- The LAWS of that country. Just because it is legal to do in the USA, doesn't mean that it is legal there. This is something that get visitors in trouble in other countries.
- The Customs and Traditions of the people of that country.
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You have 90 days visa free to be in the schengen area(most of EU).
It may be better to apply for your Visa in host country rather than through a US consulate. It's often much faster, and there's no third party which imo is safer.
*It's a one-way trip for your pets. At least last i looked into it the US doesn't allow you to import house pets. So changing your mind will mean losing your pet. Speaking of bringing pets, that process is insane.
You WILL get homesick no matter how awful you feel about the US, it will take at least a year to go away.
The anxieties you bring with you from living in the US will take years to resolve.
You'll need to get good at saying where you come from by referencing either New York City or LA.
FOR DIVERS:
Divers license discerns between automatic and manual transmission, trailer weights, and motorcycle displacement. There's probably not a direct exchange so you'll need to research for your discussing country. Your US license may be valid for a limited period after establishing residence.
use your turn signals at roundabouts. Yes, if you're exiting left, signal left, if you're exiting right, signal right. Always signal right when you exit. (Opposite for left hand driving) Optional if you're diving a BMW.
Priority roads are a thing and right of may be different.
Right-turn on red may not be legal.
*Edit: the pets restriction may have been a covid era thing. Corrections
Is this still true, it was my understanding that you need a visa from the onset as of last year, also, I am pretty sure it's 90 days not 180.
Edit: I went ahead and looked it up: https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/visa-policy/applying-schengen-visa_en
The United States is on the list of countries that need a Schengen visa and it is 90 days.
The US is on the exemption list in your linked article. I have corrected the time period, thanks!
Divers license discerns between automatic and manual transmission, trailer weights, and motorcycle displacement
I think depth is also an important factor. And remember, don't drink and dive!
I brought 3 cats to the USA from Thailand, with little problem. There was a bunch of tests and paperwork, but compared to human visa and such, it was easy. Idk where you got the idea that it's not legal to bring pets...?
It may have been a covid related restriction.
Tell me more about the roundabouts and exiting. Are there left exits from a roundabout? Don't they all circulate anticlockwise (when viewed from above)?
There's a new roundabout in my town and nobody knows how to signal. I see people enter with left signal flashing and then they'll take the 3rd exit (out of 4 total). I've always entered without a signal, then exit right with a signal.
Also, I've seen many people go around backwards. That's a fun surprise.
I see people enter with left signal flashing and then they'll take the 3rd exit (out of 4 total).
Pretty sure that's how you're supposed to signal. In most places it's not a legal requirement but it is recommended and taught by most driving instructors.
Although I do assume they switch to their right signal before taking their exit. If they don't, then yeah that's wrong.
I didn't describe it correctly. I see people approaching the roundabout with their left signal on, leave it on until they take the 3rd exit. I'll also see approaching with their eight signal on and take the 1st exit. The intersection used to be a standard perpendicular intersection with traffic lights.
It sounds as if you're saying to signal left on approach indicating a merge, then signal right to indicate an exit from the circle. I can't say that I've ever seen that in action.
Yep. Left signal when entering then right signal when going to the 3rd exit. The left signal means you're planning to continue in the roundabout which would be wrong if you're exiting.
Car position is also a thing. Move to the right side on exit to block traffic behind.
Also on entry: left side of lane turning left, center for straight, right for right.
Idk what the rules are in the US for roundabouts. From what i recall there really aren't any you're just expected to use them without training and not crash.
Edit: not sure i would necessarily apply these in the US. You need to drive extremely defensively because someone WILL misinterpret your signal cause they don't know what's happening either.
Well, as a European (i.e. good person), let me welcome you to the developed world. We're not snobby or greedy pigs like the Americans that invented Nazis. In fact, no country in Europe has ever looked down upon another country, continent, or people. We've also never colonized any countries nor do we conduct joint military exercises and operations with the US, and we definitely do not benefit from the US's foreign policy and interventions. All of our luxuries are home grown and have never been the result of our brutal exploitation of other countries that resulted in horrific dictatorships, genocides, and ongoing conflict. If I remember correctly from my free history class, we have never even been to war at all. Btw, we have real history over here. Yours only goes back 200 years and has nothing at all to do with ours. What do you guys even talk about in history classes? lol!
There is absolutely no crime here in Europe, only healthcare. The other day on our superior mass-transit system, my friend was held at stethoscope-point by a criminal that alerted him that he had a heart murmur. I actually get a free diagnosis every morning. I have like 78 km of diagnoses written on superior A4 paper. We're also very cultured as we speak several languages, all European but still very cultured. There's absolutely no racism or oppression. All of my roommates have been Roma, Arabic, or African. My neighborhood has scheduled to protest for more minarets all week since the government makes sure we have enough vacation days to insist on diversity.
Our food is so organic that it's composed of only carbon. That's it. When you go to a restaurant, the waiters pick their most European customers every metric hour and gives them money. That's right; our waiters tip us. We recycle everything and have never contributed in any fashion to climate change, and we have never supported Putin for decades by purchasing Russian gas. We're in no way upset that we contributed less to NATO than we agreed to, depended on the US to save our asses while we enriched Putin, and now are wondering wtf we're going to do since we don't have shit for a military nor our own fuel supply.
It's about time you leave the US, who is 100% at fault for everything in the world and absolutely not an ally that serves as a scapegoat to compare ourselves against in order to distract from our bullshit.
Edit: I forgot to mention that our chocolate is superior, and there is absolutely no child labor involved anywhere in the production line.
Damn you sound envious
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