Canada + Europe bound
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- agentfour
Hey yall,
in a month or so im heading to Banff with some mates to go snowboarding for a couple of months and then onto england and europe for another 2 or 3 months for a working holiday. Would love to know some great places to go/see and some places to get good work in london, web and design related. Hoping to do some trips to NY and Las Vegas too and travel round amsterdam, germany, greece etc.Im up for all your hints and tips for working and travelling around canada and london, places to get cheap snowboarding gear, places to check out street art, hip hop, stuff like that.
Any help would be great!
cheers!
- brundlefly0
banff is nice, I am in calgary, the local watering hole here is the ship and anchor pub, many good drunks to meet there
- agentfour0
is it easy to get work in banff? i probably wont be looking for design wrk in canada but mostly bar work or hospitality stuff. Im guessing most people would work off tips yeh?
are there many design opportunities round there?
- brundlefly0
banff is small and the four or five designers have it wrapped up.
lots of hotels and restaurant / bars though, should work out that way
- sexypixel0
dont expect to live off tips in the UK. they pay you a higher wage than Us tho.
sounds like a great trip, lucky you
- agentfour0
yeh thought so. was only really hoping to hook up a design job whilst in the UK. are there many australians in banff/calgary?
- sexypixel0
dunno, but i imagine there'll be alot of canadians there.
- agentfour0
oh crap.
:)
- agentfour0
anyone else got some hints, tips, do's, dont's, see this, go there ideas?
- rabattski&rabattski0
this stuff makes me smile though: "and travel round amsterdam, germany, greece etc. "
- pascii0
well, come to zurich
- bomy_dick0
wow...
all this in one thread ;) !
i'm dizzyuhh..
cheap snowboarding gear ? where ? in London .. or Greece ?
- rabattski&rabattski0
well zurich is in switzerland. which isn't in his travel plans.
- pascii0
well, amsterdam, germany, greece - why not zurich for 1 or 2 nights? : )
- rizingdamp0
hi - knoiw this isnt much help but my brother went to Banff christmas before last and had a great time snowboarding, manged to knock himself out first time out though - hints for the uk, not much design wise but one tip is dont get stuck in london see the rest of the country - got to dorset on the south coast and vist my home town poole - nice (tell them ross sent you) and dont let anyone direct you to the treacle mines they dont exsist -
on a side issue has anyone got any advice on a simular vein for me as i'm on my way to working in australia - see my post... TEMP WORK IN PERTHhave a great time
ross
- rabattski&rabattski0
you're right! actually when he travels from germany to greece he can go via zurich. little detour. but worthwhile.
- agentfour0
rabattski; why does that make you laugh?
- agentfour0
yeh whilst in england we will be living in either london or newquay. wherever we get jobs i guess.
well im leaving perth to travel round so u can have my job while im gone and give it back when i return! haha
- sneeth0
my brother lives in banff and smokes weed and climbs ice waterfalls. he met his girlfriend in a cave whilst hiding from a blizzard. no shit.
it was minus 41 celcius there the other day. get some warm mitts yo. rent a car and head to red, whitewater, big white, sun peaks, fernie, apex, etc. al within about 20 hour driving loop from calgary, into bc and back. so much snow in bc and rockies now. have a blast.
- agentfour0
thanks sneeth. It'll take me a while to acclimatize to the weather seeing as its been in the 30-40 degree range here for the last month or so. Plus ive never even seen snow before.
- vealemoble0
i recomend going to Nelson B.C Canada for that there is whitewater!!!!!
also tonz of hot chicks
also i live there :P
but its dam could out was -35 a few days ago