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Originally posted by FHwku
Maybe now isn't such a good time for you to spend time living abroad, hun. Seems like as an American, overseas, you might be target to some undue hostility.
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Hmmm...probably not. I've lived overseas (Germany) for 5 years out of the past 7, and travelled around the continent a lot, and I haven't really experienced any anti-American hostility. No one I know has, either. Sure, you'll run into people who will ask you questions about war in Iraq or why (if) you support Bush, and maybe they'll want to have a little political argument with you, but you find people like that in America, too! Be smart, try to blend with the locals (ie don't dress glaringly like an American), avoid the random anti-war protests, and any American should be fine.
AlphaGamDiva, have you thought about Ireland? I just thought of that b/c England can be really expensive, and Ireland's probably still cheaper, but it's still English language. Do you speak any other languages? You could try to be a tour guide somewhere in Europe (leading the English-speaking tours of course!).
Also, if you're wanting to stay for more time than your visa allows: for a lot of countries, the 3-month or however long limit can easily be gotten around, you just have to leave the country for 24 hours. So if you stayed in England for 3 months, take a weekend trip to Paris, then come back and you'd be good for another three months.
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