wombatsauce

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I've spent a lot of time in Spain and have to say I prefer Madrid to Barcelona as well. Barcelona is an experience, but I got a real "touristy" feel there even going to some places off the path and such. Really fun, but I had so much fun in Madrid I went back again and just spent my time there. Before though, my friend and I spent a month in Spain and after a week in Barcelona and Madrid each, we just rented a car and drove around all over. It was awesome, amazing country. The first time I went, we ended up right in the middle of Semana Santa so it was ****ing nuts.

Irrational X

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thats a +1 for spain, pull the trigger OP.

zergling

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My family and I immigrated here shortly after I graduated

yayitzian

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i did most of my traveling as I was younger...after college...vegas...haha. but i did take a year off and blow all the money i'd saved before i became broke and started looking for work.

chimchimm5

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Actually this isn't for me. I'm wayyyy past graduation.

Was talking with some recent graduates and their parents recently.

I did a little hawaii trip after graduation. But I should have done the backpack/hostel thing in Europe too. And as for money, it would have been funded by myself and summer internships and other jobs. It would be nice to be spoiled, but I'm not one of them.

jewpac42

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Including my plane ticket I spent less than $3000 for 3 weeks in Europe.

wombatsauce

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Yeah my month in Spain was around $4500 but that was mostly because we ended up staying in some more expensive places toward the end, and the two people that were going to spend the second half of the trip bailed, doubling all expenses. Either way I just made sure I had a credit card and reminded myself that I probably would not get back there any time soon and had the best time I could. Spoiled.. Yeah that would be cool. Ha! Nobody's ever really bought me anything in my life.

Irrational X

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i paid my own way working since 16 for the win

walt

Inspired by a Timothy Leary speech,and aided by the compounding skills of a Mister Owsley,I traveled to Inner Space. Cost: about $5 (round trip) and worth every penny of it.

JArnaud

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Nowhere, I went straight to working full time, and regret doing that. If I could do it over again, I would have spent 3 months exploring every square inch of the Hawaiian Islands.

wombatsauce

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Except Ni'ihau of course.

Choku Dori

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Makaha beckons...

AntiochCali

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Wow...I would add

GE - not so nice ppl, gotta go to a legal prostitution house once, it's novel
Korea - awesome good times...great ppl, everywhere is clean, no worries, no crime.
U.K. - everything is more expensive than you think it will be, great ppl. and they sort of speak English!
Japan - A very fun place to visit if you're a round eye! Expensive, it's the only place I went to that I felt like I was poor.
Philippines - some beautiful beaches if you get out of Manila, and the poverty only seems to exist around the cities in the countryside ppl are much better. Be very careful where you eat if you are in Manila, go to the embassy and get a list of "approved" restaurants, no kidding. Great night life though, awesome fun girls, addicting, everyone except the girls are trying to rip you off. EVERY adult male owns and carries a gun...but you can't.
Thailand - better than the RP (PI), clean, fun, only taxi drivers trying to rip you off. very cheap.
Italy - a little expensive, more hype than fun, the cities were less fun than the countryside for me.
Austria - the most beautiful mountains I have ever seen...amazing views.
Denmark - too much change, no idea what it's like these days.
France - don't like Americans, don't like anyone who doesn't speak french, don't leave stuff laying on a table on an outdoor cafe or ppl will think it's okay to borrow it...pretty good food served with stinky cheese.
Belgium - might have changed, but when I was there, if you hired a working girl and she weighs less than 90 lbs, you have to take her for a meal, it was a pretty nice place compared to France.
Spain - Poor, not like the RP, but not good either. This place was the biggest let down for me, I expected it to be good but it was really only good around the tourist hotels.
Azores - everything is uphill too many sheep...not worth the cost. Nice sweaters.
Guam - very boring, go to Hawaii.
Greece - everything soaked in olive oil, very polluted cities. Islands are nicer.
Mexico - very 3rd world, dirt roads, ugly pollution....not pretty at all except around the tourist areas.
Canada - cleaner than the US - I love the Western side (mountains) but most of the ppl live in the east. Lots of easy women compared to the US, so I heard.


I've probably been to a few other places too...I forget, haha.

NorCalDC5

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Graduating this May and was planning to spend a month in Japan. I have never been out of the country before or even had a real vacation in a long time. Last vacation I had was probably like 10 years ago.

But some financial issues came up and it looks like I won't be able to go anymore. I'm really bummed as I was REALLY REALLY looking forward to going

Hatteroo

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never graduated college, but doing some adventuring being in the AF and in Japan