto? I'm self taught and don't have any Spanish qualifications, will this hold me back? I'm okay at the language, will be a year or two before I apply anyway so I have time to improve.
It looks like a lot of fun and I've got some money saved up so if anyone has...
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>>1074027
800 euros a month that is
Have a week off in October lads and I wouldn't mind getting away for a bit. Is there any point in even trying to visit more than one or two cities? Any highly concentrated areas in Europe where there is plenty to see in such a short time? I'm thinking maybe Netherlands or Germany
>>1073895
If you stay in The Netherlands or Belgium, you can easily go to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Brugge, Ghent, Antwerp or Brussels. They're all well-connected by public transport and the distances are quite short. So take your pick. You could even do a city a day, but then you'd definitely miss a lot.
An alternative would be seeing Vienna and Bratislava or maybe Vienna and Budapest.
Ljubljana and Zagreb is also an option.
Munich and Salzberg can be done as well.
That's all...
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>>1073923
Sounds good. I'm not really tempted by Belgium 2bh, leaning more towards Central Europe. What's the party scene like in Vienna? I like the sound of Bratislava and Budapest but I don't know much about Vienna. I do know it's a beautiful city though so it will certainly be on the shortlist. Would Prague-Vienna-Bratislava sound like a viable trip? Or Vienna-Bratislava-Budapest? I also like the sound of Krakow.
>>1073939
I wouldn't discard Belgium. Brugge, Ghent, Brussels and Antwerp are very nice and Belgium quite simply has the best beer in the world.
I've only been to Vienna by day, so I don't know the party scene. I was staying in Bratislava and from there Vienna is just an hou by train. So we took a day trip. Bratislava does have a nice party scene, and Budapest an even better one. Cheap as well.
I spent some time in Krakow last summer. Great place!
Alright /trv/ lads. Planning going on a lads vacation to Burgas in may 2016. Could anyone here please describe how the weather, nightlife etc is there usually around that time ?! Anymore things we need to consider before booking the tickets. Any help or advice is appreciated.
Bulgarian here, not much experience with our sea side cuz' I consider it grossly overpriced and tourist-ridden. This is how I'd put things.
>Partying and beaches at: Burgas, Slanchev Bryag (Sunny Beach) and Pomorie.
These are meme party locations though, shit music (chalga), easy girls and what have you. You can clearly bonk off to the city to find a club with alternative music, but the beachfront is shit.
>Laid back at Sveti Vlas
>Sight-seeing in Nesebar and Sozopol
Good...
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Recently CS has made many changes that I think are for the worse. For starters is the recent update to the reference system, which took away the old system of Positive, Neutral and Negative. Under the old system References were clear, straightforward, organized into what I consider an almost universally understandable language, i.e. Green means go, good, positive and everything is alright, Grey means neutral, Red means STOP, Attention, warning, caution and negative. I think we can all agree that pretty much anyone could understand that. So why remove that? Not only was it intuitive,...
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I'm not sure /trv/ is a great place to try and enlist a more-or-less personal army for a great crusade to save couch surfing. If for no other reason, there are so few users here.
But to discuss things, what have they replaced the old color code with? Something that will be fine once you get used to it?
Also, what's your stake in this? You seem pretty intense about something that seems a minor matter.
>save our community
Our community is /trv/ -- whether or not it needs saving would be a topic for a different...
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>>1073941
Well if you use CS it's a pretty big deal. The changes they made basically made it, so no one can leave negative feedback anymore, so basically now the only way you can tell if someone had a bad experience is to read every single reference they have.
Gf and I won a cruise. Cruise goes from barcelona, cartegena, gibraltr, genoa, florence, rome. Get 1 day in each. We have to pay for "excursions", we are not sure what to do in each city or if we should just go it alone and not be part of a tour group. We don't have any experience with cruises. Its this july, the height of EU tourist season I assume... Are the excursions worth it? Any other cruise tips?
I've found it possible to book "excursions" based on what I want to see and do, rather than on what the ship thinks many people will want to see and do, online a few weeks ut, rather than go through the ship's purser, notably cheaper. Sometimes I have discovered it is the same tour, they pick up the group on the ship that paid too much, then pick me up a block or two away.
And, of course, doing your research and just doing your own thing in port is fine.
The sole real advantage of booking through the ship is that they guarantee to get you back...
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Hey /trv/ im going to Marseilles for a month this July as a part of my University's study abroad program. Got any tips/suggestions for me?
>>1073668
criminal as fuck!
after u get past that it's nice esp. in july - try to go around the city as it's not the best bit
Avignon, Apt, Lacoste, Aix, St Tropez etc
but great parties in marseille - mama shelter is nice, cool and affordable
>>1073668
Well yeah you'll see a lot of blacks/arabs and the city has a reputation for crimes but it's like pretty much everywhere just don't go in the bad parts and be smart. Do you speak French ?
As for the things to see in Marseille, the port, the old town, the cathedral and the basilica, eating the famous "bouillabaisse" (sort of fish soup), and other stuff but I've been there once only
Then you have the whole Provence region around which you should 100% check out. There's the Calanques...
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>>1073715
Can /trv/ recommend me some fun stuff to do in Budapest?
I just watched Rick Steves' episode on Budapest and it looks like a beautiful city with amazing buildings, but I was really only interested in two things; the House of Terror museum and statue park.
What else is there to do in Budapest? I'm 24 years old and I will travel there with my girlfriend during July. She is not interested in nightlife stuff such as clubbing or drinking at all.
Maybe we should go somewhere else?
>>1073506
Maybe throw in Prague and Krakow? I am 26 and my wife and myself just visited Prague and Krakow for a week, it was the perfect amount of time for those two cities, we wanted to get to budapest however time constraints would not allow. I am pretty sure I saw a train in the station that went from Krakow>Prague>Budapest. Even if it didnt I am sure it would be simple to organize.
>I should mention neither of us are into the Clubbing/bar scene either, mostly just old shit
i should save my bp recommendations once.
to do list if you end up going:
go to a spa (széchenyi is the biggest, veli bej is the coziest)
get rose-shaped ice cream at basilica
lunch at a market hall (any market hall except the main market hall, which would be a full-on tourist trap if it wasn't for the nice architecture. hold utcai market hall maybe?)
it's just a social place in general, so even during the day you'll find plenty of nice cafés, tea houses, you name it, places where you don't have to consume alcohol. oh and in july they...
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im giving up on the neet dream to go teach english in medellin colombia next month
is this a good idea?
>>1072301
Yes, yes it is. Do you have everything in order already? Degree? Job offer? Some starting money so you don't die poor in the first few weeks there? Know at least a little Spanish?
Good luck m8. The only thing worse than not having a job is having a job but everything is better than the neet life.
>>1072307
>Degree?
yes
Job offer?
yes
Some starting money so you don't die poor in the first few weeks there?
a little bit
Know at least a little Spanish?
no
>>1072311
Start studying Spanish before you leave. Good luck and have fun.
![Malta[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/rvmFq5l.jpg "Malta[1].jpg")
Hi /trv/ first post here
I'm going malta in the coming summer for 2 months (abroad internship).
I just want to ask if you got some wisdom for me.
>>1072157
what line of work?
>inb4 property,tourism or gambling
I did an internship last year with a real estate company and this year i worked at a hotel of one of the language schools ask me anything you'd want to know
>>1072173
by last year i mean 2014
and this year 2015
i guess i am still living in the past
>>1072173
somewhere around Hospital labratory shizz still haven't decided, I'm on a erasmus course
but yeah how much was your daily/weekly spending on food?
any nice places I can visit during my stay?( btw what's that place in your pic)
how are the people?
what did you dislike about it?
what was your favourite thing?
I plan on spending some time enjoying the argentine country side and getting a better grip on spanish in general (which I have a rudimentary understanding of from 4 years in high school) I'm still trying to decide a price point outside of plane tickets and basic daily expenses for food, shelter etc. I'm already getting travel insurance to help make me more eligigble to work on a farm and I'm leaving in july which I think may be a less popular time of year for WWOOF so I can get a better pick of farms. Outside of this I plan to spend a month and was wondering if...
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>>1073773
i'm sure you're aware, but spanish spoken in argentina is quite different from the spanish you were learning in school. just a heads up
So me and GF (both late 20s Americans) have been talking about doing an Australian WHV sometime this year, when I start reading shit like this:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-12/budget-working-holiday-visa/6464972
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-14/backpacker-tax-grab-hurts-rural-towns-and-farmers/6469910
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-15/backpackers-worried-about-working-holiday-visa-tax-change/6472118
TL,DR: visa holders are about to get fucked by getting taxed at 30+% and this has us reconsidering our options.
Straya had us thinking we'd...
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>>1072246
You got fucked when you were given that fake 50c coin
>>1072288
It's not fake. Pictured is a 1966 50cent piece, which was the first year decimal currency was issued. The 1966 50cent piece is 80% silver, and has an actual silver weight of 1/3 of a troy ounce. At current spot price that makes this particular coin worth 6-7AUD.
tl;dr OP did not get ripped off.
>>1072293
>It's not fake. Pictured is a 1966 50cent piece, which was the first year decimal currency was issued. The 1966 50cent piece is 80% silver, and has an actual silver weight of 1/3 of a troy ounce. At current spot price that makes this particular coin worth 6-7AUD
Damn, I was just going to say that it was a real coin and I used to have a few in a box in my cupboard. You've done your research.
>>1072246
>New...
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Sup /trv/, how does one up and away to the other end of the globe and start over? I'm talking about traveling to the Maldives and get a job in a beach bar, or move to Hong Kong and become an English teacher, that kind of stuff.
>>1072222
You could start by making money with those sweet quads of yours
Working holiday visa Australia
Working holiday visa New Zealand
>>1072222
You just fucking go, faggot.
Save just enough money for the flight and a couple weeks of food and a roof. You'll figure that shit out when you're there.
Don't be like the Germans with waiting to have kids; Waiting until they're 40 and out of 3 different universities with a "stable job" to finally decide now is the right time, only then to realize your newborn child is now autistic because of your gnarly ass old man sperm.
Pic related, even if it is a little cringy by the standards of this mongolian beekeeper's image board.
