polymer currency FTW, too. Is that Edelweiss on the 50?

(just curious: how is the war affecting you all?)

Plastic cash is awesome, but definitely less foldable. I'm looking at a 50 right now and it says Aurel Vlaicu under it.

I'm in the Transylvania region. I think I've seen some Ukrainians here but pretty unaffected by the war, besides high energy costs.

Thanks for sharing I’ll try to visit.

Thanks for reminding me Romania is in the EU. Would I have issues there as a queer person?

(The only folks I spoke with from there were some Romani who didn’t have the best view of the folks who reside permanently.)

I worry I’d not fit in in Spain since I don’t think Catalonia becoming a nation is justified (not like Scotland where you’re throwing off royals plus staying in the union), and the other areas are more to the right.

(Also I speak a small amount of Spanish not Catalan)

Galicia was nice when I went there for PETS but got the impression they also have a big chunk who don’t speak Spanish + wanna take autonomy to an extreme for autonomy’s sake.

(Anyways I’ll pause my thinking aloud - I’ve been to Spain it’s a nice country. More laid back than DE :-))

Spain is very queer-friendly. I was recently in Valencia and it's also super bikeable. Malaga is also worth considering. I'm not really aware of the politics though, since I tend to live in a bubble wherever I live.

Romania is not known to be queer-friendly. Where I live (Cluj) is as progressive as it gets (it's full of foreign students from Germany, France and Israel), but I wouldn't walk around all flambuoyant and decked out in rainbows.

I avoided being out a long time since I mostly date women (2 on kinsey scale) but I don’t think I could live somewhere I’d get jumped or can’t sustain a gay bar.