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Old 12-20-2005, 11:56 PM
Iplayboard Iplayboard is offline
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Default Best Places to Study Abroad

Obviously the answer depends on individual criteria, but either from personal experience or from word of mouth, what places are good to visit? I guess important factors would be cultural opportunities, friendliness of people, overall satisfaction with experience.
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Old 12-21-2005, 12:00 AM
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Default Re: Best Places to Study Abroad

common sense answer: Amsterdam
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Old 12-21-2005, 12:02 AM
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Default Re: Best Places to Study Abroad

Wow, thanks for helping us out here. You really let us know what your interests are, what languages you speak, what you're looking to get out of your abroad experience, and all the other pertinent information. Great work.

Based on what you've told us, I'd have to recommend going where the exchange rate is the most favorable.
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Old 12-21-2005, 12:08 AM
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Default Re: Best Places to Study Abroad

I've heard good things about Ireland
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Old 12-21-2005, 12:15 AM
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Default Re: Best Places to Study Abroad

Smartass.

I like playing/watching soccer and smoking weed, but I don't really care if pot is legal there. I also like drinking so anyplace that has good bars/pubs. I only speak English, but I want to go to a place that speaks a foreign language, which I will then learn. I want to go somewhere in Europe, to a metropolitan city like Rome, Madrid, Paris, Prague, etc. I want to go to a place that has some cultural like museums.

Basically I just want to experience someplace that is different from the United States. Also, my scholarship would pay for my tuition and board, so my expenses would be travel and living. Exchange rate is not a major issue.

The point of my post wasn't necessarily to give you every single detail about me so you can tell me which place to go. It is more like what places are you familiar with so that I can cross those off or move them to the top of my list.
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Old 12-21-2005, 12:42 AM
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Default Re: Best Places to Study Abroad

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I like playing/watching soccer and smoking weed, but I don't really care if pot is legal there. I also like drinking so anyplace that has good bars/pubs. I only speak English, but I want to go to a place that speaks a foreign language, which I will then learn. I want to go somewhere in Europe, to a metropolitan city like Rome, Madrid, Paris, Prague, etc. I want to go to a place that has some cultural like museums.


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Well, you've described pretty much every major University city in Europe. Any major capital should satisfy those needs!

In addition to the capitals, you might also want to consider:

Florence (firenze)- The home of the renaissance. also the home of fiorentina.

Salamanca- Home of one of the oldest universities in Europe- and stunningly beautiful.

Leiden- university town in Holland- like Amsterdam, but less sleazy.

for something I bit more offbeat- consider Budapest, Moscow or St petersburg- eastern europe, so cheap, but much more of an adventure.
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Old 12-21-2005, 12:45 AM
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I like playing/watching soccer and smoking weed, but I don't really care if pot is legal there.

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Here's one vote for Singapore.
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Old 12-21-2005, 12:45 AM
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In the shower.

lolrolflmao!

I'm an idiot
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Old 12-21-2005, 12:49 AM
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I had ana amazing time in Madrid and would recommend it.
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Old 12-21-2005, 08:33 AM
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Default Re: Best Places to Study Abroad

I spent a year in London and LOVED it - great beer, great soccer, amazing music scene, poker around every corner, some amazing schools... I don't smoke, but my friends who did said it wasn't a big deal to find.

Plus - and this was my favorite part - from London you can fly anywhere in Europe for around $75 round trip if you know where to look. My friends and I would hop over to Amsterdam for the weekend all the time; hell, we ended up in Denmark once and that was a BLAST.
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