[BRussell]

I have an opportunity to live for a year or half year in, well just about anywhere, as long as it has a college/university - that's where the job would be.

I have a friend in New Zealand, and that was my first thought, but I want to consider other possibilities. English-speaking would probably help, but is not essential, though I do need to have one child in school - second or third grade. It doesn't necessarily need to have a large or well-known university, but that would probably help too.

Any suggestions?

[wdlove]

My choice would be England.

[Dork.]

Why live in England when you can live in Ireland instead?

[ledzeppelin]

....

[von Wrangell]

Iceland.

Great nature, great people, etc etc but in the end you won't be able to wait to get back to your place.

[Artful Dodger]

mongolia

[demibob]

england or scotland

[Lateralus]

Germany.

[Sage]

Personally, I’ve always wanted to live in New Zealand or Australia.

[mduell]

Tahiti

[Rolling Bones]

Iraq.

Friendly people. Love Westerners.

[euchomai]

Nicaragua, great place. Very rustic, but Managua is there for you to visit. I love going there.

[Cubeoid]

Jamaica

[Pendergast]

Originally Posted by BRussell

I have an opportunity to live for a year or half year in, well just about anywhere, as long as it has a college/university - that's where the job would be.

I have a friend in New Zealand, and that was my first thought, but I want to consider other possibilities. English-speaking would probably help, but is not essential, though I do need to have one child in school - second or third grade. It doesn't necessarily need to have a large or well-known university, but that would probably help too.

Any suggestions?

Where do you see yourself?

What would you do of your spare time?

Would your mate follow and what would that person do?

And what would be your worst fear about such a project?

[BRussell]

Originally Posted by von Wrangell

Iceland.

Great nature, great people, etc etc but in the end you won't be able to wait to get back to your place.

Wanting to leave is a selling point?

[BRussell]

Originally Posted by Pendergast

Where do you see yourself?

What would you do of your spare time?

Would your mate follow and what would that person do?

And what would be your worst fear about such a project?

Wow, uh, I don't know. My wife and kids would come, and I don't know if she would work, I just haven't thought about that. My worst fear is that me and/or my family would just feel so unfamiliar to everything that we'd hate it.

[Pendergast]

Originally Posted by BRussell

Wow, uh, I don't know. My wife and kids would come, and I don't know if she would work, I just haven't thought about that. My worst fear is that me and/or my family would just feel so unfamiliar to everything that we'd hate it.

I think if you could take the time to look into these questions, you might have a better idea of where you would want to go.

Canada and New Zealand are pretty safe, but in terms of exotism, I think New Zealand could be a great place to be, considering you have a friend there, that the climate is rather benign, people are great and Nature is just "out there".

Plus: Surfing and downhill skiing in the the same day can be seen as a bonus.

[von Wrangell]

Originally Posted by BRussell

Wanting to leave is a selling point?

Actually it is. The nature and people here are so overwhelming that after a certain time (2 years seem to be the point) people want to leave.

But during that time it's probably one of the most beautiful (and weird) places to visit. If you want more info (about the schools, language, whatever) feel free to ask or pm me.

[Ratm]

Anyone mention Iraq yet? I hear they have a lovely little spot just for Americans who visit. Let me see if I can find a pic of that certain spot, one sec.............ok found it


Come on! You'll never know until you go! Support our President and our troops! Go to Iraq! Go to Iraq! Go to Iraq! I'm sure they'll have this spot reserved just for you Americans. We all know how much you love that kind of treatment. Go to Iraq! Go to Iraq! Go to Iraq! Iraq is where its at!

[Face Ache]

Originally Posted by BRussell

Any suggestions?

Sydney, Australia.

[The Godfather]

BRussell, you forgot to tell us where you live now.

[rozwado1]

Dubai, UAE

[JoshuaZ]

Japan. Osaka, Japan. A good, safe, and easy place to live. Plus you have the oppertunity to travel to any part of Asia you want on the cheap.

[besson3c]

Originally Posted by Cubeoid

Jamaica

Everytime I see your signature I think "oh cool! A maze!!" I get out my pen or marker, start to get myself through the maze starting at a corner, and then I realize "this sucks! I've already done this maze before".

Maybe you need to make a new maze?

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by besson3c

Everytime I see your signature I think "oh cool! A maze!!" I get out my pen or marker, start to get myself through the maze starting at a corner, and then I realize "this sucks! I've already done this maze before".

Maybe you need to make a new maze?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[andi*pandi]

a year in new zealand would be pretty cool.

[Cubeoid]

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

Japan. Osaka, Japan. A good, safe, and easy place to live. Plus you have the oppertunity to travel to any part of Asia you want on the cheap.

Actually.. Osaka is the most un-safe city in Japan. Easy for who??? Somone that doesn't know anything about Japan or speak Japanese?!

[von Wrangell]

http://www.icelandtouristboard.com/what.html

http://www.icetourist.is/displayer.asp?cat_id=196

http://www.waitrose.com/food_drink/w...ia/0411074.asp

Building in Iceland? Better clear it with the elves first

In nearby Kopavogur, a section of Elfhill Road was narrowed from two lanes to one in the 1970's, when repeated efforts to destroy a large rock that was believed to house elves were thwarted by equipment breakdowns. The rock is still there, jutting awkwardly into the road, but it is unclear whether the tenants are.

"With the artificial lampposts, there's too much light for them, and there's also too much noise," explained Gurdrun Bjarnadottir, who has lived across the street for some 30 years. "A lot of people believe they still live there, but I think they've moved."

In the same town in 1996, a bulldozer operator, Hjortur Hjartarson, ran into trouble as he tried to raze a suspected elf hill to make way for a graveyard.

After two different bulldozers repeatedly and inexplicably malfunctioned, and local television cameras failed when trained on the hill, though they worked elsewhere, the crew halted the project. "We're going to see whether we can't reach an understanding with the elves," Jon Ingi, the project supervisor, told Morgunbladid, a Reykjavik newspaper, at the time.

(yes, we are that mad)

http://icelandeyes.blogspot.com/2005/09/university.html

http://www.iceland.is/

And this should be enough for now. </Iceland online tourist board>

[Pendergast]

Originally Posted by von Wrangell

http://www.icelandtouristboard.com/what.html

http://www.icetourist.is/displayer.asp?cat_id=196

http://www.waitrose.com/food_drink/w...ia/0411074.asp

Building in Iceland? Better clear it with the elves first



(yes, we are that mad)

http://icelandeyes.blogspot.com/2005/09/university.html

http://www.iceland.is/

And this should be enough for now. </Iceland online tourist board>

So many riches for tourism and no Army. Woaw!

[von Wrangell]

Originally Posted by Pendergast

So many riches for tourism and no Army. Woaw!

shhhhhh

[BRussell]

Originally Posted by The Godfather

BRussell, you forgot to tell us where you live now.

Oh I forgot I changed my location field, which used to be "The Rockies," meaning the Rocky Mountains in the US.

[JoshuaZ]

Originally Posted by Cubeoid

Actually.. Osaka is the most un-safe city in Japan. Easy for who??? Somone that doesn't know anything about Japan or speak Japanese?!

1) Japan as a whole, and Osaka, is one of the safest places to live in the world.

2) You don't need to know Japanese to live in a major Japanese city.

3) Its a real cultural experience. A lot more so then traveling to another English speaking country.

[Captain Obvious]

Originally Posted by BRussell

Oh I forgot I changed my location field, which used to be "The Rockies," meaning the Rocky Mountains in the US.

Then you have no need for snow for 18 months:
http://www.cob.edu.bs/
http://www.utech.edu.jm/
http://www.upf.pf/

[Cubeoid]

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

2) You don't need to know Japanese to live in a major Japanese city.

[Dakar]

Find Carmen Sandiego

[Pendergast]

Originally Posted by Cubeoid

This is a very nice picture!

Is that from your hometown?

[V12]

England, New Zealand, or Italy

[Face Ache]

New Zealand is lovely and all, but you'd run out of things to do in a month.

[turtle777]

Canadia !

*duck*

-t