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Paris is wonderful, especially Versailles. Apart from the capital, the highlights of France are mostly its countryside and many picture-perfect villages, which may not interest you so much. Google Les Plus Beau Villages de France. Germany has many nice cities. I particularly like Freiburg, near the ...

Welcome :) Have you booked your flight to Europe yet? You may find it cheaper to get a flight to Amsterdam or Paris rather than London because the UK has very high airport taxes. If you're worried about language difficulties then you may find Amsterdam better than Paris for your first stop because m...

Good article. That narcissism study was done in 2006, and I can only assume it's got worse with the advent of Facebook and Twitter.

Dudevondudenstein wrote:Ahh I see. I was researching it online and the web site that I found said they operate on 240v. I will keep searching.

http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity.htm

Another hugely informative post, Everdred - thank you!!!

Did you try the Michel Thomas Mandarin course? I have it but haven't started learning the language yet.

It got taken down by the author, I believe. To be honest, having been to Saigon, I found the guide a little old-fashioned.

I've known deep loneliness and extreme depression. Matters improved hugely when I developed a better relationship with myself. I used to be perfectionist and highly self-critical. I used to think way too much, going round in circles. If you want to PM me I can recommend a source of help.

British cops are pretty good, in my limited experience. They show admirable restraint when dealing with drunken lads and ladettes at chucking out time when the streets are flowing with beer, blood and vomit.

I know next to nothing about Japan, other than seeing various documentaries, one of them about herbivores. I suspect that these young men are not just avoiding women, they are avoiding the whole society and its huge pressures to chase status, salary and possessions through conforming to an unyieldin...

Ladislav, I believe you're sincere in your belief, but you haven't described one present-day behaviour that would indicate a substantial Hindu bedrock to PI society. What exactly is it that you have managed to detect, in practical terms? How does that affect how we should deal with Filipinos on a da...

When in the Philippines remember that you are in an ancient Hindu kingdom with a veneer of Christianity and American-ness and Spain-ness covering it as a foil wrap that covers a delicious turkey. It takes time to figure it out. The true culture is subtle and implied. When you learn Tagalog, you wil...

Outwest is correct. And I'd be surprised if you need a visa for Mexico - I'm a Brit and I didn't need one.

As for which country to visit, it depends on your objectives. I went to both last year so I think I'm well placed to advise you if you outline what you want out of your holiday.

http://postmasculine.com/ I wouldn't be so hard on Mark Manson of Postmasculine. I'm reading his book 'Models' at the moment and although the book is very much about bedding more women, it's very balanced, humane and realistic. I think many 'players' would deride him as a 'nice guy' in fact. PM me ...

@noog - Yes, you get what you pay for. I looked at Match but I think it's damned expensive considering how few members they have in my region.

@PD I'm already on Badoo - met one woman from there. I'd forgotten about Zoosk, so I'll take a look, thanks.

Sorry, I have to rant. I set up a profile on Plentyoffish about three weeks ago. I didn't spam anyone, in fact I only made contact with one woman and our exchange was polite. My profile is inoffensive and pretty vanilla. But today I went to login and my username is not recognised. I tried the recove...