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a few nice parks in the college area. thats all i can think of

Yeah, I'm not sure, OP. Though i will throw in a plug for durham, which I visit every two months or so to see friends. It's much smaller than raleigh but has a pretty good restaurant and bar scene, a well known minor league baseball team, the really pretty duke campus and gardens, good local music, and some other cool stuff I'm sure. Have a good trip wherever you go.

>>1128126
Museum in Raleigh has the only mounted Acrocanthosaurus skeleton n display anywhere in the world, if you are into that sort of thing.

They had gotten a grant to bid on acquiring Sue, the Tyrannosaurus now in the Field Museum, and got into a bidding war for that -- Field had deeper pockets, and there sat Raleigh with all this money and here comes somebody finding a decent and fairly complete Acro. Not as big as a T. rex, but still -- only one in the world.

>>1128088
The Spanish law provides you with a compulsory break of one day and a half per week minimum, or of 3 full days in each 14 days.
If you work more than 6 hours per day, you're entitled to a break of 15mn minimum.
You have at least 15mn to eat mid-day that counts in the work time.
There must be a break of 12 hours minimum between two working days.
You can not work more than 9 hours per day and 40 hours per week unless you agreed to it.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jornada_de_trabajo_en_Espa%C3%B1a#Descansos_durante_la_jornada_y_entre_jornadas
http://www.empleo.gob.es/es/Guia/texto/guia_6/contenidos/guia_6_14_1.htm

OP here. I wasn't being that specific, I don't have a contract or things like that. It was more of a "fuck you host" post.
Plus, I decided not to eat this evening and they didn't ask me if I wanted to.
That's rude but who cares I guess

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Nah dude I just left barcelona after 5 days and that was 4 days and 14 hours to long , there were 9 hours that a did enjoy and that was mainly the beach and the sigrada Familia. So don't feel bad. Just do you. Ps.live mas haha

>>1128034
backpack desu

>>1128034
Just get a 35L backpack and wash your 2 changes of clothes in the sink, you stupid faggot.

>>1128034
Fuck you retard. I'm not a backpacker. I go full /out/ on my travels, so I need something to put camping & fishing gear in for the flight.

Ah, you're heading to Peru! Wonderful place, nice views. Especially from the top of Machu Picchu. For some cultural do's and don't's:

DO NOT carry around valuables or wear expensive jewelry.
DO NOT walk around shirtless. Dress informally.
DO NOT use "indio" or "indios" to refer to the natives. Those are considered derogatory to them.
DO NOT DRINK TAP WATER. Buy the bottled variant instead.
Here's a big one.
DO NOT, AND I MEAN DO NOT be offended by the word "Gringo" (foreigner; white person)

For more, I'd advise checking out these links. http://www.traveltaboo.com/peru-travel-tips-dos-and-donts/
http://www.lan.com/onlyinsouthamerica/machu-picchu-etiquette-dos-donts-visiting-inca-city-peru/
http://www.culturalcrossroads.com/cross/info/PeruDosAndDonts.html
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/peru/686145
http://www.thisboundlessworld.com/the-dos-and-donts-of-peru-a-cultural-guide-to-south-america
http://goperu.about.com/od/perutraveltips/tp/12-Things-Not-To-Do-In-Peru.htm

I hope those links help you, and good luck on your travels! :D

>>1127840
Reading for pleasure before going can enhance the fun of being in the place where those books were set. Go the library and order a few of these to peruse them properly before reading or buying one.
https://www.goodreads.com/places/4491-peru
I suggest Lost City of the Incas, since it's the travel document of the guy who discovered the ruins in the 50s. Three Letters from the Andes is also interesting. Sometimes seeing a country after someone else is enlightening, as travelers explore for different reasons and it might open your eyes to experience one aspect more.

Might want to read up on foodie things and festivals. One of the more interesting I've discovered is the fighting holiday that settles neighborly disputes, Takanakuy. This video is some dumbass-irritating hipster traveler that filmed it for VICE part 1 and 2, but enjoy the faux-lonely planet kind of commentary as he fully participates at a remote village that was a 10 hour drive. By the end of it, you get a full education though and appreciate local life. I'm sure you'll end up sharing with your classmates. It's that good!
https://www.vice.com/video/takanakuy-part-1
Filmwise, one of the best films made this year that was screened at Sundance is a documentary on Peru called When Two Worlds Collide. It can be hard to get a copy of a film that is currently in the early phases of the festival circuit, but keeps your eyes open locally, for when released in August.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5278932/awards?ref_=tt_awd

Foodwise, if you can get away from your fellow youngster travelers and drink underage at some point, you might enjoy some pisco sour if made the right way with egg white. :P For nonalcoholic the corn drink Chicha morada is a must-try, even found at mcdonalds. Of course eat lots of ceviche. Go to a market and hopefully find some sellers of fresh fruit that you've never had, such as camu camu. Guinea pig, alpaca jerky. Papas Huancaina has amazing aji sauce as does pollo.

Anyone?

>>1127821
Your post is confusing. Are you looking to travel or live in Ireland? Two different things, of course.

You need to rent/own a car to see Ireland properly. Too many towns to cover that only have 1 day of sights, and the trains and buses aren't scheduled right for you. It should take 1 week for each hemisphere of the country, maybe 2-3 weeks for the whole country if you're luxuriously doing it all at once. Go at shoulder seasons and you should find the B&Bs lovely and quite affordable, though the rain might be everpresent. Rick Steves' project author happens to do the best guidebook for this country, so just use his suggest itinerary plans for ideas. I prefer the South, from dublin to shannon as a great start or single only trip, if you only have a week.

To work as a non-euro person, I'd say forget it. I think a lot of natives have to actually leave to find work, such is the problem with the small towns and/or islands, and when you include the ability for the whole of the EU to get a work permit, from every small town in Poland, I'd say forget it for trying to work your way around, esp with a job like you suggest you'd need to do some schooling and licensure. If you want to travel while working, you'd probably be best getting your own business where you only need wifi access to just work from your laptop anywhere. Programmer? Money management? Website maintenance? Drop shipped online store?

>>1127997
I want to live there and see the country for maybe a year or so. I got several skills that I have but I am sure I have to get recertifed to work in the EU or N. Ireland. Any suggestions on income? I'm all ears. Also, I was not aware that getting employed there would be so hard. Is it just because there is smalls town scattered everywhere?
I'll check that author out, I am trying to be there within six months =/

Here we go...

Utah is a must, pretty much every national park there is pretty incredible and worth seeing.

Drive the Pacific Coast Highway.

>>1127795
this is so gay and wrong

>>1127295
Lindos and Rhodos City are prette nice. Falikraki has a lot of great beaches and there are some lonely beaches at the south of it. Faliraki itself is a typical tourist town, I think almost no Greek actually lives there. I also enjoyed driving through the Island there are lovely villages and beautiful nature on the way. Just take a shitton of water with you. If you want to eat something buy some fruits from Greeks you see on the way. Its cheap, they are poor so you are helping them and its fucking tasty. I bought one watermelon almost every day. Also there is a chappel on a mointain with a beach nearby. I think it was called Prasonissi or something like that and was a pretty cool beach. The waterpark is ok but pretty expensive and not that special, but worth one day in my opinion. Also check out the 7 springs, its great to have a cool and shadowy place with cold water after driving a few hours through one of the hottest places in Europe. Rhodos is an Island which is great to explore in my opinion so just rent a car for a few days and drive wherever the road leads you. If you are not the explore type, just stay at Falikiraki beaches and visit Lindos and the Capital.

>>1127370
thanks! will look into it. We'll be staying in Rhodos city. Is going out for diner cheap or expensive due to all the tourists?

>>1128346
It depends. You can probably spend a lot of money on food if you eat at the usual tourist traps, but it was actually easy to find a cheap dinner.
On another note, half of russia seems to spend their freetime at Rhodos. It's quite bizarre to see russian shops on a Greek Isle. I spoke to some Greeks and they told me that it was the same with Germans in the 80's and 90's. So don't be suprised when someone starts speaking to you in Russian.

>>1127217
New Orleans should be okay without a car. Houston is too big and hot to be waiting on meager transit. Light rail isn't that extensive. Get a driving licence at home so you can rent a car.

>>1127240
Cool, I probably will go to New Orleans. Amtrak and Megabus (sounds fishy, but eh) seem to be possible. During my stay in Houston I will be with other people, and we'll have a car.

Any idea about San Antonio / Dallas / Austin?

Austin and San Antonio are fun. Lots of traffic I. Austin. New Orleans is cool too. I'm about 2 hours from there. Never go, but still fun when I do

Slovenia is quite a small country so getting to around is very quick. If you can, rent a car for a few days and with it you can easily visit Bled and/or coastal towns. If you go to Bled, make sure you also visit lake Bohinj. Bled is nice, but there's really nothing that special about it other than the lake and the castle. You can also visit Koper which is a coastal town. From there you can easily visit Trieste in Italy or Croatia, since they're both very near.

Enjoy your time there, Slovenia is amazing.

must see:
Goriška brda
>best wine in this part of eu
>also bridge with the largest stone arch in the way there, Solkan
Piran
>small and old coastal city, Koper is crap
Ljubljana
>metelkova street, unique underground scene
Bled/Bohinj
>both cites are shitty but nature is awesome also google blejski vintgar
Kras
>Postonjska jama; very noise cave
>Škocjanske jame; smaller very noise caves

if you wanna know more, you have to tell me what do you want to see/do/experience

I went to Ljubljana and Bled at around about this time last year. Ljubljana is very nice but there's not actually that much to do there - it's a great place to chill out for a little bit, but not too exciting (unless I missed out on something). From what I can remember, Metelkova is interesting and worth a visit, and the walking tour is good for learning about some of the history of Slovenia (and Yugoslavia). Other than that there's not too much to recommend.

Bled is very nice, but quite touristy. I didn't visit it myself, but I heard from others that Bohinj is like Bled but bigger and quieter, so that might be worth checking out. In either place, the best activities are your typical sort of outdoor pursuits - hiking, cycling, rowing, that sort of things. Definitely visit the church on the island in Bled, it's a pretty unique place. Also, Vintgar Gorge near Bled is definitely worth checking out.

amsterdam is a pretty cool city but as with most cities in the netherlands, it's relatively small compared to other country's cities, which means that you can see a hell of a lot more in the same span of time.
as soon as you walk out of the central station, you should walk towards the oude kerk (old church) on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal. you will be amazed that there is this much prositution literally next to a church.
Even though I live in the netherlands I don't get to amsterdam often so I can't really give good recommendations, but here are a few things I liked:
- the Hallen, used to be an old tram remise. it's filled with sorts of super small food "restaurants" but it's always crowded as fuck
- Vondelpark, not that special but it's a nice place to chill out
- the northern part of Staatsliedenbuurt, if you're into buildings and shit you might like this, there is a museum there dedicated to some socialist building style which is very out of place, might be interesting

also some important shit:
>weed is legal, just dont carry more than 5g
>get the fuck out of the way when there are cyclists coming, dont walk in the middle of the road for the love of god
>even though most other drugs are relatively very easy to get, you should still watch out for drugs. try to take mdma instead of xtc if possible. weed might also be stronger but have no experience with other countries.
>be careful not to fall in the grachten
>dont fucking yell in the city center at night you drunk fuck, people live there
>it's ok to buy stolen bikes for 5 euro but dont buy it if it's very fancy or recognizable

>>1126759

I am not OP and I am going to Amsterdam next week (graduation trip with my class). Do you know about any good souvenir shops that don't rip you off with cheap stuff? (Want some souvenirs for my family) and what is a good souvenir anyway? Those wooden shoes(as a keychain or whatever is all I can think of and tulips won't last that long)
Also what is your national dish? I went to London last year and a local told me that the 'tourist trap'-national dish is fish n chips which most people don't eat themselves, something really would be sausage and mash with gravy which i liked way more than fish n chips. And a question about drugs, only weed is legal, right? Or is mdma also legal?
What about renting bikes, that a good idea?

>>1126961
>National dish
>The Netherlands
>Haute cuisine

Monitoring this thread as I'm looking to do the same thing in late July.

OP here. I should also add that I speak French. Do many people there speak it? I don't know if its very common there (maybe though because of the large amounts of Armenians who move to France and Quebec)

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>>1125942
Only been to Georgia twice so far, haven't made it to Armenia yet.

>(from the beginning of July to beginning of August)
I hope you are like scorching summer heat then.
>What the level of English like amongst young people?
In bigger cities and more touristy places: decent. Also, while I speak French quite fluently, I haven't encountered anyone speaking it so far. German was surprisingly helpful on a few occasions, but if you want to play safe, learn some basic Russian. Almost everyone speaks it in both countries.

>hiking
Several regions in the Georgian Caucasus are excellent hiking terrain: Tusheti and Kazbegi, with the most developed long hiking route being Omalo - Shatili - Juta - Kazbegi. Have your passport on you in that region though, border guards will want to check it - shouldn't be much of a hassle. Another region suitable for hiking is Svaneti - Mestia is the biggest town there, but don't neglect the smaller villages en route, or further down the road. Borjomi NP also has hiking trails, but I hear it's not quite as spectacular as the high Caucasus - it's mostly forested hills.
Considering Armenia: there's supposed to be hiking trails. That's all I know really.

Pic is near Juta.

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You could look for places that will be on the new Crossrail line. A few of the stations are outside but will connect directly to London.

Some of the areas are cheap now but the prices might go up in the future when Crossrail opens.

Luton. (:

>>1125027
hahaha no thanks!

Ayyo dude what's the weed situation like mon

>>1122077
why do airport security treat most tourists as terrorists at the airport?

>>1122214
The israelis i have met in the USA are very aggressive and hostile...definitely not laid back people. I think they have a lot of guilt in becoming the very nazis that they condemn

It's real bad. City dead every single night except Friday/Saturday.

>>1129995
:(
I'm from wollongong though so I'm used to it

>>1129995
Ok, but outside of nightlife what else is there to do in the city of within a feasible distance of the city?

Could be, bear in mind that while there are some advantages to operating in a developing country there are also downsides like unreliable infrastructure, different business cultures, widespread crime/corruption etc. As for the people, yeah you will always be of interest to the locals because you're different and perceived as rich, but again you may find it difficult to make meaningful friendships.

Working remotely isn't all that easy to set up, you usually need experience/reputation first but I guess if you can differentiate yourself based on lower cost you could pick up work that way. Just make sure you have something to separate yourself from the thousands of filipinos and indians whose emails fill the spam folders of US businesses.

Sorry I can't help you more than that, just make sure you think through both the good and the bad, it'll improve whatever decision you make.

>>1129925
Well I have a couple years experience in working in tech support over the phone and would be happy to work the night shift at a call center for minimum wage and no benefits. I'm a native English speaker and have good customer service skills. I could possibly look into work doing Photography, modeling, stripping, or something of the sort at a physical location there. With what I have saved and what I can sell off, I can easily float myself for a year or so, not that I would go out there blindly without a job lined up, but if it got rocky, I would be fine. There's a whole number of things I could do for work to be able to survive there, making $400-$500 USD isn't exactly difficult.

>>1129918

You have two options:

1) You do it. Whether you fail or succeed doesn't really matter because you will be writing a great page of your life regardless of the outcome.

2) You don't do it. Few years later you'll look back and realize you've done nothing, just wasted your life at home.

The choice is up to you.