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Fenriswolf:

--- Quote from: TheFuriousWombat on 07 Sep 2008, 20:19 ---I'm probably going to be "abroad" for a year actually (next year I think). I put that in quotes b/c I plan on spending one semester in NYC at a globalization and international affairs program run by my school studying human rights/conflict studies and doing an internship at human rights watch or some like agency, and then spending the next semester genuinely abroad in, most likely, New Zealand. Are there any particular reasons I should avoid the latter? I'm considering France or Italy as well...
I think everyone should go abroad. I don't know when I'll have an opportunity to hang out in a foreign country and sort of take classes and mostly just explore ever again in my life. Some call it glorified tourism but I think it can be a lot more meaningful than that and it's not something I plan on missing out on as a result.

EDIT: Ozymandias just taught me a new joke that I plan on using every opportunity I can get. Thanks!

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Sorry OP. I am just going to reply to this, as I am slightly drunk and feeling severely lazy. NZ is the shit! Woo! But yeah I dunno most people who come here really like it: from my POV as a NZer it's not that exciting. Erm, can't be bothered looking it up, are you Australian (since the name involves wombats)? If so it's slightly cheaper and very similar in culture. If you're American it's significantly cheaper for some things, the exchange rate's pretty good and there's lots of drinking. Apparently our women are more interested in casual sex (certainly I was when I was single, but I'm a bit of a freak in general). Not that I know your sex. I'm just going to stop the rambling now... but post it anyway. Yup, I'm going with that plan.

mfpole:
If I learned anything from visiting London and Scandinavia this summer it's that London is really expensive and that people from Copenhagen are really hot.

Definitely consider Scandinavia, I heard education is free, even for foreigners in Helsinki. Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Helsinki are also some of the most beautiful cities in the world.

Oli:

--- Quote from: TheLetterM on 09 Sep 2008, 18:59 ---Also, are there any really good places to see a quality gig?

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Yes.

The 13th Note is probably my favourite, but there are also others.

Hljómalind:
My ex was a US student who did her year abroad here in London, at University College London. She enjoyed it. All of my friends who've done years abroad have been glad they did so, even if they didn't always enjoy every aspect of the experience (studying psychology in France and never once reading Lacan; being beaten up by Russian neo-Nazis; having a Chicago school economics lecturer in Chile), so I would recommend it on general principle.

Teenage Fanclub play in London too - I saw them in Camden and they were so awesome I suffered minor organ damage (actually, that may have been the pills) - and you can't beat this city for gigs, but I guess Glasgow would also be good. I don't know about that uni, but I have friends at St. Andrew's (dull - avoid), Edinburgh (great fun) and Aberdeen (alright, but you could do better). And if you go to Scotland, you will be required to eat the following foods in deep fried form:
- chicken
- ribs
- pizza
- Mars bar

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