Yeah as you said your last stream. Dollars strong now.

What’s that etias?

And what’s the schengan area?

the E.U.'s free movement area

I’ve been looking into Argentina the most so I’m behind kinda and thanks

it includes all E.U. countries except the U.K., Ireland, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria

Oooh Croatia was another pick for me

and also includes Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein

Thanks

when you enter one Schengen country you can go to any other one without passing through border control

Ahh gotcha

ETIAS is probably going to make it more difficult though

Thanks a lot

it's a preclearance system similar to the American ESTA

Ahhh that makes sense now

you pay seven euros for an ETIAS authorization before traveling

which means that border control procedures across Schengen will be unified

at least on paper

Yeah everything is on paper until in action just like how everything’s temporary until it’s enacted

😉

it's relatively easy to live in certain Schengen countries right now but ETIAS might change that

Gotcha much appreciated

look into Georgia and Armenia

Georgia offers one year visa-free stays for Americans

with no rollover period

so you can leave, come back and get another year

Wow that’s nifty

Armenia offers 180-day stays per calendar year and they're also likely going to liberalize their visa laws to compete with Georgia

Armenia sounds cool as well and I’m already passable in it.

It’s rusty but passable

And nice

I'm going to Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey over the summer to see what things are like in each

Yeah my therapist has been supportive of me to visit the Caucasian mountains so this means a lot

Albania also allows year-long stays for Americans but I have no idea what the quality of life is like there

if it's like Serbia it probably sucks

And yeah turkey is like Russia I want to learn about it but the sources are so skewed it’s hard what to trust

friend of mine says they're actually quite welcoming to Americans

at least in Istanbul

@mattforney Albania I heard isn’t as bad as Bosnia

the Turks who end up in Europe are shitbags, the ones who stay behind are more on the ball

which makes sense