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Posted on 3/5/19 at 9:44 am to kfizzle85
I'm not sure who all is in the EU now but it wouldn't be that hard or expensive to simply find a cheap flight somewhere like Morocco, Turkey, Romania, etc. for a week to get outside of the EU in the middle of your stay for awhile. Are all of the baltic states EU? Sad I don't know I guess.
Posted on 3/5/19 at 10:11 am to kfizzle85
I spent 3 months two years ago in Greece, then through the Balkans, and finally in northern Italy. It was a profoundly impactful part of my life, but it was clear that I drew much more meaning from the experience of living/ working with others and staying in one place rather than the week's I spent galavanting around.
The weeks on end of being a tourist/traveler can get old and unfulfilling quicker than you imagine. I highly recommend settling in one place for at least a month and finding an organization to volunteer with or something to get involved with routinely (learn a new culinary skill?). You'll instantly meet new friends, learn a lot, and likely fill up the rest of your itinerary with friends to travel with, friends to visit, or at the very least new ideas on where to go.
I also recommend using the couch surfing app. You have to be a bit adventurous and trusting of strangers, but it's an awesome way to immediately connect with locals who want to show around travelers or offer a free place to stay. You can also use it to find meet ups with other travelers.
Lean into it and get outside your comfort zone!
The weeks on end of being a tourist/traveler can get old and unfulfilling quicker than you imagine. I highly recommend settling in one place for at least a month and finding an organization to volunteer with or something to get involved with routinely (learn a new culinary skill?). You'll instantly meet new friends, learn a lot, and likely fill up the rest of your itinerary with friends to travel with, friends to visit, or at the very least new ideas on where to go.
I also recommend using the couch surfing app. You have to be a bit adventurous and trusting of strangers, but it's an awesome way to immediately connect with locals who want to show around travelers or offer a free place to stay. You can also use it to find meet ups with other travelers.
Lean into it and get outside your comfort zone!
Posted on 3/5/19 at 12:05 pm to baldona
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I'm not sure who all is in the EU now but it wouldn't be that hard or expensive to simply find a cheap flight somewhere like Morocco,
Its called the The Schengen Zone. The UK is not in the zone so you could shoot over there for a while to stop the 90 day clock.
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Posted on 3/5/19 at 8:56 pm to Zappas Stache
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 1:51 pm to baldona
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I would strongly consider one central location within easy train rides to other cities. Reason being is 2-3 weeks in one city and you are still a tourist. Plus if you stay somewhere for 3-4 months you can probably get a considerably better rent.
You also get to find a pub and become a regular, regular at a coffee bar, etc.
I just think that's a lot different and in depth experience than moving around all the time. If you have never done it and are interested in that.
Keep in mind internet. If you work online. Internet in some places is not what it is in the USA. Much worse many places.
Frankfurt
Posted on 3/7/19 at 3:09 am to kfizzle85
There is a lot of good advice in this thread
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Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:07 am to kfizzle85
I'm going to try to do this for four or six weeks in the summer of 2020 with my family. My boys will be four and six. If we can swing it, we'll probably do Florence because we've been there before and I know my wife is comfortable with the city.
I'd like to work four days a week from 3pm to 12am local time and take every Friday off while we are there. Dinner in Florence would correspond perfectly with lunch in New Orleans.
I like the thread OP, I'll be following along.
I'd like to work four days a week from 3pm to 12am local time and take every Friday off while we are there. Dinner in Florence would correspond perfectly with lunch in New Orleans.
I like the thread OP, I'll be following along.
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:30 am to deeprig9
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Frankfurt
I couldn't agree more. I lived there for two years when I was running an EMEA team. Great city. I had a company paid for apartartment a block from the river Main. I found the city and Germany very American in many ways, which is a compliment. No language problems whatsoever. One of the first things I did was join a running club, and I made at least a half s dozen friendships that are still ongoing. The novelty of shitty infrastructure - like you'll find in other European contries - wears off fast for me so Frankfurt was great.
And German women. I was recently divorced and found the lesser inhibitions... refreshing.
Posted on 3/7/19 at 2:02 pm to alpinetiger
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Posted on 3/7/19 at 3:49 pm to kfizzle85
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I've been learning Dutch for the past two weeks or so. If I really like it there's no reason I can't go back again in January or February for another 3 months to other places.
If you're just staying in Amsterdam, there's really no reason to learn Dutch (unless you really just want to pick up an additional language). It's a very difficult language to learn and the people there speak better English than many of our citizens.
But nonetheless, I hope everything works out for you. Sounds like a cool trip.
Posted on 3/7/19 at 8:29 pm to LordSaintly
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Posted on 3/7/19 at 10:24 pm to kfizzle85
Sounds like you're just better at it than me. I gave up after 20 minutes of trying to learn Dutch. Germanic languages that aren't English give me hell. 
Posted on 3/8/19 at 5:13 pm to LordSaintly
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Posted on 3/8/19 at 7:29 pm to hungryone
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DO NOT overstay
The Germanic countries enforce it. The rest, not so much.
If you do run afoul of Schlegen, just ay you transited through Ireland, and passport control never gave you a stamp.
Posted on 3/9/19 at 10:21 am to Lima Whiskey
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Posted on 3/9/19 at 12:15 pm to kfizzle85
I’ve know people who overstayed for years. I certainly wouldn’t encourage it, but most European countries don’t apply much scrutiny to American travelers.
The last time I went through passport control at CDG, the officer stamped my passport without even looking at me. He was too busy talking with the guy next to him.
We’re a very low risk demographic, and the French, in particular, are happy to accept our dollars.
The last time I went through passport control at CDG, the officer stamped my passport without even looking at me. He was too busy talking with the guy next to him.
We’re a very low risk demographic, and the French, in particular, are happy to accept our dollars.
Posted on 5/19/19 at 3:38 pm to theOG
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Posted on 6/9/19 at 4:44 pm to kfizzle85
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Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:41 pm to kfizzle85
I've interviewed for 2 year positions in Europe but the pay isn't close to what I make out here so it hasn't been worth it yet
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