Just do it.<p>Go to an exchange program or go to school overseas (I think my son may be able to escape American cost disease that way.)<p>Locate in a city that is close to many things, has a good airport, etc. I spent a year in Dresden, Germany and got to see a lot of western and eastern europe.<p>Also take opportunities; hike in the blue mountains in Jamaica in the winter, for instance.
I assume you're a college student in the USA. One thing that I wish I had considered was doing an exchange program inside the united states in addition to studying abroad.