I haven’t ever been in Europe for longer than a week or so, but in case you’re interested, the Netherlands is particularly good as (in my experience, anyway!) Dutch people do tend to know English. I also went to Berlin recently and most (though not all) people did speak English, at least a little.

Any metroploitan city in Europe will be fairly easy to navigate in English. English is the default international option, so any area catering to tourists will likely have a lot of English speaking people and signs.

I’ve lived abroad several times in countries where I did not speak the language and have never had big problems getting around or…[Read more]

I agree with the others, you shouldn’t have a problem. One thing you should do though, is try to learn the language — when I was last travelling I found listening to pod casts was great, and easy to do while you were on trains, planes etc. The most important word you’ll need is excuse me. The German is “entschuldigung,” which takes some…[Read more]

If you want to go north, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland are essentially bilingual countries… most people you meet will be fluent and the ones who aren’t can still speak conversational English. They are kind of expensive though, especially Norway. Sweden is a little cheaper than Denmark.

Germany in the cities is fine… touristy parts of…[Read more]

My strategy is to get to know those around me first and hear what gay terms they might throw around, as in their bashing and such. Then I approach those I feel more comfortable coming out to first (the ones that seem more gay friendly) and allow them to take the approach of telling others… I don’t think EVERYONE needs to know up front. Take your…[Read more]

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oh my god! thats my situation as well. sometimes i want to blame myself, but sometimes i’m just like “GOD DAMNIT, WHY DOESN’T ANYONE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IRA GLASS?!” so i’ve been hiding in my dorm watching “Friends”. it is probably half my fault though.

ramen + peanut butter = fake pad thai

For me it went like this at university: Everyone kind of grouped according to their general personalities and hobbies right at the beginning and while I hung out with those people a lot, in the end it turned out that I only really really connected with one girl in my group. Everyone else was nice to do stuff with, but they aren’t really people I…[Read more]