Gonna be there for about 10 days with a friend of mine. I'm interested in the history and museums of the area, and he's interested in the markets, architecture, and the food. Would love to get some insights into both the city and some (safer) things to do in the general area.
If you buy a Museum Pass it’ll get you in to a bunch of the museums and historic sites in Istanbul for a lot cheaper than if you paid admission for them individually: https://muze.gen.tr/MuseumPassesThe neighborhood of Kadikoy is pretty nice, it has a lot of bars and restaurants, and you can get from Kadikoy to the old historic part of the city via subway or ferry boat.
I will be visiting Turkey soon which will obviously include Istanbul. One thing that put a bad taste in my mouth was when I had a stopover at the Istanbul airport and they were charging like 1t6 euro for one slice of pizza, a mcdonalds meal was like 25 euro fucking near blew my mind. Obviously it's an airport and it will be expensive, but surely inside the city isn't like this right? Also how much time is enough to give Turkey what it deserves, there are obviously cities outside Istanbul and on the coastline. What are they like?All I want from my Turkey visit is to eat these fucking 24/7 each day with a fuckload of meat.desu I would only be able to give it like 4-5 days with my job, would this be enough? also how are the hostels in Istanbul.
>>2728237Taksim seems to have the cheapest lodging in the city, including some cheap hostels. Not too difficult to get there, you take the airport metro to Gayrettepe and then the M2 metro from its own Gayrettepe stop to Taksim.Personally I decided to skip the city; getting a passport stamp for only one night in a country seems a waste of passport space.
>>2728206Thanks for the tip! The museum pass is definitely gonna be a life saver, even if we only go to 3 or 4 museums. For everyone else,Is the Grand Bazaar worth it to find anything good (mainly looking for rugs or art) or is it all tourist trap pricing? I know you have to haggle, but how overpriced are they usually?
>>2728448It's a Grand Souvenir StoreThe place is dead, the only thing real there are the hole in the wall teashops serving touristware stall owners with constant tea deliveries. Turks are all tea addicts.Outside the structure itself and towards the Eminonu coastline the bazaar gets realer. They still all know how to fleece tourists but most of it will be spices, tobacco and counterfeit clothing. I've no idea where you'd go to get a rug for a fair price, sorry.
What's the secret? Hahaha! I'm happy where I am, but I do want to live over there sometime for 10+ years. But I am confused.I sometimes see randomness. Last time I saw a dude that barely spoke English having his paperwork approved, and then saw this businesses man getting rejected. I mean, what's the secret? Oh.I do have a couple of questions as well:What's a green card?What's the difference between having a citizenship and being a resident?Yeah, I think that's about it. Thank you lads.
>>2728908You don't. We're full.
>>2728908If you are a grill, I'll marry you so you can get that green card.
>>2728908>What's a green card?A green card is a Permanent Resident identification document. They entitle someone to live and work in the US forever, and are often the residence type that proceeds naturalization (becoming a citizen). To get one, you almost always have to have been living and working in the US on some other kind of visa (sponsored by an employer, or secured by having an American spouse) for a period of years. >What's the difference between having a citizenship and being a resident?Among other things, green card holders can’t vote or hold elected office, and they can’t easily sponsor family members to immigrate—citizenship is transferrable (kids born abroad to citizen parents are usually eligible to be citizens, residents’ no, etc.). On the plus side, they don’t have to register for the draft, although they can join the army if they want to.Also, despite the fact that it’s called permanent residence, it actually has to be renewed every ten years, and it lapses if you spend eight years outside the US during that decade. Citizenship is almost always truly permanent; it can theoretically be revoked after naturalization if someone gets in a lot of trouble, but it’s rare, and whether it’s legal is debatable.
>>2728985*precedes
So I got a chance to study in gottingen for few months.Any advice about Germany in general or gottingen?Never studied abroad before.
>>2728500> How important knowing German language?>I'm at A2 now, but my study would be in English exclusively.Mate you visit and stay in a foreign country what do you think, how important is it to speak the language of the people there?German normies will not be able to communicate with you.All your fellow university peers will be able to speak English with you.If your German sucks I will talk English to you so you don’t abuse my beautiful language.You will be fine
>>2728691>Mate you visit and stay in a foreign country what do you think, how important is it to speak the language of the people there?Well, I mean do many people talk English?English is a second language, original is french
>>2728698I understand it’s similar to France, lots of people do only speak their native language or aren’t willing to speak their little English with you especially boomers. But you will be able to talk English and people will understand what you mean
>>2728759French here, if some random tourist comes at me speaking english, i'll answer in french.BUT if a tourist comes to me trying to speak french, i'll say hol' up, stop fucking my language, and i'll switch to english. That's what we do, it's our form of respect.
>>2728477>>2728500Göttingen is in Lower Saxony you retard.
>Last Thread: >>2705277 >Edition edition>What is this thread? Why are there two generals?/rcg/ was initially created as a way for the roller coaster enthusiasts on here to discuss all things roller coasters and theme parks. While roller coasters are the main focus of these threads (and the title of the general) there is also discussion on other theme parks, their rides, as well as the parks themselves and trip planning too. That's where /tpg/ comes in.>Can I talk about Disney/Universal parks in this thread?Absolutely! Disney discussion of all sorts including rides/resorts/dining/trip planning is OK.Thread Tip Pro: Wait for some girls to get in line, and swoop in behind them. Just don't make it obvious...Park Crowd Tracker:>https://queue-times.com/en-US/parksRoller Coaster Database:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2728816Oh shit, really? I had hot butterbeer a few days ago during horror nights and it was pretty great. Like someone liquified a butterscotch candy. I guess I might have gotten a good batch or something. Cold frozen and the ice cream are definitely the stars though.
>>2728828Sounds like the jury's still out!
>>2727601Somebody on Reddit pointed out that BFW always wins the award for most beautiful park and is in the middle of a beautifully forest with a river. Meanwhile BGT is beautiful park in the worst and ugliest part of Tampa, it’s gets much less respect than it deserves.
>>2720096Day 61 of living in Orlando>I have entered a theme park 68 times since I got here. (even with a few days off)>HHN and HoS are stale af, and I don't care if I never see another haunted house again>I came here as a Universal fan, but I've started moving more towards Disney>I'm realizing that every single park has 1-3 S tier rides, so I have to spread my visits out across every park>I literally can not rank my top rides. I feel like I need a complex algorithm just to tell which ones I like more lol>I'm finding theres lots of single girls that like to go to the parks, and they make perfect date spots tooI've had some ups and downs, but this has been the best decision I've ever made. It's been a wild ride so far...
Pitch me your theme park ideas. The winner will receive a blank check with which to bring their concept to life.
I love this shit.
>>2728301Fried dough is like unsugared donuts, and congee is breakfast slop made from rice, as oatmeal is breakfast slop made from oats. Congee is meant to take salty/savory toppings, though, while oatmeal sweet
>>2728265shalom
>>2728280>He doesn’t want to get as much as he wants
>>2728285>Later peasants, I will have food made in front of me while you have to do it yourself
>>2728261It's good in 4-5 star hotels. Anything lower than that tends to have the fake scrambled eggs made from instant """egg""" powder and barely any choice of anything else.I've had really good experiences with buffet breakfasts in China and Singapore. Japan has a lot of choice but it wasn't very tasty. Europe is hit and miss, but some of them are really good with fresh local ingredients. US is typically not great at best.
Should I visit Philadelphia or Dallas next May? Would be for 5 days. I'm a euro and have friends in each but have never been
>>2728553Philadelphia. Museum of the American Revolution, Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Mutter Museum, the Mint.
>>2728561>>2728556>Philadelphia is more interesting than DallasIf you find drugged out zombies more interesting than good food and hot southern girls
Both are c-tier cities. Have your Philly friend meet you in DC or your Dallas friend meet you in Austin.
>>2728723DC sucks compared to Philly. Austin is better than Dallas though OP
I'm sad for you because those are your two choices. I'd go to Philly, spend 1 day, and then take the train to NYC and Washington DC. As a Europoor, you'll like DC with all the free museums. The weather is warm on the east coast in May, but you may get rain. DC and NYC are great for getting around without a car with the metro and subway systems. There's no reason to do Dallas if you haven't been to the east coast.
In your experience, which state is the most hospitable to strangers? I always travel alone and whenever I go to a public space in a new city it seems that everyone just comes either with their friend groups or permanently on their phones. It seems that meeting strangers in anything other than a sex app is a dead practice.
>>2728252I'm from Michigan. People are reasonably nice and many, especially in smaller towns, are quick overshare. If you have a 10-minute conversation with somebody from the countryside, you'll probably know all about their "whore ex-wife" and "retard step-kids" by the time you're ready to leave. I wouldn't say the friendliness is anything unprecedented, as unbridled and inexplicable aggression is also common. Michigan is exactly the sort of state where somebody will try running you off the road because you tried passing them on the highway. (but I think people who were born and raised in certain states are always more inclined to be critical) For me, I'd say West Virginia. I live near D.C. now, but I go hunting, camping, and fishing in West Virginia fairly regularly. Some of the nicest fucking people I've come across anywhere in the entire world--and I've been to about ~70 cunts. Car battery died once, and I pretty much had strangers begging me to cancel my tow truck so they could do it for free. After I got jumpstarted and went to buy a new battery, I realized I didn't have quite the right wrench to remove a component--good thing every person in the entire Walmart parking lot started circling in with "y'all need help?" the second they saw a popped hood. I just came back from WV yesterday, talked to some random guys outside a gas station about hunting. They went into their pickup, came back with a GPS, and started giving me a bunch of recs on places to check out the next time I was back.
>>2728437This. I'd say Wyoming
>>2728437People in Illinois are actually niceT.il chud
>>2728537Anon, the map is recycled bait
>>2728472Based. I enjoy that as well. I got called cute by an older woman working at my Town Hall when I voted last week
South America gets millions of tourists per year but you rarely hear of people visiting picrel. What happens in this region? Is it worth visiting? Anything unique or special about these forgotten countries?
>>2728714Oil, gold and diamond mining and a lot of jungle.In French Guiana you have the ESA launch site and a large french foreign legion base and that's about it.Guyana speaks english, Suriname dutch and the Frenchies speak french.
guyana has a really high crime rate, little to nothing to do for a tourist in georgetown, and if you leave georgetown you'll be stuck doing an ecotour of the amazon (the logistics of doing it solo are nearly impossible) suriname is pretty much the same thing, and french guyana has a space station, high crime, and it is pretty expensive and hard to even get to with little to no flights except from brazil and france.honestly this part of south america is pretty forgetable, you're not missing out on much.
>>2728714I unironically want to go to Suriname, I've been to Aruba 4 times and I feel like I want a little more exoticism. Aruba has a decent-sized Surinamese diaspora population, they even have some goods imported from there like some curry powder I got one time. This place had some of the spiciest fucking food I've ever tried
There are more Surinamese living in the Netherlands than in Suriname itself. I don't want to jump to any conclusions, but I have to wonder why that is the case.
>>2728714Because it is a shithole and there is virtually just one road through the countries.
Who are the worst tourists to encounter abroad, in your opinions? Koreans have to be up there for me. Cliquey, rude, dirty, inconsiderate, simpy, and with probably the most unwarranted sense of self-importance found on their side of the hemisphere; a lot of them seem to have forgotten that they would be eating grass and tree bark right now if America didn't decide to use their country as a military base. I would almost rather deal with Chinese abroad than Koreans because while they essentially share almost all of the same characteristics, at least chinks are friendly and don't act like their shit smells like flowers. The crown has to go to Russians, however. I couldn't tell you how many times I've helped out a Russian abroad and didn't so much as even get a thank you for my efforts, and if it happened to be a couple the woman might even favor me with a nasty, resentful look in parting. I don't even bother anymore, if I ear Russian being spoken around me I just leave them to line up for the wrong ferry or spend the night looking for their shitty cheap hotel. Fuck Russians.
>>2728709Same deal, I think. It's close and cheap enough that newly middle class people (not even nouveaux riches) can save up enough money and travel there once a year or every two years, often bringing along their extended family. And since they are people from low trust societies in a foreign low trust society, where they won't stay any longer than a couple weeks max, there's no reason for them to behave instead of acting like degenerate assholes, littering everywhere and trying to scam the locals.That said, I've often noticed Brazilians acting mostly the same way in neighboring countries, including the part about traveling with their entire family, while also refusing to speak Spanish despite the fact that it's part of the national school curriculum, then getting butthurt when they're not understood.>Except for chileans and uruguayansRelatively wealthier on average + what >>2728139 said.
>>2716751thishang the cunts
>>2728573>guard mans his post>raises the alarm so a mobile officer can deal with the problem>doesn't have to leave his postSounds like he's behaving like a guard should to me. What are you expecting him to do in that situation? Fix his bayonet and gut them?
>>2728594brazilians go to norhern europe to be sex pests. I once saw a brazilian having a tantrum in the street because a Scandinavian girl ignored him. Was truly the most pathetic thing ive seen, jeet tier
>>2716757Projecting B*ngoid
Is the Phillipines safe for a white boy? Pic feels strangely related
>>2727619How?
>>2728371>>2728657It's just what happens when you have intense poverty and easy to get fake IDs. Teenagers will pretend to be adults to get into clubs and to meet men and form relationships with them for support.Then something happens and it comes out she's actually 15 not 17, and then it's a problem for everyone involved. Pinays look very youthful so it's hard to tell their age, and they are also sexually active very early so there isn't an indicator from their sometimes very forward behavior also.
>>2728659I mean how is that a problem?
>>2728662Could be an issue if they track down your social media
>>2727619uh what? you use an alias, tell them your not from your country of origin, and never let them see your passport. zero consequences>>2728659had this "flower girl" being way too forward on the street in angeles whew lads i was just too paranoid but it was definitely cunny
Hey bros,Me and my gf are flying to Queenstown to hike the Routeburn, but have a few days to spare after we finish. Any ideas for what we should do?
Bundle up, it's freezing right now. Leave a glass of water or a wet shirt outside, watch it freeze, post YouTube videos of it
>>2725620rent a car and go to Moke LakeYou can take the bus and explore Arrowtown
Skip it and drive down to Gore. Queenstown is overrated.
I have an odd situation where my company is mandating that I take 1.5 months of vacation. That's great but I think a vacation would be expensive and I only have $7k. additionally my family is not doing well financially and I have to support them and pay bills. to date I have given my parents $100k but they still require my money to help pay down debts. if I stay home, I will be required to work for them at their business since I rent a room at their property. what should I do? what would you do in this situation? this is giving me incredible anxiety.
>>2728557I am a NEET, I have 10k in savings (my mom gave it to me over time) i have booked tickets to Japan and Thailand, I thought it was a good idea at first but now im thinking of canceling because I'm afraid that I'll catch AIDs fucking lady boys or get in an accident and my cheap health insurance won't be able to cover it and I'd go bankrupt. It is also kind of a waste of money for temporary pleasures, I'd rather just stay comfy in my room and sell shit on ebay while hanging out with other jobless losers like myself in online video games. It makes no sense for me to hang around normies outside who will probably think i'm weird or despise me for being jobless while risking my life. At least if you go on a vacation and blow your money, you would be able to recover since you have job, but in my case I'd basically have to kms because I have zero work experience to ever be able to recover again.
>>2728557>ive given my parents 100klol, id leave my parents to die on the street before they see a dime. they're fucking adults. they can go FUCK themselves. >they require my moneyno, no, see there's literally no requirement. tell them to fucking figure it and go FUCK themselves. god. if my dad every came crying to me about money id be like "LOL take it outta the ole 401k you fucking loser, i've got a retirement to fund" >i will be required to work and RENT a roomlol fuck your parents. throw them out on the street what is this jeet-tier familial slave BULLSHIT. 100k my fucking dick. thats YOUR money.
>>2728652Hes probably some sort of shitskin. They brainwash their kids into total subservience and milk them their entire adult lives, and threaten them and browbeat them if they don't do their part.
>>2728557I'd say go to Thailand, but they don't like jeets
Your an adult and so are they, you need to look inward and figure out what financial relationship with your parents makes sense to you.I don't know if 100k is a lot because I don't know how much money you make in a year. But if you only have 7k in the bank then... you're probably giving more money to your parents than I would in your situation.
Hello fellow Redditors, I'll be sharing photos from doing a full trip through Belgium and the Netherlands, covering pretty much all large cities and some hidden jewels.The program:>15th Maastricht>16th Liege + Dinant>17thBrussels>18th Mons + Tournai >19th Gent>20th AntwerpenComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2715844>pure shitholesPure shithole doesn't even cover half of it. The train ride from the airport to Gare Centrale was reminiscent of driving through Gary, Indiana but with somehow worse post-modernist architecture. Even in central brussels where I'm currently staying, there's graffiti and broken windows everwhere. Even in Chimpago proper you see a lot more homeless in the main downtown area, sure, but at least it doesn't look like the people haven't given up on maintaining and cleaning the goddamn place. The beer is world class and the food is much cheaper though, even if the traditional belgian dishes are shit compared to L'Express right off of Grand Place.>>2723562Waterloo has some very picturesque farmland if you want to make the trip to Butte du Lion, even if it is touristy.
>>2726011>Pure shithole doesn't even cover half of it.i dont get what you mean by that
The old town of Brussels, while gorgeous, feels disconnected from the rest of the city. You can tell that locals do not really visit places such as the Galerie Saint Hubert - which may or may not have been the first luxury mall in the world. The architecture is red, black, white and mostly just beautiful. Brussels is definitely underrated from a pure photogenic standpoint: it is a worthy European capital, despite its seediness.
What is the definitive part of a city, the one to look at if you want to «truly know it»? Brussels has a wonderful town core and various smaller residential areas with this grandiose 19th century appeal. At the same time, it can feel very seedy and poor, dirty, unkempt, full of people who shouldn’t really belong there - only a few steps away from the old town. So, that’s said; I decided to take a deep dive into Schaerbeek, which is considered one of the worst parts of Brussels.
This looks like a nice, wholesome thread made and commented in by men of culture. Anyway, what's the availability like for research chemicals in the Netherlands?
I've done a dozen trips to Europe and I've always skipped Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. I'm planning a 2 week trip for next year with my girlfriend and I'm considering biting the bullet and finally crossing them off the list. We would hit a couple other cities along the way like Utrecht, Ghent and Bruges. Typically, we're into castles, mountains, beaches, medieval villages, warm weather, old churches, hiking, biking, cocktail bars, aimlessly walking and rafting. I also have Portugal, Japan, Thailand, Bavaria, the Dolomites and Croatia on my bucket list. We can go anywhere in the world, should we do the Paris/Brussels, Amsterdam trip or go somewhere else instead?
>>2727998No that would be one of the two cheesemongers that work in my village of 2.5k souls, the supermarkets are very decently stocked. That's what happens when you don't have 75% of your workforce being senior deputy happiness managers or other bullshit jobs.
>>2728614I have no dog in this fight, but the average American grocery store is about five times as large as most European grocery stores. Those Costco's they have are like half the size of the city of Toledo Spain.
>>2723209What parts did I miss in Brussels? I stayed in Grand Place and didn't make it too far away from it. The train from the airport stopped at a bunch of shady as fuck spots. I ended up taking the Eurostar to Amsterdam and the surroundings got noticeably nicer once I got to the Netherlands border.
>>2728889>>2722743I did a loop, Brussels to Ghent to Bruges to Antwerp to Brussels, then to Amsterdam. Ghent I found to be forgettable but it was a welcome respite from the city full of gypsies bothering me while I drank beer. I didn't find Bruges as touristy as people made it out to be, although I didn't do any of the normal things. Went to De Garre which is sort of hidden away and had fun drinking 11% triples. Antwerp was ok, I'd probably like it more if I were into fashion.
>>2728167Why be lactose intolerant?
He's back lads!With HQ content as always! This time from SEA.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic7sjkI2Uik
>>2728176One takes 15 seconds to do. The other takes an hour.
>>2720154Look at bloated fucking bald faggot face lmao. This is the fate of all Anglo men. An unrecognizable melted candle alcoholic bald fucking faggot
>>2728199You should probably stop watching his videos if you don't like him
>>2727946>/pol/rent free
>>2720183kek ESL retards. Never change.
