Studying abroad

switzerland..france..italy (LOTS of hot women that ski)..

In all 3 of those countries?

mainly italy..i think. thats my opinion tho.

Sweeden = snow, hot blondes and snus

i know those things exist in Sweden, but i've never heard of Sweeden...

south island in NZ for skiing. Im going to the north island in 12 days to study abroad im pumped! be careful though - the seasons arent the same as in the US

Hehehehe...

Luxembourg. Right in the middle of Europe. Perfect place for a weekend trip for skiing to anywhere.

If I could go back to a point in college where I could feasibly have planned to study abroad and still graduate on time I would hands down go to Australia. I've heard studying abroad there is dirty.

Chamonix basically has all three of those covered, however, I doubt you can study abroad there. I say go to Geneva; that will put you about an hour- hour and a half from Chamonix. Bang! Problem solved.

^1000th post right there.

I've applied to go to Austria for next winter semester. Which for them would start in March. So March of 2012.
Specifically the university is in Innsbruck. From my research it looks like a dope town with tons of stuff to do and see and from google earth thing it looks super beautiful.

I'll be there later in the ski season but hopefully still get to ski some nice pow, if i get accepted might head over earlier just to ski.

and the dope thing is that all my classes would be taught in english and my school doesn't care about grades when u go abroad, only pass/fail. so i only need 51% which i can get in my sleep which will give me more time to explore and travel. Grades only matter if you apply to grad school.

check out what your school offers im sure they will have lots of info for you to look through to pick somewhere that interests you.

good shit, thanks all

I'm also going to study abroad - Buenes Aires Argentina or Bilbao Spain.  Still can't decide though.

where abouts you studying?

I spent last summer in Berlin, and am planning to go to London/Edinburgh in the fall.

Berlin was such an amazing experience. Just "being" in a new environment is an incredible way to learn about yourself. When you're forced to adapt to an entirely different culture and way of life...you encounter yourself through the process of changing.

You also realize that, as much as people like to say that "we're all the same," as much as people like to minimize differences between people, they are just as important as our similarities. Yeah, Germans drive on the right side of the road, drink beer, and love sex just like us Americans. But for them, driving a car is an intensive experience; nobody talks while they're driving. Ever notice how German cars don't have enough cup holders? That's because a German wouldn't think about sipping an iced coffee while driving. He's in his car, not his living room. A German would laugh at what we consider decent beer. Beck's is about the shittiest brew you can find in Berlin; for us, it's pretty good. Germans also get plenty drunk, but they do it sitting around a table at a bar with their friends, not standing up and walking around a bar hitting on girls. Germans fuck at a younger age than most Americans...remember losing your virginity to your girlfriend? In Germany you find a curious girl, screw, and move on.

Obviously this is pretty focused on Germany, but this is just scratching the surface. The same goes for every culture globally. Your experience of interaction with others will teach you so much about not just them but about yourself; you'll naturally compare the foreign things you observe to the aspects of your own way of life that you never considered.

So yeah. Definitely study abroad. Definitely do it for an extended period of time. Make sure that you also spend the majority of it in one place; you'll see so much more if you root your experiences to one way of life.

Ohh yeah, and you'll probably take classes. Those are fairly useless; man learns by seeing the world around him, not by being told how things are.

My sisters doing a teaching abroad kind of thing in Briancon, France right now. She live like 5 minutes from Serre Chevalier and gets to ski pretty frequently when she isn't getting respectably drunk, eating cheese, or hitting on Italians (its really close to the boarder). I'd recommend skipping the city and just going for a mountain town.

Auckland. I leave in a week i cant wait! Ill be sure to post up pics in M/A when I get the chance

ah, too bad. should have come to wellington man, its where its at

actually, you have snowplanet up there, so skiing whenever you want. lucky bastard

this dude knows.

you reminded me that i have some snus in my drawer. gonna do a bump now.

me too. i want to go to like austria or sweden or somewhere over there.

my school has the option to go to antarctica. there's a few stops on the way but that's the ultimate destination.

Im most likely going to school in Switzerland next year.