If you had to go Abroad

losthorizon

to live for a year or two. But, the stipulation is that you cant go to an English speaking country in the first world (Britain, USA, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the like). Where would you go? English speaking countrys in Africa like Nigeria, Ghana etc can be mentioned.

I didnt put the post in the travel section as I'm not interested in travel info but posters opinions on other nationalities and countrys.


For me I would have a hard time choosing between (1) Germany beacuse they are actually very friendly, have great beer and nighlife although their food is crap. (2) I'm Married. But If I wasnt I would go to Iceland and live there for the year (not sure about winter though). Been there twice. Weekend nights out are mad. (3) Lebanon Ive always wanted to go somewhere exotic

Anway witha drunk Leader and a bankrupt economy everybody is going to be leaving soon - get that atlas out. Mongolia here we come!:(

chin_grin

French Canadia!

Yes, I read your post.

Biggins

Nice, France.

MagicMarker

I'm pretty sure Germany and Iceland are in the ''1st world''.

NothingMan

Everywhere, in any order. Want to travel the world. Preferably all in one go with a backpack and sandles but seem destined to see it all one piece at a time in 2 weeks a year intervals I hate real life!

Not really, I love me.

h1n1

MagicMarker wrote: »

I'm pretty sure Germany and Iceland are in the ''1st world''.

Not English as first language though

Dean820

Thailand.

Cakes.

MagicMarker wrote: »

I'm pretty sure Germany and Iceland are in the ''1st world''.

It says you can go anywhere in the 1st world that doesn't speak ENGLISH

Mine would be Germany too probably

h1n1

I'd fancy heading to Russia or Japan for a few years

Columbia

Can't be first world and no English spoken?

Probably head to Cork then.

BluesBerry

Italy

Brendog

If I had a go at Abroad it'd be Megan Fox....










I'd punch the head off her:p

Mr. Presentable

Italy

ClutchIt

losthorizon wrote: »

(3) Lebanon Ive always wanted to go somewhere exotic

Lebanon is Exotic? Sounds like a sectarian hellhole! No thanks. I'd go with Barbados or Cyprus

Kimono-Girl

It would have to be Italy or Turkey,probably Turkey i love that country!

Banned Account

China.

PeterIanStaker

Italy, Spain or Germany.

120_Minutes

Holland, specifically Amsterdam

gurramok

Pointless as alot of Germans speak English.

Perhaps a country where the vast majority of the populace don't speak a word of English at all? France\Belgium I think would be the nearest.

jackiebaron

ClutchIt wrote: »

Lebanon is Exotic? Sounds like a sectarian hellhole! No thanks. I'd go with Barbados or Cyprus

Lebanon is exotic and the women are stunners.
I'd go to Morocco or China though.

gurramok

120_Minutes wrote: »

Holland, specifically Amsterdam

They speak better English than us

kfallon

Fitzcaraldo wrote: »

China.

No way, nothing to look at!

As a fella once said, "China has the greatest form of contraception in the world......ugly women!!!"

WIZE

Monaco ftw

demakinz

Poland ,after the warm welcome they got here im sure they would treat us very well...........not



id go to Brazil, hot girls, hot weather, and friendly people.

OhThePenguin

Spain or somewhere in South America, Argentina or Peru maybe

Brendog

Boston in America.

Closest to Ireland you'll get. Full of generations of Irish.

SV

France, easily.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Would recommend Germany as the economy is picking up nicely here judging by the work I'm offered. Failing that, Scandanavia, although it is feckin' expensive.

Uriel.

Japan. To Learn the Way of the Samurai.

Or else Vietnam.

orourkeda

The bottom of the ocean

Phill Ewinn

Italy or Spain, fairly lazy relaxed people.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

orourkeda wrote: »

The bottom of the ocean

in a pineapple?

_JOE_

Deutschland!

mahamageehad

losthorizon wrote: »

to live for a year or two. But, the stipulation is that you cant go to an English speaking country in the first world (Britain, USA, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the like). Where would you go? English speaking countrys in Africa like Nigeria, Ghana etc can be mentioned.

I didnt put the post in the travel section as I'm not interested in travel info but posters opinions on other nationalities and countrys.


For me I would have a hard time choosing between (1) Germany beacuse they are actually very friendly, have great beer and nighlife although their food is crap. (2) I'm Married. But If I wasnt I would go to Iceland and live there for the year (not sure about winter though). Been there twice. Weekend nights out are mad. (3) Lebanon Ive always wanted to go somewhere exotic

Anway witha drunk Leader and a bankrupt economy everybody is going to be leaving soon - get that atlas out. Mongolia here we come!:(

Germany is a savage country!! I'm here 3 weeks and i love it it's ssssooooo cheap! The language barrier is a killer though, and german is actually difficult to learn!

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Would recommend Germany as the economy is picking up nicely here judging by the work I'm offered. Failing that, Scandanavia, although it is feckin' expensive.

Where in germany are you and do you speak fluent german. Going looking for a job soon with a severe lack of German language skills...!

biko

Japan would be great, or southern Spain.
Polar opposites, but so am I.

phasers

Cork.

Wazdakka

Thailand or Vietnam.

liah

+1 for Germany, I'm there now and other than the whole censorship thing (banned or otherwise de-gored/de-nazi'd games, movies, books, etc) it's actually a brilliant place, the people are lovely and accommodating, weather's incredible (at least up here, no idea about the rest), it's pretty cool to be able to walk around outside in the middle of the day with alcohol, and I appreciate their relative leniency on marijuana (you can have some for personal use, no growing/selling).

Great place thus far.

Other than here, there's loads of non-English speaking countries I want to visit (I've done most of the English-speaking ones anyway so I suppose it's process of elimination) such as Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands. Denmark's only 2 miles away so I'll definitely end up there at some point. But to live for good? I'm not sure I could live anywhere for good.. but I'll probably be in Germany for some time. I hope.

losthorizon

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Would recommend Germany as the economy is picking up nicely here judging by the work I'm offered. Failing that, Scandanavia, although it is feckin' expensive.

Can you speak German?

flyton5

I was thinking Fiji...but I couldnt stay for 2 years. Probably go with Slovenia...skiing during the winter and endless list of outdoor stuff to do during the summer....

Aidric

See my location.

Fizman

1. Russia (to chase after all of my holiday romances - plus the economy is moving along nicely).
2. Sweden
3. Brazil

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

mahamageehad wrote: »

Germany is a savage country!! I'm here 3 weeks and i love it it's ssssooooo cheap! The language barrier is a killer though, and german is actually difficult to learn!


Where in germany are you and do you speak fluent german. Going looking for a job soon with a severe lack of German language skills...!

losthorizon wrote: »

Can you speak German?

It's not great, but I speak more than I can understand (usually the other way around!). Fortunately, all of the work I do requires me to speak English anyway.

liah

gurramok wrote: »

Pointless as alot of Germans speak English.

Perhaps a country where the vast majority of the populace don't speak a word of English at all? France\Belgium I think would be the nearest.

In the big cities, yes. In little ol' Flensburg, well, I guess they know a bit of English but it's really not as widespread as you'd think. That said, a few of my friends have nearly fluent English, but they're kind of special cases (one lived in Canada for some time, two others lived in the UK for some time). The rest, not so much. We get by, but it usually does take me awhile to figure out what point they're trying to make and it often just ends up with me speaking English to them and them responding in German. Which works fine, though I really need to break the habit of responding in English.. I do understand them in German. Habits are hard to break.

But yeah, as long as you stick to Berlin etc you don't need to know much at all.

starlit

I'd say Sweden or Spain.

mahamageehad

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

It's not great, but I speak more than I can understand (usually the other way around!). Fortunately, all of the work I do requires me to speak English anyway.

Cool what kind of work do you do if you don't mind me asking? I'm the opposite i can understand a bit but can't reply!!

liah wrote: »

In the big cities, yes. In little ol' Flensburg, well, I guess they know a bit of English but it's really not as widespread as you'd think. That said, a few of my friends have nearly fluent English, but they're kind of special cases (one lived in Canada for some time, two others lived in the UK for some time). The rest, not so much. We get by, but it usually does take me awhile to figure out what point they're trying to make and it often just ends up with me speaking English to them and them responding in German. Which works fine, though I really need to break the habit of responding in English.. I do understand them in German. Habits are hard to break.

But yeah, as long as you stick to Berlin etc you don't need to know much at all.

Same for parts of darmstadt and dieburg a lot of people have a little bit of english but usually not enough to help!! The language is hard to get into but I'm hoping to be fluent(ish) by xmas

Asphyxia

1. Tokyo
2. Paris
3. Berlin
4. Rome

I would definitely try Tokyo first it's such an amazing place

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

mahamageehad wrote: »

Cool what kind of work do you do if you don't mind me asking? I'm the opposite i can understand a bit but can't reply!!


Same for parts of darmstadt and dieburg a lot of people have a little bit of english but usually not enough to help!! The language is hard to get into but I'm hoping to be fluent(ish) by xmas

Try nd mix as much as possible with locals! PM sent re thge work as this is kinda going off topic.

liah

mahamageehad wrote: »

Same for parts of darmstadt and dieburg a lot of people have a little bit of english but usually not enough to help!! The language is hard to get into but I'm hoping to be fluent(ish) by xmas

No joke! It's a tough language alright. The grammar structure is very different to our own and in a lot of ways far more complicated. The gender thing is an endless source of frustration for me, I always get them mixed up. I've taken to just reading the dictionary til I get the genders down. Not to mention that the language is physically very different to speak; it's a big, BIG stretch going from a very neutral, flat mid-atlantic North American accent to trying to even just say the word "sprache" properly. My mouth doesn't move that way! :mad:

Also doesn't help that the people I'm closest to speak fluent English (of their own accord), so I don't HAVE to use German unless I happen to be with other people..

mahamageehad

Also I'm hoping to live in Spain for a bit because the language is beautiful and the people are HOT and the weather is lovely!!

Adam Selene

ClutchIt wrote: »

Lebanon is Exotic? Sounds like a sectarian hellhole! No thanks. I'd go with Barbados or Cyprus

You think Lebanon is a sectarian hellhole and you want to go to Cyprus...:rolleyes: