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There are a few hotels that you’re staying at that you won’t be able to forget. Ever. Hotel Regina Vienna is one of them.
During our first trip to Vienna in February 2016 and celebrating our one year anniversary, we decided to look for a nice hotel located near the main attractions of the city. We couldn’t have been happier with our choice. Here’s why.

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Can you believe I’m living 2 hours away from this Villa Rothschild wonder and I never visited it ? Well, it took me 24 years before going. Still, how could I miss for so long this beautiful place? I think that you need to travel abroad to realize that home is just as beautiful as the rest of the world. Located in St Jean Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera, the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild can be visited all year long. And let me tell you that it worth the trip: between the fabulous gardens to the collecting art inside, you’ll be amazed during the whole tour.

Medieval town of Gruyeres

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On my trip to Switzerland, I discovered the cutest village ever: Gruyeres. As its name shows, this place is famous for cheese making, but not only. It also has a majestic castle, overlooking all the medieval village, and more museums. Located 1h25-drive from Geneva, I 100% recommend you a visit to this cute place if you’re around; you will feel disconnected from the world. All you can see is nature, mountains, grass and cows. It feels amazing to reconnect (even for just a few hours) to this living world.

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We all want to travel the world; take a flight and go on vacation in some paradise beaches, explore big cities and exotic places. It sounds like a dream, isn’t it? But eventually, it all comes to one end: how can we manage and afford ourselves to go on vacation when we have a limited budget?

Well of course, any vacation comes at a cost. If you can manage to easily limit your budget when it comes to hotel bookings (opting for a bed & breakfast won’t cost you the same than a 5* hotel), you don’t seem to have the same flexibility when it comes to flight tickets. But you can try to limit this cost, and here’s how.

Monterey Bay, California

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Back to our US trip. After a few days discovering San Francisco, it was time for me to pack a few things and leave the city. Our first stop was Monterey, a small coastal city located 2h drive from San Francisco. The city is quite touristic as it has great seafood restaurants and bars. But I think that the most popular attraction is The Monterey Bay Aquarium, one of the biggest and most famous aquariums in the US. And that’s exactly what we picked for starting our tour in Monterey.

We left San Francisco quite early to arrive in Monterey at 10am. We started by visiting the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Tickets can be purchased here and cost 49.95$ per adult, which can be seen as quite expensive. You can have better deals though by booking packages with hotel partners if you intend to stay in the city for more than a day.

As we got some days off for Shavuot holiday here in Israel, we decided to go and have a nice Northern-Israel trip.

For those who don’t really know what Shavuot holiday means, here are a few words about it:

Shavuot is one of the Shalosh Regalim (Three Pilgrimage) which are 3 major events in the Jewish year (the 3 are Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot) as in the ancient times, these 3 holidays were the only times the Jewish people were going to Jerusalem from all over the country to visit the great temple and participate in big festivities and ritual worship. Shavuot is the first harvest time of the year in Israel as well as the celebration of God giving the Torah to the Israeli people.

Back to our story: I have booked us a Zimmer (a room in a hut) in Rosh Pina, at the highest neighborhood in the city with an amazing view to the Galilee Sea and the surroundings.

Well, well. On my last trip to Dublin, I decided to visit the famous Guinness Factory. Even though I’m not a huge fan of beer (to say the least!), I have to say that the place is amazing and definitely worth a visit. Not only will you learn all kind of interesting things behind the Guinness brand and the beer production, but you will also be able to get access the top floor with an incredible view on all Dublin. And I must say that this visit was one of the highlights of my trip.

For my 18th birthday, I got the gift of a lifetime: the chance to discover for the first time the United States. I traveled with my parents to San Francisco, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Here is a brief recap of this amazing trip. Let’s wrap it into parts with each city I visited.

First one was San Francisco.

December 2013, Venice, Italy.
Beyond magical.

I know what some of you might say: is there any city more “cliché” than Venice ? Well, actually, you have to experience the beauty of Venice and its special atmosphere at least once in your life.
Venice is quite small; a long week-end is enough to see what there is to see. But you can’t help feeling the magical place and romantic atmosphere around you. Here are my 5 tips to get to know Venice better.

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Tourists coming to Israel for the first time often organize their trip just around Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Dead Sea. They rarely take the time to explore North Israel and all its beautiful spots. It is a shame because the North has just as much to offer as the South in breathtaking landscapes and holy places. Here are my key destinations I would recommend you to explore.

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