Gym Nomad Travelling Arriving Solo In Amsterdam

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Travelling / Arriving Solo In Amsterdam - Top 10
Ways to Meet New People
For most people, travelling solo or relocating as
an expat to a new city by yourself falls into two
categories. It's either one of the most daunting
prospects know to mankind (if you've never done
it before), or possibly one of the best
experiences you have in your life. So where does
the fear come from in the former scenario, that
is conquered in the latter? Generally speaking,
it's the fear of the unknown. The unknown of
finding where to sleep, where to eat, how to get
transport around are all normal things we have to
figure out in a new destination, whether
travelling solo or with friends/family. The real
difference when travelling solo is being
comfortable with yourself and being able to find
new friends along the way.
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From thinking that travelling solo is one of the
most daunting prospects, to turning it into an
almost 2 year extravaganza in which I'm still
overseas 3 years on, I've been in both categories
and couldn't recommend solo travel more. To help
conquer the fear of meeting new people, here's
some of our suggestions to find some new friends
on your travels. You'll meet more people than you
ever do back in your normal life and I promise
there will be many you immediately click with and
it will be like you've been friends forever.
There will also be others you want to throw down
the stairs, but you have to take the good with
the bad.
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The classic and by far the easiest way to meet
people. Book a dorm, the bigger the better so you
can immediately make friends when you walk in and
see who is hanging around. Make a dorm room buddy
and then expand that friendship into others in
common areas. It doesnt take too long to get a
little bored with the same scripted hostel QA
but it's a sure fire way to meet some new people
from all walks of life. Side note, even if youre
not staying at a hostel you can usually make your
way in there for drinks and hanging out anyway.
So dont let actually sleeping in the hostel be a
barrier for you.
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Amsterdam has no shortage of pubs nor pub crawls,
and whilst this might not be the key demographic
of people youre chasing after, youll still be
able to let your hair down and have some fun.
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