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Appreciate you taking the time to respond. I'm really 50/50 on hostels, a friend has told me it's the best way to meet new people when traveling, but just like you I'm not too keen on sleeping in a shared room. Sounds like an easy way to not get good sleep and potentially get your valuables yoinked if you're not attentive enough.
All great advice, I definitely gotta get into soccer, especially with world cup coming to US soon. That would be an easy way to bond with someone.
I've done cold showers in the past, but for no particular reason and without a particular goal. Now that I've identified what to work on, perhaps I'll find it more useful.
Hostels will have lockers for your valuables, but if you're in a shared room you'll have 4am drunks, snorers, and no private space to take time in. Having a little private space is a big deal when you travel. Hostels' social events generally aren't limited to guests, but you may have to buy tickets, and their bars are usually open. Just don't try to go pints with Irish or Aussies or shots with Slavs.
If you're in a decently-sized city you can start now. For basics: there are two types of teams, privately-owned clubs that play during the season, and national teams that basically only matter during the World Cup and its qualifiers. Exception is if you're in a country when their team is playing, or an area with a big diaspora (once made a great Turkish mate I still talk to by watching a Turkey game in Germany). The English Premier League is the most popular in the world, followed by Spain, but mostly just Real Madrid/Barcelona. Picking a good Premier League team (Arsenal obviously the best pick, but there are inferior options out there) will give you fans to meet in the US, Europe, and Africa. Picking one of the big Spanish teams will give you fans to meet in Latin America and the US. All the big teams will have websites or social media pages where you can find their local fans in a given city big enough to host a fan group.
Yeah, hope the shower thing brings some luck, just suggesting it as a possibility.
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