My professor is keeping us up when we get there. We have a few things scheduled right after we hit the ground. I plan to try to sleep some on the plane. I usually don't sleep very much anyway, so hopefully it won't be much of a problem.
Here, let me hook you up: The thread title is "First time going abroad", I was (again) hinting at the many questions surrounding your not-so-latent sexuality, and the exceedingly greater extents that you go to in order to maintain even a modicum of plausible deniability, by reading it as: "First time going A (space) Broad" See what I did there, now, putz? It does rob me of a substantial portion of my joy in insulting you when I have to explain it like this. TIFWIW.
And I simply meant that coincidentally that my wedding night was also the last night I went abroad. You Butt pirate.
I walked around with an american wallet for 3 weeks with no problem. it's just like any other big city. pay attention and you will be fine.
i stayed up till night. had dinner and drank a bottle of wine and slept great the first night. second night was tough. third and after was fine. it's going back that was terrible.
Hmm okay. I may consider just carrying a little cash and my debit card in the front pocket of my jeans.
Exactly. Put the rest in your hotel safe. I'd carry my drivers license for some sort of id, but not my passport. of course all the hotel people have keys to your safe anyway, but i imagine it still should be safer.
Our professor has been over there quite a bit. He actually just spent an entire year over there writing a book over the past year. I assume he has chosen hotels where he trusts our possessions will be safe. So debit card, drivers license, cash.. sounds good.
went here my first night in rome. awesome and very cheap. Pizzeria Dar Poeta - Trastevere - Roma raw sausage bruschetta was awesome. pizza excellent
my other tip is to get cell service overseas. you can cancel it immedaitely after you get back. i used google maps constantly. found a spectacular restuarant steps from the vatican that way. very resonably priced.
don't get too caught up in going with the group. your best memories will be walking random streets and sitting outside at a bar and people watching.
The world travelers and finance gurus would know way better than I, but a credit card would trump a debit card. Debit card charges can't be reversed or stopped, (at least mine can't), but only petitioned for fraud. General idea is if the card leaves your hand, use a credit card.
i assumed his debit card was also a credit card. yes use a credit card for everything. you get the best exchange rates that way. you can always google your credit card companies overseas rates. i primarily used my american express card and it got a great rate and was accepted pretty much anywhere (more so than here actually).
As in use the debit card as a credit card? When I make purchases, it often gives me the choice of debit or credit. I think that is what you are talking about. Droski - I have a dumb phone... lol I can't get google maps.
My parents put me on their plan and offered to pay for my phone bill when I got my first phone. I have been on there ever since. They don't want to pay the extra money to upgrade to a smart phone plan, so I can't get one. I have strongly considered getting my own plan, but it just isn't worth it to me to pay all that extra when I'm paying nothing now. I will probably look into it after I graduate.
