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fishpatrol) wrote2010-03-19 12:29 am
fishpatrol) wrote2010-03-19 12:29 am
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1. I saw trailers belonging to the director/producers/actors/stunts people for Warehouse 13 today, on my way to the library. I admit that I would be much more curious about where they were filming if Joe Flanigan was a regular cast member. ;)
2. Canadian-flisters: do you guys have any recommendations for no-fee credit cards? My current one is going to be replaced by a different one (with a worse reward system) in a couple of months and I'm thinking of switching banks.
3. One of my housemates has convinced me that I absolutely need to go traveling during the summer of my first year. China doesn't seem to be likely this year (maybe next year), so I'm considering Europe, maybe one of those student tours or something. What do you guys think? I am very inexperienced in the way of traveling, especially on my own, so I have no idea where to start, even.
2. Canadian-flisters: do you guys have any recommendations for no-fee credit cards? My current one is going to be replaced by a different one (with a worse reward system) in a couple of months and I'm thinking of switching banks.
3. One of my housemates has convinced me that I absolutely need to go traveling during the summer of my first year. China doesn't seem to be likely this year (maybe next year), so I'm considering Europe, maybe one of those student tours or something. What do you guys think? I am very inexperienced in the way of traveling, especially on my own, so I have no idea where to start, even.
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3. Yay traveling! Like the person above, I'm also not really a fan of organized bus tours. (Partly, I've heard a number of them end up being "party in all the European capitals" tours. Many people might enjoy that kind of trip, but I'm not one of them.) OTOH, I did really enjoy a Hop-on Hop-off bus tour I took in Scotland, which had the benefit of taking you to some out-of-the-way places and providing some traveling companions, but also let me customize my own trip and spend some time on my own (much needed, heh). I don't know how common those kind of companies are in Europe more generally, but there seemed to be a number of them in the UK. Eeee, trip-planning is so exciting! :D
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Oh, uck, I hadn't thought of that! D: I really don't want to do a trip like that. The Hop-on Hop-off bus sounds pretty good, though! So it's a tour bus that just goes along certain routes and you can choose where to get on/off?
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I looked up the website for Macbackpackers (hee!) but from a casual glance it looks like they don't have a hop-on-hop-off option anymore. *sadface* It was awesome because you had a certain number of days to complete the circuit so you just had to book a seat on their regularly scheduled tours (which passed through pretty much every day) and ride along with them till the next stop. Also, they had 18-person (or so) buses, so the group was always kept relatively small. They do seem to have a list (http://macbackpackers.com/links/tours) of other bus tours on their website that might be helpful?