Originally Posted by
ShimmerFade
I would also really recommend going abroad, but remember everywhere has bastards (though in some places they can be more concentrated). Have you looked into exchange/study abroad programs? Sometimes you can get scholarships, or work part time in the country where you travel to making it quite a bit more realistic than trying to go abroad without any sort of program.
I'm pretty sure he was being facetious with the whole traveling abroad thing (but maybe you already knew that

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