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Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel without tourists – Rome (Italy) #2
This article should rather be entitled “How we privatized the Sistine Chapel” because we felt so VIP After giving myself a few days of rest (the famous vacations after the vacations), the glandouille is no longer allowed because time is running out: Rome is huge and there are so many things to visit. The Vatican is obviously the first place to visit among the paying tourist places: we are very excited to go to a “new country” even if it is the smallest one that exists. note: this is one of the few articles where I advise you to read on computer to better admire the pictures Part 1: Travel…
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Rome (Italy) #1: Our first days & our Airbnb
Paris – Rome This time the vacations are really over. After returning the car in Rouen, we take the train to Paris, then an Uber to the Citizen M hotel near Terminal 3 in Charles-de-Gaulle. I highly recommend this hotel which is really tip top(link Booking). It is particularly suitable for business travelers, with many tables to work, fiber optics. The room is ultra modern (we manage the television, the light and the curtains with a tablet. You can even change the color of the light in the shower. It’s useless but it’s fun). And it is only 20 meters from Terminal 3. So no need of shuttle/bus/taxi to go…
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Metro, bus, streetcar and train in Rome: how to buy Atac tickets with your phone?
Staying a month and a half in Rome, we looked for the best option for our public transport tickets. In Rome, public transportation is managed by the company ATAC. The pricing is quite simple, there are 5 possibilities. Offer Awards To know Unit ticket (BIT) 1,50 € Valid for 100 minutes. Connections are possible but it isn’t possible to get out and then re-enter the subway. Day ticket 7 € Unlimited travel, valid until midnight on the day of first use. 48h ticket 12,50 € Unlimited travel, valid until midnight the day after first use. 72-hour ticket 18 € Unlimited travel, valid until midnight the day after the first use.…
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What is the best scooter service in Rome (with coupon code)? Lime, Bird, Helbiz, Wind, Dott
If you want to use a coupon code to discover a scooter service in Rome. You can use the following codes. Lime: RGJ7A14 Dott : F78KTEH Bird : KUL06A Helbiz : 1ZKDU4 Rome is discovering electric scooter services. They have been used until now but they are becoming more and more popular in the Covid context. 5 operators compete for the market: Lime, Bird, Helbiz, Wind and Dott. Here are some elements to compare them. The quality of the scooters The robustness of the scooters is a very important element for safety. Perhaps even more so in Rome which has many paved roads. It is therefore essential to have a…
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Prepaid 4G SIM card in Italy: How much does it cost? Where to buy it?
Contrary to France, which is used to cell phone subscriptions, the Italians have more of a culture of prepaid SIM cards. As a tourist, you won’t have any difficulty to get one. First of all, you should know that Italy being a European Union country, if you have a French phone plan, you can use it at no extra cost. You can therefore : Use your usual subscription. Buy a prepaid SIM card in France (like Lebara for example) before you leave. When you arrive in Italy, you will receive an SMS confirming that you can use your SIM card normally.The only small inconvenience is that you will not have…
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How to Receive Parcels in Italy? Relay, Lockers, Poste Restante, Fermopoint
You have the standard solution: directly at home in Italy. I’ve seen a lot of delivery people, who make the effort to ring the bell at people’s homes. However, if you are away, as the Italian mailbox is often small, they won’t hesitate to leave the package in the hall (even if the front door is open). As an ex-parisian, it stresses me a lot lol. This option isn’t possible for me because the intercom at my home in Rome does not work :'( If you are traveling and staying on Airbnb, you must encounter the same problem. How can I receive my mail or parcels in Italy when I…
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Total transportation budget Round the World Tour 2020 – 202?
We continue the tradition. For the 1st world tour, I have listed all the transportation costs between the cities/countries of the 21 countries here.For the 2nd world tour, I have listed all the transportation costs between the cities/countries of the 29 countries here below, the transportation costs for the 3rd world tour (March 2020 – ???)The car rental costs have been divided in two so that we have an idea of the cost per person. Here is the list of the countries crossed (update October 2020) France – Belgium (short stay) – Germany (short stay) – France (road trip by car) – Italy The nomenclature City of departure (Country) ->…
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[Bloggers’ Life] – Thoughts during Covid, Part 3
This article is unstructured, it will go in all directions, but I would just like to take a moment to write you and reveal, once again, the behind-the-scenes of the blog. I think it’s interesting and especially useful for me to track the progress of the blog, which is now part of my daily life I work in digital marketing and more precisely Google Adwords. I have a big client and several small clients since we are digital nomads. The contract with my big client was supposed to end at the end of March 2020 and we were supposed to be in Vietnam at the end of February. The blog…
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4 weeks Road Trip in France – Itinerary by Car, Budget & Addresses
That’s it, it’s decided! We leave for a road trip in France in August. It’s a real Tour de France, but by car.We are still waiting for the information concerning the authorization to move in France (green zone, red zone etc.) here is our itinerary : To create this itinerary, I was inspired by the best points of interest in France, which you will find here Car Rental We rented a car for a month at Leclerc near Rouen because they offer the best rates (more info here).However, as the deductible is very high, it is absolutely necessary to have a credit card with a minimum of 1200€. We did…
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[Mayenne] Sainte-Suzanne, Night in a caravan & Tree house – Road Trip in France #26
While we had the heat wave for the duration of our vacation, the rain fell on us, as if to signify the end of the vacations. Note: this blog article is part of the “Road Trip in France” made in August 2020. To read the previous parts, click here : #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24 and #25 Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary A short round trip to Paris During the 3.5 days in Tours, as I have less work than JB, I took the…
