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Canada Solo

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  • 27-02-2013 2:59pm
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    GrizzlyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭


    Ok so looks like im heading over solo now, as friend has pulled out unfortuantely. Just thought Id start a thread to see if there are many people doing it alone and what plans have they made, if any.

    Im planing on flying out sometime in June , hitting Toronto. So really dont know what to expect but looking forward to it :), i guess going alone will make it more of an adventure. So anyone else in same situation ?
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    JustRoss23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭JustRoss23


    Calgary april going solo all going well.. ya will be grand seems a good few in the similar position:D


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    ShooterSF
    Registered Users Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    Calgary August solo. My emotion hops from terrified to excited about 6 times a day.


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    GrizzlyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭GrizzlyMan


    ShooterSF wrote: »
    Calgary August solo. My emotion hops from terrified to excited about 6 times a day.

    haha thats how im feeling at the moment, well the initial shock that im going alone seems to be waring a little now. Great to know there is other people in the same boat. The thought of staying in Ireland is more Terrifiying to me more than going to Canada alone tbh lol


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    JustRoss23
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbZnCGyPneo

    Never give up;)


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    GrizzlyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭GrizzlyMan


    JustRoss23 wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbZnCGyPneo

    Never give up;)

    Nice one, waited too long for this opportunity to let it go :) you gotta love Rockys words of wisdom :D


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    flynnser19
    Registered Users Posts: 617 ✭✭✭flynnser19


    I was gonna go solo but two friends jumped on last minute!!were leavin for Toronto in June too!!
    I had planned on staying in the Canadiana hostel when I arrived I I'd been alone cause apparently everyone stays there before they find a flat and people post jobs and all on the notice boards so I advise ya to look into there!! I wouldn't worry about being alone you'll meet people through work and that no point in missing out just cause noone else is adventurous enough to leave lol
    Best of luck though!!!


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    WasterEx
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭WasterEx


    Solo, Calgary, should be there in mid April! ;)


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    GrizzlyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭GrizzlyMan


    flynnser19 wrote: »
    I was gonna go solo but two friends jumped on last minute!!were leavin for Toronto in June too!!
    I had planned on staying in the Canadiana hostel when I arrived I I'd been alone cause apparently everyone stays there before they find a flat and people post jobs and all on the notice boards so I advise ya to look into there!! I wouldn't worry about being alone you'll meet people through work and that no point in missing out just cause noone else is adventurous enough to leave lol
    Best of luck though!!!

    haha your so right, aint gonna have this chance again so no stopping me .thanks for the good wishes:) it will be june in no time, have fun :D


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    hdowney
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    Yup going alone, later this year/beginning next depending on finances. Tossing between Calgary and Toronto at the mo


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    DeniseDee
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭DeniseDee


    I'm going to Toronto on my own too :)

    Hopefully!


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    GrizzlyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭GrizzlyMan


    DeniseDee wrote: »
    I'm going to Toronto on my own too :)

    Hopefully!

    Great to see other people going to Toronto alone too :) I gather your still waiting confirmation too. Hopefully we will hear soon, although i only uploaded all my docs last weekend so im sure i have still a good wait yet :(


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    media101
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭media101


    im going solo too, hitting Calgary in oct. whenever the family or friends ask if im worried about traveling alone i tell them no sure it's an adventure but on the inside I'm terrified, but nothing will hold me back from going!!


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    DeniseDee
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭DeniseDee


    GrizzlyMan wrote: »
    Great to see other people going to Toronto alone too :) I gather your still waiting confirmation too. Hopefully we will hear soon, although i only uploaded all my docs last weekend so im sure i have still a good wait yet :(

    Same here, put them all up on Sunday.
    I just wish I knew, as I have so much to do before I can go, and it is freaking me out!!!


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    GrizzlyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭GrizzlyMan


    media101 wrote: »
    im going solo too, hitting Calgary in oct. whenever the family or friends ask if im worried about traveling alone i tell them no sure it's an adventure but on the inside I'm terrified, but nothing will hold me back from going!!

    well said, exact same thoughts with me. :D


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    GrizzlyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭GrizzlyMan


    DeniseDee wrote: »
    Same here, put them all up on Sunday.
    I just wish I knew, as I have so much to do before I can go, and it is freaking me out!!!

    youll be fine, just think of the end results all the pllanning will be worth it and youll look back in a few months and wonder why you were freaked out ;)


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    Afatpigeon
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭Afatpigeon


    Yeah, heading to Toronto too. Will be there late May/Early June hopefully.


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    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,102 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    i was up in toronto before xmas and its unreal the amount of irish around compared to when i first came over.

    Come the summer its gonna be jammed with loads more.


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    JustRoss23
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    wheres quite retalivity? did the Irish flock north yet? hay-river , Yellowknife etc? Calgary is meant to be wedged with them Edmonton not as bad:D


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    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,102 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    JustRoss23 wrote: »
    wheres quite retalivity? did the Irish flock north yet? hay-river , Yellowknife etc? Calgary is meant to be wedged with them Edmonton not as bad:D

    London is quiet!
    Pretty much anywhere outside the GTA, Calgary & Vancouver. I'd guess 90% or people coming over will be in one of those 3 areas


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    hdowney
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    Much going for London? And I suppose much going in London? I ain't a grafter type like Ross or them (sparkys and the like) I am more either Admin/IT or looking to become a Chef


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    beercan810
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    I'm heading off to the Rockies for a ski season on my own. Once the snow is gone the plan is to try get an IT job wherever the IT jobs are! Currently working in London.


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    howlermonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭howlermonkey


    Going to Toronto with 3 other friends at the end of May but thats all that we know for now. Even though we're going as a group we're still seeing who else will be out there with us for accommodation and stuff like that!


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    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    Assuming all goes well with the application Im for Vancouver solo in October.
    Cannot wait (although trying not to think about it in case my application is rejected.)
    I have never found traveling solo to be anything other exciting, fun and unpredictable.


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    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,102 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    hdowney wrote: »
    Much going for London? And I suppose much going in London? I ain't a grafter type like Ross or them (sparkys and the like) I am more either Admin/IT or looking to become a Chef

    Its a mid-sized canadian city, with a decent tech/admin/business/service prospects in it afaik. From reading the local news this past few months, most of the job losses around here have been in industrial and mechanical plants as theyve downsized.

    Big enough college town, with one massive university and a fairly large college. Less than 2 hours from Toronto, Nigara Falls and Detroit. Quite warm in the summer


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    gary27
    Registered Users Posts: 837 ✭✭✭gary27


    retalivity wrote: »
    Its a mid-sized canadian city, with a decent tech/admin/business/service prospects in it afaik. From reading the local news this past few months, most of the job losses around here have been in industrial and mechanical plants as theyve downsized.

    Big enough college town, with one massive university and a fairly large college. Less than 2 hours from Toronto, Nigara Falls and Detroit. Quite warm in the summer

    My brother was there last summer on the wider horizon programme, he liked it.


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    retalivity
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    gary27 wrote: »
    My brother was there last summer on the wider horizon programme, he liked it.

    there was another donegal man in London and I didnt know about it???


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    gary27
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    retalivity wrote: »
    there was another donegal man in London and I didnt know about it???

    he worked in one of the rona stores as part of the course and stayed in apartments in dundas street.


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    #29
    Furious-Red
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    Going Toronto hopefully in April of next year via New Orleans (So i can finally go to a Wrestlemania :) ) . All on my own (bar New Orleans who ill be going with a few friends) but going to Canada on my own.


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    #30
    Berzerker
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭Berzerker


    Currently in Waterloo/Kitchener and come on my own. Best decision in my life! :)


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    JONJO THE MISER
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12,333 ✭✭✭✭JONJO THE MISER


    On the Island myself, it be really chilling here man:cool:


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