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So /trv/, today I realised I need to broaden my views, get new experiences etc. (I'm a eurofag)

What I would like is to travel the world, and visit some cities in different countries - preferrably quite different ones, like the US, Japan, Australia, and some European country like Spain or Germany.

I *don't* want to backpack. Ideally, I'm looking for some program where I can work a few months in one city, then move on to another, having everything arranged in advance via the program.

Qualified work would be nice (I'm one year from a compsci degree), but if such a program exists I imagine it is much more likely to involve charity work, which is fine by me.

I'm almost 24 and almost done with uni. Am I too old for this (often, these program focus on young students, not graduates-to-be), or is there hope?
>> Anonymous
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>preferrably quite different ones, like the US, Japan, Australia, and some European country like Spain or Germany.

Apart from Japan none of those countries register as especially 'different'. I find wherever I go in the Western world (including Japan, somewhat) life goes on very similarly.

If you are skilled, it doesn't matter, there is bound to be some form of work program you can get involved with. My suggestion is Europe by the sounds of things but it really depends on what you want apart from professionally.

Spain is good but not to my tastes. Germany is generally excellent both professionally and culturally, you could be very successful and have a pretty good time there. Remember more people willingly speak English in Germany than elsewhere.
>> Anonymous
For anything intercontinental, there are usually various ways of getting a work related trip there. It'll be menial work, since it's for everyone.

My best friend has been to America two times using such a service and while he has been doing work like hauling sacks and moving rocks and such, he says it's been great.

As a fellow Eurofag, I'd find it easier if you said where you're from. It would be retarded to suggest Scandinavia if you're from this region (I'm Danish), since the countries are fairly similar.

Tbh, Budapest is a great city. I've been there a few times and it's easy to navigate, fairly cheap and has a lot of nice stuff to see. Knowing German would help, though, because most people still speak either Russian or German as a secondary language. But even someone like me, who only speaks English and Danish, can figure it out.

Then there's the usual stuff like Berlin, Paris, Barcelona, London, Rome, Milan, Moscow (although that's pretty far away from anything else in Europe), Prague and such.

I've heard New York is great from friends and when going east, Thailand is a great country to travel through. There's also Japan but I don't know anyone who has been there, so can't tell you about it.

It's likely to find programs like these on the net if you search something like "work+travel" on google.

Other than that, wiki the countries you're thinking about. It's likely not going to give you very specific stuff but knowing what languages people speak, what stuff to see in different cities etc, is a great start. Also, check the countries on your country's foreign office website, as wells as various travel guides.