3 ms·
Different strokes I guess... I typically go places for 1-3 months at a time. And work as well. So, if I go to a bar in a foreign country and talk to people,
by Mikeb85 5y ago
Different strokes I guess... I typically go places for 1-3 months at a time. And work as well. So, if I go to a bar in a foreign country and talk to people, it's the same as going to a bar and talking to people in my hometown. Not being a tourist that needs babysitting. Besides, you can usually knock off all the touristy "must do's" in a day or two anyway.
- tristor 5y agoMy experience matches yours pretty strongly. I've never really had an issue meeting individuals while traveling solo, it's more about when I'm in a group meeting other groups to temporarily add new faces to the mix. I also generally prefer to stay in some place at /least/ one month, and just live a "normal" life in a different location and meet some locals along the way.
- dougmwne 5y agoBeing there for a few months is a different animal. After a few weeks, you pretty much live there and are somewhat of a local yourself. You are no longer a tourist trying to collect an experience, just a person who happens to connect with another person. I was in Vienna recently for a month. We went to a couple of shared interest meetups with a mix of expats and Austrians. It didn’t really matter where folks were from or exactly hown long they’d been living in Vienna, we had come to connect on the common interest, not that we had a made friends with a “real Austrian”.