[PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D'AZUR] Budget and Itinerary

 

THURSDAY: 27 April 2023

easyJet (Berlin - Nice) - 130.75

L2 (Terminal 2 - Garibaldi) - 1.50
easyHotel (2 Nights) - 170.00

EUR302.25

[GRAND-EST] Budget and Itinerary

SUNDAY: 10 September 2017

Flixbus (Freiburg - Strasbourg) - 9.90

McDonalds (McBacon w/Pancakes & Coke) - 5.70

Flixbus (Strasbourg - Freiburg) - 11.90

SUBTOTAL - EUR27.50

Estimate of EUR1 = PhP60.00

TOTAL – PhP1,650.00

[STRASBOURG] The French Daytrip

Strasbourg has a long history of switching sides. I think this is true for the entire region of Alsace-Lorraine, though. It must be inevitable when you are a city lying just across the border. With the long history of animosity between the Germans and the French, this area has always been crucial in defining their political borders. But one thing hasn’t really changed and that is the mere fact that this region has always been on the tourist map. Nowadays it’s a mini metropolis just an hour away from Freiburg. Daytrip!

[ÎLE-DE-FRANCE] Budget and Itinerary

WEDNESDAY: 13 January 2016

Megabus (Brussels - Paris) - 6.00

Metro 6/8 (Quai de la Gare - Daumesnil - Republique) - 1.80

Hippopotamus (Grilled Salmon + Coke) - 22.80

Metro 9/13 (Republique - Miromesnil - Porte de Saint-Ouen) - 1.80

EUR32.40

[PARIS] Burlesque Paris

All together now: “The French are glad tooooo dieeeee for LOVE!” And then cue Nicole Kidman hanging from the chandelier! Who knew Sia wasn’t the original, huh? I already told myself that the Moulin Rouge will be on the itinerary no matter what. Lo and behold, my friend’s flat is located in the same arrondissement just a few metro stations away! But I didn't make it inside. The façade glowing bright red along with the windmill are still worth the trip.

[PARIS] Creepy Paris

While nothing can really match the cold weather in Berlin, Paris was starting to catch up as the single digit temperature approached negative territory. And so I thought, maybe it was time to match the gloomy weather with something as morbid and depressing. Why not try something different but still touristy to some extent? That’s when Les Catacombes de Paris caught my attention. A collection of skulls and bones deep down under, because why not?

[PARIS] Romantic Paris

This blog entry is accidental, sort of. I ran out of space in the other ones and my side trip to Champs-Élysées was suddenly nowhere to be found, which I think is rather unfair because the place itself is really nice as well as its surroundings. Anyway, this all happened before the catacombs and after the Eiffel Tower. I had three hours to spend on two consecutive nights and so I chose this one to see the Arc de Triomphe and reserved the final night for Moulin Rouge and Montmartre.

[PARIS] The Obligatory Eiffel Tower Selfie

I don’t know whether I'm just a lucky bastard or if it just happened to be promo time in Europe when I booked everything transpo-related. For the Brussels – Paris leg, I managed to find a GBP 4.50 ticket from this company called Megabus. Thinking it was a scam, I immediately searched for feedback online and discovered that they're really just cheap. And so how was the actual ride? We were delayed for 15 minutes and the trip took a total of 5 hours because they had to refuel and wash the bus.