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Essential Budapest travel tips by locals

Posted on April 7, 2020March 10, 2021 by Giulia Dal Pont

What are the most important things to know before travelling to Budapest? What do we, the expats and locals, recommend learning as you plan your trip, and remembering during your stay? From the currency, to transportation, to the quality of tap water: here are our best Budapest travel tips, the most practical and useful, that…

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Our favourite travel vloggers and YouTubers

Posted on March 27, 2020September 19, 2020 by Giulia Dal Pont

During these hard times of quarantine, it is fundamental to keep a positive mindset. For us, it means to look forward to going back to a normal routine. Strolling around beautiful Budapest, visiting our family in Italy, planning trips abroad… Plus, from May there will be three of us! We are so excited to start…

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The best way to book a hotel

Posted on February 2, 2020March 6, 2024 by Giulia Dal Pont

Let’s make one thing clear: in this post, I am going to use my experience as a traveller and as a hospitality professional to clarify how you can decide the best way to book a hotel for you. I won’t talk about how to find the cheapest price, or how to get upgrades, or how…

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Planning your trip to Japan: efficient and spontaneous travel tips

Posted on January 14, 2020February 29, 2024 by Giulia Dal Pont

We were incredibly excited when we started to plan our trip to Japan! If you have a full-time job like us, with few and precious days off, I’m sure you know the feeling. We have to make each moment count, without freaking out and stressing too much. This awareness pushed us to plan a clever…

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Best, most useful travel apps

Posted on July 16, 2019October 17, 2022 by Giulia Dal Pont

It’s the usual struggle: the storage on your phone is limited, and you’d rather keep all the pictures of your trips than lots of useless apps. You’ve read about so many of the best travel apps recommended by bloggers and travel sites, but it’s hard to choose! After years of travelling and experimenting, we’re glad…

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I’m Giulia, an Italian expat based in Budapest (Hungary) with my husband Darek and our son Alexander.

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Welcome to my travel blog! Here you’ll find itineraries and inspiration to help you plan exciting and interesting trips, by joining efficiency and spontaneity.

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Based in: Budapest, Hungary

2019: Rome (Italy), Oslo (Norway), Krakow and Zakopane (Poland), Rimini (Italy), Cortina (Italy), Szeged (Hungary), Japan and Australia, Rotterdam (Netherlands), Cortina (Italy)

2020: Alex is born! Cortina (Italy) in August, Tata (Hungary) in October, Cortina (Italy) in December

2021: Cortina (Italy) in April, August and December, Warsaw (Poland) in September

2022: Iceland in May, Cortina (Italy) in July

2023: Finland in February, Cortina (Italy) in April, Puglia (Italy) in May, Italy-Liechtenstein road trip (October)

2024: Zakopane (Poland) in February, Tuscany (Italy) in May…

Next dream: Istanbul, Morocco, Japan again, Greece…

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