Search results

sup I'm currently in france and i was thinking about going to busk in Switzerland as they got that monayyy Anybody got experience busking there ? Any tips on where it would be better ? French part ? German part ? Italian ? If i end up doing it I'll keep yall posted on how it went Ciao

I only hitchiked in ireland once and it went well. It's a very small country (compared to what im used to anyway) I lived in dublin for a few months but honestly i would recommend going on the west coast, for the landscapes are incredible there ! If you feel extra adventurous you could even book...

HEY ! I'm going to France this summer and there's this festival called Floating Castle in Slovenia. I had never realised Slovenia was this far west in europe ! And now I'm trying to get info on that country because it seems fun and green with lots of water (something i'll def be craving in...

wassup bud !! moi aussi je vais être en france cet été. J'arrive le 9 juillet. Justement j'étais en train de chercher des trucs à faire... On pourra se checker voir si on pourrait se croiser si tu veux ! Dans tous les cas bon voyage :) De mon point de vue : fuck paris, va à marseille et...

Thanks y'all! These are good things to think about, thanks :) My main concern is that I'll be traveling with my instruments and i don't want them to think I'll be busking but I'm planning on telling them I'm getting music lessons in nola

Hi y'all, this question is for Canadian citizens. I'm planning on crossing the border from Canada to the USA. I'll be traveling with my car (which doesn't exactly look new or clean but it's 20 years old so let's keep an open mind here). My question is : what do I need to tell the border services...

What you can do about that is leaving the front door open while you retrieve your stuff Also i always say "well thanks for the ride, alrighty juste gonna get my stuff in the back" and then i say goodbye while closing the door I don't think people would steal from me but they might forget and...

Yeah I've started taking pics of plates when dudes pick me up (which is all the time or almost) (i realize woman can be shady too but hitchiking is a lot about your gut and usually i feel confortable with the woman picking me up) If i do hitch in the states i will definitely remember that. Thank...

These are all good advice, thanks y'all !

Thanks, i never thought about the puking trick ! Where will you be hitching from exactly? That could be a plan :D

Hey y'all ! I'll make this quick. I have experience hitchiking alone in eastern Canada and France. I've been wanting to go back to NOLA for a while now (so it's a Montreal to NOLA kind of situation) But I'm worried about hitchiking alone in the states because, well, people seem more dangerous...

Thanks ! I looked at it yesterday and turns out the cheapest option is to fly... i don't have that kind of money tho, so i guess I'll delay my little adventure

Omg no !! I didn't even think about it ! Thank you so much !

Hey, I'm considering heading to NOLA for a month during may. I was looking at flights because i won't have much time. My main question is : do you folks know if there are any big airports not so far from louisiana where it would be cheaper to fly from montreal ? Ps : I know hitchiking and...

Dans le sud, pas loin de Montpellier. Il fait pratiquement assez chaud toute l'année pour raver :P et toi ?

What an amazing post ! I'm so glad someone is talking about the rave culture in europe as a part of the traveler culture ! No offense but i find this forum to be centered around the states and north america a lot (but i mean that's where matt is from so it makes sense) and it's refreshing to...

That's some good info, thanks !

Cis woman here, what I've began doing is asking people if i can take a picture of their plate to send it to my friend (i send it along with the where from and where to info). If they say no ill pass. It's good because if you disappear your friend will know where you were last + the driver knows...

Hi everyone ! I should get a big ol' chevy van soon but those drinnnk gaz and (surprise surprise) I can't really afford to pay for my gaz all the time. So I wanted to have some info/tips on how to busk at gaz stations (which to chose, is there a particular time, etc) I'm a longish time busker...

I'm back in my hometown in southern France for about two months (near Nimes). Things are boring. Anyone around here ? I'm supposed to go to Lyon and Grenoble and Toulouse as well, and also Torrevieja/Granada in Spain. Bye là

I don't know what's up in Notre dame des landes but there are other forests/spots to be defended. There always are :/

Enjoy !! If you go to the okanagan valley, Naramata is a beautiful fun and chill place :)

Hey there ! My "base camp" is in Montreal but Ill be going east next month. Where you at ?

August gets hot AF !! But you just have to be prepared :) Squats in Europe are easier to keep around, but they'll usually change from time to time. I'd recommend going to any squat/ZAD and ask them about places in Portugal or on the road to get there. I think it should be fairly easy finding...

For France : Yo, go to Le Festival d'Aurillac, it last a week and it's free. It's street theatre and performances (biggest in europe if not the world) I HIGHLY recommand it. It's in france Also buddy just hitch. If you're traveling by yourself it shouldn't be too hard, try to look as clean as...

I play the tin whistle (not a lot though, I should probably practice more), the uke, the musical saw and I sing (I'm actually taking opera singing lessons atm !) I mostly play jazz and blues by myself, but my awesome band Les Insortables...

So as a 23yo cis woman who identifies as a feminist (and I did recognized myself in what you wrote), here's what I think. It is in no way an attack, and please keep in mind english is not my first language, and although I am more or less bilingual, the english language doesn't allow me to use...

This is too real ! Welcome back then !

(disclaimer : I'm taking shortcuts writing "female" instead of non-transphobic terms. English is not my first language so just writing this level of concept is complicated to me) So I just found this thread using the search thingy, read it, and what I'll add might not be major but I'm female...

So I'm no expert but I'd say, do as you wish ? If you feel like you're getting tired of this lifestyle, try a new one. Nothing stops you from changing it again afterwards... To me it sounds it's an idea growing in your head, and you're not sure yet. Maybe give some time to that idea or talk with...

I used to knit a bit too, especially while in transit, and here's my experience : I was used to get back home with the last tram in the city I lived but I had a correspondance and I would always see second tramway leave when my first got to the stop I was changing trams, so I'd have to wait for...

It was about two years ago, in New Orleans. I met this girl (hope they identify that way). I think she was blond, with short dreads that looked kinda fresh, and a face tattoo that said "fuck" (or "fuck it" or "fuck you" ??) above her eyebrow. She kinda looked like someone you wouldn't want to...

Yeah you might want to check "refuges", they are in the Alps as well. You should find some info on the internet if you look at websites for hikers or whatever...

That is well said and that would be my reason too... I have had very little experiences that were actually good with sex and relationships, be it sexual or emotional, so I developed strong boundaries that don't allow people "in" (in both ways huehuehue). Now I crave for affection but any attempt...

Originally a southern french one that I'll try and translate : "you're so slow [doing ____] that we'd have time to kill a donkey by throwing soft figs at it"

Hey This is not a subject about which I open often, or easily, but the fact that you openly talk about having be an abuser and the fact that you're not a cis man (??? not 100% sure but if your picture is you then it would be surprising) makes stuff easier. I was a sexual abuser to my ex. We...

This is so cool ! I wish I could do the thing just to be able to say "I am a storm chaser". So badass ! Do you think there's something similar in Canada ? Wouldn't it be logical that the two countries put their infos together as they're so close ?

Unfortunately, females get rides easily for a reason. @saaage, you're right about being worried about your safety. However, if you're traveling with someone else you should be okay. I try avoiding hitching by myself but I really enjoy doing it if I'm with a friend. Here are my thoughts about it...

My mom's from France and my dad's from Québec. I take it very personally when people say québécois is "not french", or a bastardized version of it. Most of the time you don't even realize you're just another person who thinks the language variation from France is more prestigious because of...

Do you mean that cops in the USA are better than in Europe ? Cuz I really don't have a lot of experience with cops in the USA or even in North America but at least in France most of them are assholes. They will try and get you mad at them just to feel thery's powerful. That being said, cops in...

Hey there, sorry about your experience. I think we all get why you feel bad about him but sometimes you just can't help people, no matter how hard you try. If they don't want to help themselves then there's really not a lot you can do. Dealing with people you love that are addicted to whatever...

Duuuude it might be (hope it will be !) surprising for some people here but a good friend of mine and myself had this constant feeling while traveling the USA in a van (we're both french so it's pretty exotic)... We would drive for hours and suddenly be like 'yo dude - what - we're in the USA...

Traveling is awesoooommee, I've been doing it for a while as half my family is from Québec and the other one from France. One of the things I realized quite young was the smell : countries have a smell. Sometimes when I'm in France I'll get a draft of Québec, even if I haven't been there in a...

Yo ! I'm currently in southern France, near Montpellier. Send a pm if you're around !

@scattercat Thanks !! It might in fact be really useful. I was a bit concerned that english people wouldn't be big fans of french folks, but we will be coming from far and we will have some stories to tell, I bet. Anyway, we'll try and aim for the M6. That was something we were unsure of as you...

Yo ! You don't seem like you hitch often, but long story short my male friend and I want to go to scotland hitchiking the fastest possible. Do you have any tips like what to write on your sign or whatever ? Should we write something like "frenchies" or not ? I'm asking because I've realized...

I'm not traveling at the moment but I really suck at taking simple decisions so when I can't decide I flip a coin. I took this habit from a friend who always flips her coins three times and when I asked her why she would do that she answered "so I know it's not random". I thought it was so...

I know who would have known right ? not quebs I mean you certainly never had a frenchie making fun of your accent right ?

Everything that happens in the street is non-existent in Europe. Dogs fighting=punks=they ask you for money=danger=don't look at it and it won't exist (basically). I can tell you busking is a bitch here ! I mean, depends how dogs fight too. If it's for amusement people will actually be pretty...

I see what you mean about that cultural/social maturity, but I would say another difference would be the speed for change in both continents. I mean, how much years after "Americans were concerned about whites & blacks sharing the same entry door" did you guys literally had a black president ...