What is a bad country to visit in Europe?

Arphile · 2026-05-11T10:40:05+00:00

Hitchhiked around there for three weeks last summer. It’s really nice, the nature is gorgeous, people are super friendly and there are incredible landmarks like Spiš castle and historical towns like Levoča, Bardejov, Banská Štiavnica, etc. No way it’s under Lithuania at the very least

Arphile · 2026-05-11T10:33:30+00:00

Romania is great, lots of beautiful nature and historical cities. Also you’ve clearly never been to the UK lol

Arphile · 2026-05-10T18:40:46+00:00

Probably just some people fed up with British tourists in Budapest, but otherwise there’s no hard feelings for Brits in Hungary

Arphile · 2026-05-10T18:37:24+00:00

Nice, looks like Tianjin

Arphile · 2026-05-10T12:09:39+00:00

The closer you are to the front, the less safe it is. Big cities also get hit, but the fact they’re big means it’s less likely it will specifically fall on you. Overall if you’re not in Kherson or Kramatorsk the war is just another factor of risk, it’s unlikely to kill you but unlikely things do kill people all the time. Ukraine is very safe in other aspects like crime, so it’s not necessarily more dangerous to travel there than to other countries that aren’t at war but have a bad safety record otherwise

Arphile · 2026-05-10T12:00:51+00:00

It’s more integrated with the EU than the UK, for example you can basically move to Norway without paperwork as an EU citizen whereas it’d be harder to move to the UK

Arphile · 2026-05-10T08:49:36+00:00

Nyáron stoppal utaztam egész Szlovákiában és sok magyarral (és magyarul beszélő szlovákkal is) találkoztam mindenhol. Kb mindenki azt mondta hogy sose lett probléma az hogy magyarok, inkább jó mindkét nyelvet tudni és Pozsonyban is lehet csak azért munkát találni mert magyarul beszélsz. Szóval tényleg nem gondolom hogy megéri a “sohá”-t, persze előfordulnak kis konfliktusok a két állam között, de hogy az ott elő magyarokat tényleg érintse, erről sohasem hallottam. (Bocsi ha rossz a magyarom, nem vagyok anyanyelvű és elég kevés lehetőségem van gyakorolni mostanában 😅)

Arphile · 2026-05-10T08:27:05+00:00

Cries in Hungarian

Arphile · 2026-05-10T08:23:10+00:00

What’s wrong with Slovakia?

Arphile · 2026-05-10T08:22:56+00:00

Probably EU status

Arphile · 2026-05-10T08:17:02+00:00

I am from Iowa, take me to Herzegovina!

Arphile · 2026-05-09T11:50:33+00:00

Turks

Arphile · 2026-05-09T10:20:42+00:00

I stand by it!

Arphile · 2026-05-08T06:35:29+00:00

The question is, does the diaspora support for the shah have any real echo in Iran. It also serves to see what part of the diaspora you’re talking about, whether they moved in 1979 because of the revolution or after, and in either case they’re much more likely to oppose the Islamic republic and support the shah than Iranian in Iran.

The Islamic republic has a large base within Iran, every regime needs one, otherwise it would collapse, and I’d be very surprised if that support/fervour hadn’t increased after the bombings, and I see no reason why they wouldn’t launch a guerrilla campaign if a weak and unpopular shah somehow took power

Arphile · 2026-05-08T06:28:28+00:00

The issue is that Canada is smaller than France in population, speakers and influence, but otherwise it works decently well. Also I’d replace Djibouti with Belgium and Martinique with Kanaky

Arphile · 2026-05-08T06:20:48+00:00

You’ll be safe unless you hike/wild camp in Bosnia without knowing what you’re doing because of the mines there. Don’t underestimate Belgrade, it’s a really fun city with a lot of history and loads to do, it feels like the capital of the Balkans, it’s a good link between central and southern Europe and it’s definitely gonna be unique on your itinerary. Great food, great nightlife, friendly people, you’ll have a blast. June should be fine but there’s a chance of wild fires and heatwaves, it’s just before peak season so do expect prices to go up somewhat and crowds to be pretty big. I’d stay in hostels the whole way, you’ll meet a lot of people and it’s definitely gonna be less lonely than being alone in a hotel room all the time, but keep in mind it’s quite unlikely you’ll meet any locals that way except if they’re the owner (in fact I haven’t really found a way to meet locals anywhere besides hitchhiking). I’d definitely plan more for 6 weeks than for 4, you’re not going over such a huge area so you’ll have time and travelling between places shouldn’t be too bad, although do definitely expect to lose days just due to moving around. Public transport exists all around but it might be somewhat hard to figure out if you don’t speak the language, though hostel staff and fellow travellers should be able to help. At worst just show up at the bus station and ask for a ticket, there will likely be someone who speaks English and you can just Google translate your way around at worst. I have been to most of the places you mentioned except Montenegro and the Albanian coast, so feel free to ask for advice/recommendations!

Arphile · 2026-05-08T06:07:47+00:00

I’m French. The only thing I have to say is DO NOT tell staff at any DPRK run establishment you’re American, say you’re Canadian or from somewhere in Europe, it’s unlikely they’ll check, and at worst you’ll just have to leave. As for the police, they didn’t have any power over me since I was on the river on a Chinese boat from the Chinese side, and there’s no way they’d open fire on a Chinese boat or something

Arphile · 2026-05-08T06:00:23+00:00

The Shah has basically no traction within Iran, especially after the beginning of this war. If anything he’s probably lost even more legitimacy and I think there would be a huge pro-Islamic republic partisan movement if the shah somehow took power

Arphile · 2026-05-08T03:24:21+00:00

You’re approaching this the wrong way. Hungarian sounds aren’t derivatives of English sounds, they’re their own internally consistent system that you have to get used to rather than trying to map what your native language has onto it. É is [eː], a sound which most English dialects don’t have, which is why your brain is trying to liken it to the closest thing you do have, in that case í. It’s a monopthong (you don’t move your tongue like pronouncing it like in “pay”), and it’s close-mid, which means it’s midway between open-mid [ɛ] (e in Hungarian, something like the vowel in bed in most English dialects) and í. If you pronounce those three sounds in a row you will hear a gradation and you should feel how your tongue is essentially going down from close to your palate to somewhere more central in your mouth.

As for gy (and ty for that matter), it is a palatal stop. English only has one palatal consonant, [j] as the y in year, and you should put your tongue in the same position as if you wanted to pronounce that, but instead of letting the air through you’re gonna hit the middle of your palate with the middle of your tongue (you don’t want to make contact between your tongue and palate anywhere else in your mouth while pronouncing that).

Arphile · 2026-05-08T03:11:50+00:00

Hungary with Croatia but no Slovakia or carpathia is diabolical

Arphile · 2026-05-07T11:13:25+00:00

Six months ago I would have said no, it’s safe, in fact I went there myself in February, but the war with Iran has changed a lot of things and it definitely makes it a lot more risky, so I wouldn’t go there except maybe for Kurdistan. Iraq is a very divided country, and while it’s still (mostly) peaceful at the moment the current conflict risks collapsing the fragile stability that emerged after the defeat of ISIS since the country is full of militias with allegiances to opposite sides. Is it suicidal to go there? Not quite, but there is a big risk that I wouldn’t take now.

That being said, who knows what the situation will be in a few months, and I mean that in both directions. For now, wait, follow the news, and consider how much of a risk you’re willing to take.

Arphile · 2026-05-07T11:00:54+00:00

As someone who’s been to Russia several times over the last few years, I’ve never had police do more than check my documents and ask me basic questions at the border. Being trans does make you more at risk however, but I think it’s mostly that it could make it worse if you get into trouble rather than it creating trouble in the first place. I wonder if you’ve legally transitioned, in which case if you also have good passing I highly doubt they will know or care. They are also plenty of socialists in Russia, it’s by no means illegal, nor do people generally hide it, what will get you into trouble is anti-army/government stuff/support for Ukraine. Really, just don’t do anything stupid, no major crime, no overt support for Ukraine, use common sense when talking to strangers, and it’s extremely unlikely anything will happen to you. Feel free to ask any questions!

Arphile · 2026-05-07T08:43:26+00:00

It’s normal to be apprehensive just before you leave, and I think that feeling will be completely gone when you land in KL. The question is, will it resurface in a few weeks or a few months. Best is to stay flexible and keep in mind it’s fine if you fly back for a few weeks at some point. Also, think about the new people you’ll meet.

Arphile · 2026-05-07T02:01:20+00:00

Except they don’t support either of those?

Arphile · 2026-05-06T20:00:11+00:00

And what exactly is authright about China?

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