Country Guides
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[Practical Guide] Tulip Festival in Amsterdam 2025 (Netherlands): Keukenhof & Access to the Fields
That’s it, the famous park Keukenhof has opened its doors: from March 20 to May 11, 2025, the whole world comes to admire millions of tulips, of all varieties and all colors near Amsterdam. How to make the most of it? We have just spent a few wonderful days in Lisse and Amsterdam, and here are our best tips. Accommodation It’s better to choose accommodation around Amsterdam During tulip season, accommodations are sky-high. But Dutch public transport is plentiful, and shuttle buses are set up to make your travel easier. So instead of staying in the center of Amsterdam at a premium (count €200/night), you can choose the following cities…
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Itinerary: 8-day road trip in Japan (Spring 2024)
Here’s the itinerary I’ve put together for our upcoming road trip in Japan. If it helps, you can access the itinerary via this link. Note: this road trip is by car, not by train.
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[Practical Guide] Bali (Indonesia): Itinerary, Budget, What to See, Where to Stay?
Arrival at Denpasar Airport: Payment: Massage: Food: Other info: Sightseeing: I didn’t visit the whole island, but here are some highlights. Budget Planning a trip to Bali? Our partner Get Your Guide offers entry tickets and guided tours with French-speaking guides at very reasonable rates. Click here to see what they offer and book online.
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[2023] 4 days 3 nights in Cappadocia: Practical guide, budget, itinerary, travel diary
After a first trip to Cappadocia in 2018, we loved it so much that we decided to return in 2023. Here’s our travel diary (and ultra-detailed practical guide) updated with new prices. Part 1: Practical tipsPart 2: Travel diary Part 1: Practical tips As I write this, 100 TRY = €3.50. Even though inflation is high in Turkey, once converted to euros, it stays roughly the same or even gets cheaper each day. How to get to Cappadocia? Driving could be an option if you’re on a road trip, but we simply opted to fly from Istanbul. Nevsehir is a 30-minute drive from Goreme, and that’s where we decided to…
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Our Great French-Speaking Dentist in Istanbul (Turkey)
In November 2018, we were in the magnificent city of Istanbul. Three days before leaving for a vacation in Egypt, I lost a dental filling while eating (what a silly idea to eat candy!). Even though we’re fortunate to be in good health, one of the pain points of our nomadic life is dealing with our teeth. We’ve had rather bad experiences with our dentists in France. Since 2016, we’ve been traveling full-time, staying one or two months at each stop, so you can imagine that finding a dentist isn’t easy. So I had an urgent need to find a dentist, French-speaking if possible (my English vocabulary for talking about…
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[Guide] Expo2020 – The World Expo in Dubai – Accommodation, transport, what to see/visit, programme and suggested itinerary
We hadn’t planned a long stopover in Dubai, but when we found out we’d be there during the World Expo, we didn’t hesitate for a second to plan a longer stay. That’s how we ended up spending 2 weeks in Dubai, which was initially supposed to be just a short stopover between Koh Phangan and Istanbul. Since we were working at the same time, only 2.5 days were dedicated to the World Expo. The World Expo takes place every 5 years. Due to Covid, Expo 2020 was postponed by a year, between October 2021 and March 2022.The next World Expo will be held in 2025 in Osaka (Japan). Practical Information…
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How to Apply for the 60-Day Covid Extension in Thailand? Koh Phangan Immigration Office
After getting a visa extension of 30 days without any hassle in Koh Samui, we applied for the 60-day Covid extension for the first time, which allows us to stay in Thailand a bit longer. This extension, called Covid, was originally designed for tourists stranded in Thailand since March 2020. However, the deadline keeps getting pushed back. For now, it can be requested until November 26, 2021, for an extension until January 25, 2022. But Thailand has continued to extend the possibility of applying for this extension since last year, so for now, it’s a fairly safe way to stay in Thailand until the country considers that Covid no longer…
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How to apply for a 30-day visa extension in Thailand? Koh Samui Immigration Office
JB already told you about the risks of overstaying in Thailand (hint: prison). I’m going to tell you about the 30-day visa extension, which every tourist normally gets without any difficulty in Thailand. As you know, we came to Thailand thanks to a 45-day visa exemption (30 days turned into 45 days “thanks” to the 14-day quarantine). Upon arrival, we had to fill out the TM6 form, and a stub of this form must be kept with us until we leave Thailand (the “departure card” stub). Documents to prepare: photocopy of your passport, then sign on the photocopy photocopy of the TM6 given to you upon arrival, then sign on…
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Montenegro: The Best Winter Destination for Digital Nomads
I am so bad at geography that Monaco, Montenegro, Montecristo, for me, are all very similar. It’s through traveling that I’ve become good at geography, and if Covid drags on, I’ll be able to locate all European countries on a map with my eyes closed. Hahaha. Jokes aside, we went to Montenegro after checking the entry and exit restrictions in December 2020, and I think it was our best decision in 2020. Montenegro is THE ideal destination to spend winter in Europe! With or without Covid. Before, we were too afraid to spend winter in Europe. But since we discovered Montenegro, we’re relieved to know that such a country exists,…
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2 days in Venice (Italy): Must-see Visits
We just spent 2 weeks in Venice. Of course, we are working at the same time, so in real life, we really only spent 5 days visiting a maximum of things in the city, including 2 full days for its must-sees. According to me, here are the musts of Venice to do in two days: Saint Mark’s Square: a huge tourist square saint Mark’s Basilica: golden mosaic everywhere the Doge’s Palace: sumptuous rooms, decorated from floor to ceiling Bridge of Sighs: connects the old prisons to the interrogation cells of the Doge’s Palace, you can walk on it while visiting the Doge’s Palace but otherwise you can see it from…
