1 -- Always stay at a hostel and take part in their pub crawls, tours and socials. This should be obvious. A hostel is almost guaranteed social life.
2 -- If you are walking down a street and you have people outside the bar handing out cards, pamphlets, ads and trying to persuade you to go in --- avoid the place...it means nobody wants to go there. I got suckered into some that also charges a 10 euro cover. When you get in there can be some "women" working with the bartender who ask (or aggressively beg you) to buy them a drink --- turns out a "drink" is 30 euro (that's like $45). I know in the North America you are not supposed to buy drinks but I think customs might be different in Europe. There is some evidence to that in that I did party a few days with some girls who bought me all my drinks and food for the entire duration! Bottom line: do not go into a venue that has "promoters" trying to "talk you into" going into a particular venue...especially if you can not see what the venue looks like on the inside as you walk by outside on the street.
3 -- Google up tourist scams for each specific region. Some are very elaborate. Example: person asks you to sign a petition, after you sign --- there is a fee of X euros! Example 2: Person walking in front of you drops cash, you pick it up and tell them --- they thank you then asks you for the rest of the money!, ect. In some places pick-pocketing is considered an art and bragged as if it were "respectable". Wear the kind of money belt that is tied to your waist and hidden under your clothing and the money is actually beside your crotch...or carry money in your sock.
4 --- photo copy your ID and passport and keep that on you --- don't lose your passport and ID. Go out assuming you will probably get robbed or pick-pocketed.
5 -- bring a light weight "net-book" instead of full blown laptop. Internet is useful and many places I went to had their computers occupied but if you have a laptop/net-book you can use the wireless for free. You'll need the internet to look things up. After a day of walking around -- a full blown laptop gets heavy and you might get it stolen too.
6-- when you first get into a city -- see if you can take a tour bus. It will drive you to all the cool spots, the guide may give you advice on places to go and not to go.
7 -- Buy a pack of OVERSEAS adapters/transformers before going overseas. Their electrical system is all different and chances are you may not be able to charge nor power your electrical things.
8 -- Game is different there. TAKE THE FOLLOWING WITH CAUTION since I was only there for 2 weeks but I would think that since they have very little experience with AMs there they probably don't know what to think of you (as opposed to what happens in the English speaking world) and this puts you in a good position to "represent"...what I'm saying is that there is less of a "strong" or less "reinforced" stereotype. I would also think you could tone it down as far as negs, jealousy things, freeze outs and any of the the nastier PUA stuff.
Kino is very effective.. You probably don't have to be as "Alpha" as long as you DHV good, be confident and "sexy". I feel (partly because of some
language and cultural things) that women are more honest and require less game playing...and can be a little more direct. I don't want to get too much into NA Game vs Euro game but I think you'll like it there.
