wanderlust
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Lives in Urbana, IL, USA
Registration: 23 October 2007
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Traveling to and in Europe by shrimp
I am graduating from school in December, and really want to travel around many parts of Europe. Places i really want to visit are Iceland, Switzerland, and Sweden. I want to go to these places for 2-3 weeks each, but am not quite sure how to go ...
Well, shrimp, (awesome name, haha, I had to use it), first thing's first, if you can, apply for an International Studnet ID card, http://www.istc.org/sisp/index.htm Havn't had the chance to use one yet, but there are some crazy discounts to be ... Read More
Embarassing moments! by Jo Ann
As travellers, I am sure all of us had this kind of situations, whether you blush or want to get buried somewhere! One of my last real embarrassing moments was back in June, when I was in Amsterdam in family and we had to cross the Red Light ...
I don't believe we needed to do this in Germany, but then again I'm not sure I've ever found an all-you-can-eat buffet in Germany (that I remember anyway), but I was with a fellow friend of mine from Germany out in Wichita, KS, USA. She'd been ... Read More
How long have you been far away?? by Mandy
Hi everyone!!! All of us here are travelling a lot away from our country trying to find either a nice job, a nice experience, or just simply a nice way of living...away from our home country! I wondered how many years you all had been abroad? ...
Born and raised in Germany for 18 years as an American citizen in a U.S. Armed Forces environment, moved to America in the winter of '04, been here almost three years! Read More
Cost of living in the Caribbean by Julien
Hi everybody, This topic is dedicated to your experience of the cost of living in the Caribbean.It would be interesting to gather everything in one unique post. Don't forget to mention where you're living: country, state and city (is it a ...
never lived there, but 13 of us from my college decided to rent out a 50-ft sailboat in the British Virgin Islands for a week last winter, and the flights, food, boat rental and maintenance, fuel, ridiculous bartabs, stereotypical tourist ... Read More
Loneliness when you're abroad by Julien
Do you often feel lonely when you're abroad? I personaly suffered on week ends while I was in the UK. Even if I had several friends, I often missed my family and friends (from home). So I walked, visited museum, went to concerts, worked more... ...
Yeah, I had similar problems when I first came over and didn't have a car, I was used to the simply amazing public transportation system Germany had and, suddenly, I'm in a country that's utterly dependent on cars to get people around, so few busses ... Read More
Loneliness when you're abroad by Julien
Do you often feel lonely when you're abroad? I personaly suffered on week ends while I was in the UK. Even if I had several friends, I often missed my family and friends (from home). So I walked, visited museum, went to concerts, worked more... ...
I've been living in America for almost three years, with two and a half of that in a 40,000+ student college. Loneliness is hard to find around a school this big, this place is really quite awesome. However, I interned with a company out in Kansas ... Read More
Can't believe I found this forum!
Hey yall, you can't believe how thrilled I am to have found this forum, this is awesome, didn't know one like this existed! But my story in a nutshell, I was born and raised in Germany as an american citizen by american parents (my dad worked as a ... Read More