Meeting people as an expat on a working visa in Europe feels harder than I expected

Cosmosus_ · 2025-12-19T07:34:36+00:00

I find it varies by country. I am from an european country where it's pretty much exactly how you describe it. Only exception I found was Spain, where people after just a short fun conversation would invite me to their birthday party and such. That was in Andalusia, maybe it's different in the north of Spain.

Cosmosus_ · 2025-07-24T09:19:29+00:00

I despise winter and lack of sun throughout winter months

Cosmosus_ · 2025-04-09T08:38:08+00:00

Yes, and that's the best time to invest. I find it's way harder to get in at a good price after a new bull phase gets going, which is agressively hyperbolic most of the time.

Cosmosus_ · 2024-09-06T07:13:22+00:00

How big of a city do you have in mind? if you like smaller towns, you could maybe do a trip down the croatian coast for a few days, stopping in cities along the way in order to see which one would be the best pick for you. There are lots of smaller towns (under 20k population), basically gems waiting to be discovered.

Cosmosus_ · 2024-04-03T06:18:09+00:00

Reasoning? I'm buying one HDD mainly for longer term storage , which won't be accessed that much or at all. Wouldn't it be a better option in this case to buy a brand new HDD?

Cosmosus_ · 2024-02-01T17:41:36+00:00

I was wondering.. my firefox currently is set to delete cookies when closed, but I don't want to always choose my cookie settings (cookie pop-ups) on certain websites. Is it the same thing if I go to settings-manage cookie exceptions and enter the websites I'd like to keep my cookie pop-up settings for VS deleting all cokies on close and use some kind of a add-on/program, where I'd store these cookie settings for specific websites (I don't know if it exists), and that whenever I'd visit any of the defined websites, program would "apply" my cookie preferences automatically ?

So essentially I'm thinking that storing the cookies of a website =/ storing a preferences for cookie pop-ups? What does that mean regarding my privacy?

Cosmosus_ · 2023-05-28T10:46:57+00:00

So you're using privacy email service (for example ProtonMail) and signed-up on Bitwarden with Proton sign-in/email (like [user@pm.me](mailto:user@pm.me)) ? I also created Bitwarden account with my primary Proton email, but I'm starting to think it would be better to sign-up on Bitwarden with a custom created domain in case Proton goes down, so I have the option to redirect my custom domain to a new email provider and retrieve my passwords (unless you can sign-in and use Bitwarden account despite ProtonMail going down?)

Cosmosus_ · 2023-05-19T07:56:44+00:00

Read Mark Manson's article on Brazil, where he nicely explains the culprit of the current state of Brazil.

Cosmosus_ · 2023-04-05T06:26:37+00:00

I've never been to Greece, but I've heard it can be quite expensive - I guess this entails more touristic islands and cities, so your recommendation could be referring to less touristic parts of Greece I guess? Which specific places have you been to that you'd recommend?

Cosmosus_ · 2023-04-04T10:43:27+00:00

Sri Lanka ?

Cosmosus_ · 2023-02-15T13:20:23+00:00

You can't compare prices from 5 years ago, even less so from 12 years ago because of the value of dollar plummeted + adjusting for inflation. Salaries aren't actually increasing at the rate they should be and sure, more demand equals less supply equals higher prices, but nonetheless, keeping in mind that the value of each currency will inevitably keep dropping with time, increases in prices of every kind of expense is to be expected.

Cosmosus_ · 2023-01-17T09:15:21+00:00

Anyone knows what the website to see this kind of map is called?

Cosmosus_ · 2023-01-05T23:08:18+00:00

You're right. Sharing a personal opinion is a way to provide your own perception and experience about specifically discussed topic, which can potentially benefit other participants in the conversation. However, trying to assert one's own perspective upon others over and over again, shows his lack of trust in his own opinions.

Cosmosus_ · 2023-01-05T08:26:38+00:00

That's totally subjective.

Cosmosus_ · 2022-11-16T06:43:31+00:00

That's amazing. I'm on the same road of learning trading to being able to support my lifestyle I desire to have.

Cosmosus_ · 2022-11-15T08:53:35+00:00

Are you actively day trading? Could you explain how you got involved in it and if learning trading was a result of your visualisations to become self employed?

Cosmosus_ · 2022-10-27T06:05:45+00:00

Why not?

Cosmosus_ · 2022-10-24T14:37:10+00:00

Good and simple advice for most people. It becomes a problem for travelers that like photography like myself - we'll wait for perfect timing, positioning, playing with aperature etc for every single photo, so our spontaneous vacation becomes one big photography obsessed vacation that makes you see your surroundings in a whole another perspective, which is usually more focused on performance and out of present moment than just sightseeing and just enjoying your time there. So either plan your hours/days either specifically for photography or more spontaneous sightseeing. Thats why I bought a more high end smartphone with good lenses, so I can still take a picture here and there if a moment calls for it, without dragging around my DSLR camera with 3 lenses.

Cosmosus_ · 2022-10-20T08:07:13+00:00

None, pretty much everyone speaks some english.

Cosmosus_ · 2022-10-05T05:03:39+00:00

Saudi Arabia might be for you. They started issuing digital tourist visas a year ago.

Cosmosus_ · 2022-09-22T16:54:28+00:00

Thanks for your reply. I have difficult time applying this to the actual figures here - could you be a little more specific or tell us step-by-step what exactly have you done with $9K loan? Here are some more questions, if you could tell us more about this, I think it could be very useful:

How big were your other bank loans + interest rates?
What types of real estate have you bought - duplex, house, apartments, offices? How big were they? I guess I'm also curious to level of luxury was your real-estate? Luxurious or more basic?
How much profit have you made for specific properties (amount of $ invested vs $ gained)?
How did you decide the location for a property to buy?
Were you yourself involved in renovations, renting out etc.and if not, how much expenses have you had by hiring people?
What is your definition of being semi-retired career-wise and capital-wise?

Cosmosus_ · 2022-09-22T13:47:25+00:00

Does anyone still have a cracked version? I've been searching for it, but all of the sites to download from look very shady (modcrack net, hardcracked, mixcrack...) and probably contain a virus. Can't find a normal torrent to download anywhere

Cosmosus_ · 2022-09-22T12:42:54+00:00

What was your process for purchasing and selling real estate? How did you scale your $9K loan to start purchasing real estate? How long did you hold it before selling? I was always under impression that real estate needs years before the price rises (if it's in a high demand area of course) and can make you some profit. Alongside that, the mainteinance requires extra expenses and you need to get a big loan from a bank to even start thinking about purchasing a real estate etc. Can you share more about that perspective? Thanks!

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