Traveling Europe

Oh no, we just hate the English. We love foreigners. Just not the English.

I have traveled a lot throughout europe the past couple of years, some photos i took:

This is Sofia, Bulgaria I found it safe and a lot of fun, with good looking women:

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This is Belgrade, Serbia. This was before the whole Kosovo thing, and it was nice and fun there, and the women were incredible, although they didn't want to talk to me.

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more of Belgrade:

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Sevilla, Spain: (January)

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Cordoba, Spain:

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Florence, Italy:

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Rome:

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Berlin

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Dresden

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From my experience as a traveler I would say go to some smaller towns on your trip. You don't want your experience to be a touristy fiction. You will get a better sense of life in Europe if you stay in some less traveled areas. Like if your in Germany go to Aachen or Bruhl, wonderful cities with a lot of history and stuff to see and do. It was also interesting being the only American in Belgrade..

I am going to France in a couple of days, New Years etc. I will let you know how that goes

Pretty much every person you would have to interact with spoke English. Again, I went before the whole Kosovo/embassy on fire situation, and then they didn't seem to treat me any differently as they would any other foreigner. Some of the cab drivers gave me tours.

I would say tensions have died down now however

here are some good sites with lots of good info about traveling:

http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page

http://www.bootsnall.com/

If you aren't as dumb as George Bush you have nothing to worry about as an American.