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Attend a Besiktas match in Istanbul (Turkey)
To buy tickets for a Besiktas match, you absolutely must have a Passolig card. I wrote a detailed article on the subject here: how to get a Passolig card. The day after my first soccer experience in Turkey (with a Galatasaray match), it is this time at a Besiktas match that I will attend. The Istanbul club is playing against Kayserispor The match takes place at Vodafone Park, a recently inaugurated venue that opened in 2016 and can accommodate 41,900 people I walk to the stadium since it is only 20 minutes from our Airbnb No particular difficulty to find my entrance. Like the day before, I have to present…
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Attend a Galatasaray match in Istanbul (Turkey)
To buy tickets for a Galatasaray match, you must have a Passolig card. I wrote a detailed article on the subject here: how to get a Passolig card. Happy to have recovered my Passolig card, I buy a ticket for the first available game, it will be Galatasaray vs BB Erzurumspor for the 7th day of the Turkish championship The match takes place at the Türk Telekom Arena, a brand new stadium (inaugurated in 2011) with a capacity of 53,000 seats The stadium is a little bit off-center, along a highway. It is accessible by subway, about an hour from our Airbnb. As I’m a little bit tight in terms…
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How do I buy a Passolig card to attend a soccer match in Turkey?
After attending matches of San Lorenzo and River Plate in Buenos Aires, FC Sevilla in Spain, Juventus and Torino in Turin. Impossible, having arrived in Istanbul, not to attend a few matches. Istanbul has indeed many soccer clubs including three mythical ones: Besiktas, Fenerbahce and Galatasaray. Asking to see if I could buy tickets in advance, I discovered a rather strange system: it is mandatory to have a Passolig card to buy tickets and attend the game. There is no alternative. The Passolig system is a bit complicated to understand but once you get your card, it’s very practical. You will be able to buy online, on a single website,…
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Prepaid 4G SIM card in Turkey: how much does it cost? Where to buy it? What speed?
Where to buy a prepaid SIM card at Istanbul airport (Atatürk)? Just after passing the immigration and collecting your luggage, go out and you will find immediately on the right a big red Vodafone store, you can’t miss it. Having arrived at the end of the day, we didn’t go around to see if there were other options available, at first glance it didn’t seem to be the case. How much does a Vodafone SIM card cost at Atatürk Airport? In this Vodafone store, the prices seemed quite high to me, here they are : For my part, I chose the offer with 7 GB of data for 320 TL…
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5 days of discoveries in Minsk (Belarus)
Following my brother’s wedding 2 weeks ago (reason for our return to France), we leave for a few days to discover his wife’s country: Belarus. They organize 5 short days of travel for the close family and a few hand-picked friends. We are thrilled at the idea of this trip, Belarus is a little known country, not much touristic and we certainly wouldn’t have put this Eastern European country on our itinerary without this happy event. Why 5 days? It was simply the maximum length of visit for French people without having to apply for a visa until very recently. Obtaining a visa for a longer stay being anything but…
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How to attend auctions at Drouot in Paris? (France)
It’s not well known but auctions are public, you can go there to try to get a good deal or just have fun because it’s a show in itself. This is what I decided to do when I went to attend auctions in the mythical Drouot auction room in Paris. How to attend auctions at Drouot? It can seem intimidating at first glance because when you hear about auctions, it’s usually when a Picasso has broken a sales record. You tell yourself that it’s reserved for an elite and that you don’t belong there. Auctions aren’t just about that. At Drouot (located at 9 rue Drouot in the 9th arrondissement…
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Azimo’s test & review: international bank transfers at lower cost. Referral link to get 10€
This post isn’t not sponsoredIf you would like to receive a discount, we offer a referral link. This also gives us a small commission, but you are absolutely not obliged to use it If you wish to use Azimo, click on this link and you will receive a €10 promotional code as a referral. Even though we’ve been traveling around the world for the past two years, we hadn’t needed to make transfers outside the SEPA zone and/or in a foreign currency until now. On a daily basis, we use our N26 and Revolut cards, which allow us to pay and withdraw money free of charge, regardless of the currency.…
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Tasting of a French tea time at the Ritz Hotel in Paris (France)
On the occasion of Anh’s birthday, I surprised her by inviting her to discover the French tea time proposed by the hotel du Ritz. For several years now, we have been used to going for a drink in top-of-the-range hotels. If the drinks are of course more expensive than in a classic bar, we appreciate the quietness, the beauty of the decoration and the quality of the service. Today, on our way to the Ritz, it is nevertheless another level that we discover! We arrive at 2:30 pm, time of our reservation made by phone a few weeks earlier. Already, the hotel is located in Place Vendôme, a place reputed…
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How to attend a trial at the new courthouse in Paris (France)?
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. This article is a feedback on attending court hearings. It isn’t impossible that this article contains some errors in vocabulary or on the functioning of the court. If this is the case, please feel free to correct them in a commentary. Why attend court hearings? When I was in high school, a teacher brought our class to attend hearings at the Tours court. I had found it exciting and it triggered a certain fascination for the judicial life and especially for the lawyers whose eloquence always impressed me. Attending a hearing also means trying to better understand our judicial system and fulfill a role…
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Attend a Torino Football Club match at the Olympic Stadium in Turin (Italy) – part 5
After attending a Juventus match in Turin, this time I’m going to discover the other club in the city, the Torino Football Club The Torino Football Club To be honest I don’t know the Torino any better than that. In spite of its long history (the club was founded in 1906), it’s been a while since it’s been playing the leading roles in Italy Even without really knowing the club, any soccer fan worthy of the name knows the emblem of the club: the bull, and recognizes its famous burgundy red jersey THE star and captain of the team is the striker Andrea Belotti, most of the flocked fan jerseys…
