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@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I've got school friends in Kosovo, hoping to get to visit them soon.
Albanians?
Yes, they work for the government there. In Pristina.
I've had a thing for Albanian women in the past, it was ... well like I said I am remarried
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We are hoping to make it to Albania proper while we are in the region as well. It's on the distant side of where we are, so is the hardest place for us to get to from here.
Our Schengen visa is maxed out, so we can't cross into Hungary or Greece so we are trapped in the Balkans
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@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I never liked that show. I mean it was okay, but it wasn't great. It was so formula and cheesy. The two guys did a great job and were good presenters and made it fun in very small doses, but it was like House Hunters, there wasn't any real substance under it.
House Hunters you can summarise with: "I don't like this paint, so let's look at a different house."
And it's all fake. Many of the houses aren't even for sale and the people not buying any house! Like... actually completely fake.
Yes, they already bought it, they just move out the furniture. I actually got a realtor who was on that show for House Hunters International for Russia, she hipped me to the program, I hadn't seen much before that.
It's neat for the International version only because the US lacks anything like travel television and it provides a very minimal access to that. The locations, at least, are mostly real.
I'm the kind of lame person that actually visits places on Travel Channel shows, and No Reservations specifically.
Lame.
I say from my apartment in Sighisoara at the UNESCO World Heritage citadel site
Do you only have America citizenship, or what's up with that? Do American passports have visa-free travel in the EU or nation specific or whatever? I have no idea.
That's complex. Technically I'm a dual citizen but currently can only get one passport, US. So for travel purposes I'm just American. The US has visa free travel to a huge portion of the world (EU especially.) I get all of the UE, Balkan states, Central America, most of South America and a huge portion around the rest of the world visa free or "visa on arrival" like Turkey. US citizens, like EU citizens, more or less get to just grab backpacks and go, no forethought needed.
As an American I get six months, no questions asked, in Panama, Canada and the UK and one year in Albania!
With my Bosnian passport I only need a visa to go to Kosovo or America, hence the alternate passport, and while I technically get visa free access to the EU, like I said at border crossings I get a lot of BS sometimes, I'm not sure why exactly. I also do not require a visa for most of the CIS states, but most importantly Russia, so it allows me to easily go from the EU to the CIS without a bunch of problems my western friends have had, or my younger brother who has Turkish citizenship (long story) he basically can't go anywhere without tons of paperwork
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@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I never liked that show. I mean it was okay, but it wasn't great. It was so formula and cheesy. The two guys did a great job and were good presenters and made it fun in very small doses, but it was like House Hunters, there wasn't any real substance under it.
House Hunters you can summarise with: "I don't like this paint, so let's look at a different house."
And it's all fake. Many of the houses aren't even for sale and the people not buying any house! Like... actually completely fake.
Yes, they already bought it, they just move out the furniture. I actually got a realtor who was on that show for House Hunters International for Russia, she hipped me to the program, I hadn't seen much before that.
It's neat for the International version only because the US lacks anything like travel television and it provides a very minimal access to that. The locations, at least, are mostly real.
I'm the kind of lame person that actually visits places on Travel Channel shows, and No Reservations specifically.
Lame.
I say from my apartment in Sighisoara at the UNESCO World Heritage citadel site
Do you only have America citizenship, or what's up with that? Do American passports have visa-free travel in the EU or nation specific or whatever? I have no idea.
That's complex. Technically I'm a dual citizen but currently can only get one passport, US. So for travel purposes I'm just American. The US has visa free travel to a huge portion of the world (EU especially.) I get all of the UE, Balkan states, Central America, most of South America and a huge portion around the rest of the world visa free or "visa on arrival" like Turkey. US citizens, like EU citizens, more or less get to just grab backpacks and go, no forethought needed.
As an American I get six months, no questions asked, in Panama, Canada and the UK and one year in Albania!
With my Bosnian passport I only need a visa to go to Kosovo or America, hence the alternate passport, and while I technically get visa free access to the EU, like I said at border crossings I get a lot of BS sometimes, I'm not sure why exactly. I also do not require a visa for most of the CIS states, but most importantly Russia, so it allows me to easily go from the EU to the CIS without a bunch of problems my western friends have had, or my younger brother who has Turkish citizenship (long story) he basically can't go anywhere without tons of paperwork
Yeah, it's sad that we can't cross into the CIS (except Moldova) without complications. Not that we can't, but we have to prep for it and can't do it casually. We are living just off the CIS border so it curtails out travel options a lot. Although our car can't cross into the CIS on the current insurance so we'd have to have other transport options.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I never liked that show. I mean it was okay, but it wasn't great. It was so formula and cheesy. The two guys did a great job and were good presenters and made it fun in very small doses, but it was like House Hunters, there wasn't any real substance under it.
House Hunters you can summarise with: "I don't like this paint, so let's look at a different house."
And it's all fake. Many of the houses aren't even for sale and the people not buying any house! Like... actually completely fake.
Yes, they already bought it, they just move out the furniture. I actually got a realtor who was on that show for House Hunters International for Russia, she hipped me to the program, I hadn't seen much before that.
It's neat for the International version only because the US lacks anything like travel television and it provides a very minimal access to that. The locations, at least, are mostly real.
I'm the kind of lame person that actually visits places on Travel Channel shows, and No Reservations specifically.
Lame.
I say from my apartment in Sighisoara at the UNESCO World Heritage citadel site
Do you only have America citizenship, or what's up with that? Do American passports have visa-free travel in the EU or nation specific or whatever? I have no idea.
That's complex. Technically I'm a dual citizen but currently can only get one passport, US. So for travel purposes I'm just American. The US has visa free travel to a huge portion of the world (EU especially.) I get all of the UE, Balkan states, Central America, most of South America and a huge portion around the rest of the world visa free or "visa on arrival" like Turkey. US citizens, like EU citizens, more or less get to just grab backpacks and go, no forethought needed.
As an American I get six months, no questions asked, in Panama, Canada and the UK and one year in Albania!
With my Bosnian passport I only need a visa to go to Kosovo or America, hence the alternate passport, and while I technically get visa free access to the EU, like I said at border crossings I get a lot of BS sometimes, I'm not sure why exactly. I also do not require a visa for most of the CIS states, but most importantly Russia, so it allows me to easily go from the EU to the CIS without a bunch of problems my western friends have had, or my younger brother who has Turkish citizenship (long story) he basically can't go anywhere without tons of paperwork
Yeah, it's sad that we can't cross into the CIS (except Moldova) without complications. Not that we can't, but we have to prep for it and can't do it casually. We are living just off the CIS border so it curtails out travel options a lot. Although our car can't cross into the CIS on the current insurance so we'd have to have other transport options.
Well if you ever wan to visit Russia I can probably help you out with dealing about the "invitation" garbage for westerners. Or we meet in the middle in Moldova or Western Moldov.. I mean Romania
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@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I never liked that show. I mean it was okay, but it wasn't great. It was so formula and cheesy. The two guys did a great job and were good presenters and made it fun in very small doses, but it was like House Hunters, there wasn't any real substance under it.
House Hunters you can summarise with: "I don't like this paint, so let's look at a different house."
And it's all fake. Many of the houses aren't even for sale and the people not buying any house! Like... actually completely fake.
Yes, they already bought it, they just move out the furniture. I actually got a realtor who was on that show for House Hunters International for Russia, she hipped me to the program, I hadn't seen much before that.
It's neat for the International version only because the US lacks anything like travel television and it provides a very minimal access to that. The locations, at least, are mostly real.
I'm the kind of lame person that actually visits places on Travel Channel shows, and No Reservations specifically.
Lame.
I say from my apartment in Sighisoara at the UNESCO World Heritage citadel site
Do you only have America citizenship, or what's up with that? Do American passports have visa-free travel in the EU or nation specific or whatever? I have no idea.
That's complex. Technically I'm a dual citizen but currently can only get one passport, US. So for travel purposes I'm just American. The US has visa free travel to a huge portion of the world (EU especially.) I get all of the UE, Balkan states, Central America, most of South America and a huge portion around the rest of the world visa free or "visa on arrival" like Turkey. US citizens, like EU citizens, more or less get to just grab backpacks and go, no forethought needed.
As an American I get six months, no questions asked, in Panama, Canada and the UK and one year in Albania!
With my Bosnian passport I only need a visa to go to Kosovo or America, hence the alternate passport, and while I technically get visa free access to the EU, like I said at border crossings I get a lot of BS sometimes, I'm not sure why exactly. I also do not require a visa for most of the CIS states, but most importantly Russia, so it allows me to easily go from the EU to the CIS without a bunch of problems my western friends have had, or my younger brother who has Turkish citizenship (long story) he basically can't go anywhere without tons of paperwork
Yeah, it's sad that we can't cross into the CIS (except Moldova) without complications. Not that we can't, but we have to prep for it and can't do it casually. We are living just off the CIS border so it curtails out travel options a lot. Although our car can't cross into the CIS on the current insurance so we'd have to have other transport options.
Well if you ever wan to visit Russia I can probably help you out with dealing about the "invitation" garbage for westerners. Or we meet in the middle in Moldova or Western Moldov.. I mean Romania
Russia is definitely on my "must see" list. Would love to get up there. Need time to tour around the country, so much to see!!
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Will be visiting Moldova soon, how long is the flight for you down to Chisinau?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Will be visiting Moldova soon, how long is the flight for you down to Chisinau?
I have a fear of flying, so I mostly drive or take boats (Queen Elizabeth II, et al). However, it's only a few hours or so by plane.
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@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Will be visiting Moldova soon, how long is the flight for you down to Chisinau?
I have a fear of flying, so I mostly drive or take boats (Queen Elizabeth II, et al). However, it's only a few hours or so by plane.
Thankfully I enjoy flying, other than the tight seats for my fat ass. Doesn't bother me at all. Athens to Bucharest was only 90 minutes! But I prefer ferries and trains whenever possible. I like the slow movement and getting to see the world go by. Helps me to connect to places.
Is there a Chisinau to Moscow express line?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Will be visiting Moldova soon, how long is the flight for you down to Chisinau?
I have a fear of flying, so I mostly drive or take boats (Queen Elizabeth II, et al). However, it's only a few hours or so by plane.
Thankfully I enjoy flying, other than the tight seats for my fat ass. Doesn't bother me at all. Athens to Bucharest was only 90 minutes! But I prefer ferries and trains whenever possible. I like the slow movement and getting to see the world go by. Helps me to connect to places.
Is there a Chisinau to Moscow express line?
No, and in fact it's actually faster to drive. I've only taken that train route twice or so and it takes a day and a half or so, but you can drive it in about 12 hours or less, depending on how much you want to break the law.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I never liked that show. I mean it was okay, but it wasn't great. It was so formula and cheesy. The two guys did a great job and were good presenters and made it fun in very small doses, but it was like House Hunters, there wasn't any real substance under it.
House Hunters you can summarise with: "I don't like this paint, so let's look at a different house."
And it's all fake. Many of the houses aren't even for sale and the people not buying any house! Like... actually completely fake.
You would think someone could create a real version of that show and put it YouTube. If it was really going to take off, it would fly there!
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@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Will be visiting Moldova soon, how long is the flight for you down to Chisinau?
I have a fear of flying, so I mostly drive or take boats (Queen Elizabeth II, et al). However, it's only a few hours or so by plane.
Thankfully I enjoy flying, other than the tight seats for my fat ass. Doesn't bother me at all. Athens to Bucharest was only 90 minutes! But I prefer ferries and trains whenever possible. I like the slow movement and getting to see the world go by. Helps me to connect to places.
Is there a Chisinau to Moscow express line?
No, and in fact it's actually faster to drive. I've only taken that train route twice or so and it takes a day and a half or so, but you can drive it in about 12 hours or less, depending on how much you want to break the law.
That's not a bad drive at all! How are the roads? How much of that is crossing The Ukraine?
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I never liked that show. I mean it was okay, but it wasn't great. It was so formula and cheesy. The two guys did a great job and were good presenters and made it fun in very small doses, but it was like House Hunters, there wasn't any real substance under it.
House Hunters you can summarise with: "I don't like this paint, so let's look at a different house."
And it's all fake. Many of the houses aren't even for sale and the people not buying any house! Like... actually completely fake.
You would think someone could create a real version of that show and put it YouTube. If it was really going to take off, it would fly there!
Given that we are looking to buy a house over in cool countries right now, we've toyed with the idea of making a show ourselves.
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@tonyshowoff said:
o actually I don't really do that much these days, but when I first started travelling I just sort of matched up with what was
What is CIS? I don't travel enough to have run into this term before.
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@Dashrender said:
@tonyshowoff said:
o actually I don't really do that much these days, but when I first started travelling I just sort of matched up with what was
What is CIS? I don't travel enough to have run into this term before.
Commonwealth of Independent States, former USSR.
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@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@tonyshowoff said:
o actually I don't really do that much these days, but when I first started travelling I just sort of matched up with what was
What is CIS? I don't travel enough to have run into this term before.
Commonwealth of Independent States, former USSR.
Thanks.
I didn't know we, as Americans, needed an invite to visit CIS. Like Scott, it's on my long term list of places to see, but Australia and Japan are higher on the list.
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@Dashrender said:
@tonyshowoff said:
o actually I don't really do that much these days, but when I first started travelling I just sort of matched up with what was
What is CIS? I don't travel enough to have run into this term before.
It's the EU equivalent in the Russian sphere of influence.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Will be visiting Moldova soon, how long is the flight for you down to Chisinau?
I have a fear of flying, so I mostly drive or take boats (Queen Elizabeth II, et al). However, it's only a few hours or so by plane.
Thankfully I enjoy flying, other than the tight seats for my fat ass. Doesn't bother me at all. Athens to Bucharest was only 90 minutes! But I prefer ferries and trains whenever possible. I like the slow movement and getting to see the world go by. Helps me to connect to places.
Is there a Chisinau to Moscow express line?
No, and in fact it's actually faster to drive. I've only taken that train route twice or so and it takes a day and a half or so, but you can drive it in about 12 hours or less, depending on how much you want to break the law.
That's not a bad drive at all! How are the roads? How much of that is crossing The Ukraine?
Often decent and about half the distance is through Ukraine
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@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@tonyshowoff said:
o actually I don't really do that much these days, but when I first started travelling I just sort of matched up with what was
What is CIS? I don't travel enough to have run into this term before.
Commonwealth of Independent States, former USSR.
Thanks.
I didn't know we, as Americans, needed an invite to visit CIS. Like Scott, it's on my long term list of places to see, but Australia and Japan are higher on the list.
Yeah and even then the initial visa is only 72 hours for you people.
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@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Will be visiting Moldova soon, how long is the flight for you down to Chisinau?
I have a fear of flying, so I mostly drive or take boats (Queen Elizabeth II, et al). However, it's only a few hours or so by plane.
Thankfully I enjoy flying, other than the tight seats for my fat ass. Doesn't bother me at all. Athens to Bucharest was only 90 minutes! But I prefer ferries and trains whenever possible. I like the slow movement and getting to see the world go by. Helps me to connect to places.
Is there a Chisinau to Moscow express line?
No, and in fact it's actually faster to drive. I've only taken that train route twice or so and it takes a day and a half or so, but you can drive it in about 12 hours or less, depending on how much you want to break the law.
That's not a bad drive at all! How are the roads? How much of that is crossing The Ukraine?
Often decent and about half the distance is through Ukraine
Not bad, it feels so big on the map. I've done six hours across Romania already!
