This site italki.com is a good place to start. Make some "pen pals" and share your cultural traditions. If you like to travel, stay at youth hostels where travelers share rooms. It's easy to have a conversation when you're talking about the places you want to visit. And, strangely enough, I meet people from all over while I'm eating a hamburger at a fast food restaurant. I'll hear a language that sounds familiar, and then I'll try to practice what little I know of it. It's a lot of fun meeting people that way because it's unexpected.