u/moneymercedes

Im looking to go to Europe to scope out some of the colleges in applying to for maters and I’m looking for advice when it comes to the itinerary and timing.

I’m applying to KU Leuven, TU Delft, politecnico di milano, ETH Zurich, and CTU Prague.

My thoughts on it were to go at a time that would be best to get the best vibe of the city and also if there was potentially anyway for me to line it up with any cool events (music, art, theatre, etc) that are happening coincidentally. I wasn’t sure if it would be a good idea to go in the spring to try to get ahead of all of the tourists or to wait out until the summer when there are more music festivals.

My hypothetical itinerary (might take things off)

\*Home
\*London (I have a travel voucher there, if not I would avoid it)
\*Brussels (KU Leuven)
\*Delft
\*Amsterdam
\*Prague (CTU Prague)
\*Zurich (ETH)
\*Milan (Polimi)
\*London
\*Home

If I were to change anything it would be to drop Brussels, Prague, and Zurich because CTU and KU Leuven are safety schools for me, and Zurich is hella expensive so idk if it’s worth it.

Also I don’t have a set amount of time in each city, and don’t know how much time I should spend in each proportionately, I would probably be going for around 2 weeks total.

If anyone has any advice when it comes to these cities or if there are cool places worth to check around let me know!

Hello I am new to the hobby, and I was recently gifted a large tank cause my friend had one and just dropped it off and now I feel incredibly forced to start haha.

I am wanting to do something a little adventurous,
Fresh water, planted, no filter tank.

I am trying to also be hyper over the top by going only with species and plants from specific regions, like making the tank a west African river tank, or an Amazonian river tank, etc etc.

I already have a massive monstera that I am planning to use clippings of so I guess that leaves me with going Amazonian/Central American

What should I look into to get started? I am having a hard time getting info for specifically regional tanks that is not AI. Any advice? Or should I rethink the region and do something else because I want to find pretty/colorful species for the tank.

Thanks all!!!