First-person travel notes, city stories, photos, and videos from the Travel Map archive.
#Paris Parisian apartment buildings. Of course, they're similar to ours. You can search for them in the city on your own quest, but it's still useful to show them. Not everyone has an extra 300,000 euros for a modest one-bedroom apartment in an Ottoman-style…
#Paris La Défense, the largest business district in Europe, located in the west of Paris.
Do you know about visa-free entry? I came up with it. From the Hong Kong chat))
French Chinese people don't know what spicy noodles are. I'm disappointed. The European mass market turned out to be stronger.
#Paris Little skeletons from the museum
#Paris Photos from yesterday's visit to the Paleontological Museum. Interesting façade design, lots of cool exhibits (a huge shell, preserved reptiles, preserved baby animals with anomalies, and a huge number of vertebrate skeletons, including dinosaur…
#Paris A rhetorical question: who should I feel like I am, if there's a mammoth statue standing next to the museum ticket counter?
It's only been a week since France allowed a Russian to enter the country. Let's draw conclusions.
It's a joke, I'm testing bars in #Paris. At the first one, I didn't really like the cocktail, and the waitress asked me about it and said that it was free then. She suggested I come back next time and try another one 🥲. But I was already about to get angry…
Damn, who would I give a 500 euro note to? They're looking at me like I'm an enemy of the people 😅
In the comments, it was noted that from the photos of Paris, it can be seen that pedestrians generally don't care about traffic rules. This is not surprising, as all these endless traffic lights and crosswalks lose their meaning if the maximum permissible…
#Paris Just an evening vibe.
Damn it, can't you get a meal in Paris for less than 20 euros? Or should I switch to kebabs instead?
Yesterday, the restaurant was already closed, but I managed to get in today. I can't resist Xiao Long Bao. Unfortunately, they still don't quite match up to the deliciousness of Ding Tai Fung 🥲
#Paris Central streets of Paris ❤️
#Paris To sum up the Eiffel Tower, here's a collage - any self-respecting person should take photos of it from different angles 😄
#Paris Yesterday's I managed to get a bit closer to the center in the evening and capture such beauty The classic Parisian houses (in the first photos) are just so tiring to photograph, as they're literally on every second street in the city Today, I'll try…
#Paris The end station of one of the branches of the Paris metro. I'll be living in this neighborhood for the next couple of weeks.
My head is spinning after going through all these circles of hell.
How to understand that a country treats you like a moron as a tourist: - To move around the city, you need a travel pass - They offer you, as a tourist, to buy a super-affordable one-day travel pass for 12 euros - You're here for a week or more? We have a…
The brilliant logistics of airports - they took us by bus to the terminal upon arrival, I went through passport control there, and after about 10 minutes, I walked to the gate, only to be... Taken by bus from there to the same plane to Paris!
Hmm... Well, my guy hasn't been arrested yet.
Russian marketing The sanctions have hit so hard that RT is now selling socks.
I suggest placing bets on whether my flight will be delayed at five in the morning)) If it is, then I'll also miss my two connecting flights 🙃
It's been a month since I started learning Chinese. I'm doing it a little bit every day through Duolingo (classic). Partly because I'll probably move to Taiwan soon, and partly as a challenge. Everyone says Chinese is super hard, so I'm curious to see if…
There are things that you can look at forever.
You're a digital nomad who's planning to move to Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, Southeast Asia:
If any of the subscribers of this channel are in Europe in August, I'd be happy to meet up! Of course, I won't have time to visit all countries. For now, my plans include France and Germany, but maybe I'll manage to get to somewhere else too!
And after what seemed like an eternity, I finally got my Schengen visa. The process turned out to be much longer than I expected, and the results weren't exactly impressive. Initially, back in early April, I estimated that it would take about two months to…
One day, Ernest Hemingway bet that he could write the shortest story...
+ An immediate 3-year residence permit with the possibility of obtaining permanent residency, or extending the residence permit (if you haven't become a resident of Taiwan) + You can work remotely, and you'll have to pay taxes, but not a lot (for example,…
I'll explain a bit about Taiwan, as many people probably don't know the context. In short, Taiwan has a Gold Card program. Essentially, it's a full-fledged three-year residence permit with the possibility of renewal, but without requirements for residence or…
It hasn't even been a month since the resubmission, and I already received the approval for Taiwan. Essentially, all that remains is to verify the passport at the consulate and then I can enter the country, where I can pick up the residence permit card. The…
On the weekend, I managed to go on a hike to the Oka River with my friends for a couple of nights. As per the norm, we lived in the forest, swam in the river, fended off mosquitoes, ate canned food, and burned a feather pillow. In general, these are the…
I've returned to my natural habitat... I don't need Thailand at all. The only thing missing is the monitor lizards in the park.
I don't really understand modern art very well. Does anyone know what this art object symbolizes?
I received a response from Taiwan. They said I should resubmit my application with a different field of study - I chose Science & Technology - Software Development, but in their opinion, I should have chosen Digital - Software Development 🤡. What should I…
We continue the saga with nomad visas.
Let there be an evening of strange cars!)
Meanwhile at the JSC Plant
They pour very strong baijiu in Huawei. Otherwise, I don't know how they could offer a student with three years of LinkedIn experience a position as an intern with relocation to St. Petersburg. I thought it was a cold email, but nope)) they wrote to me…
#Dubai The glass skyline of Dubai.
We managed to book an appointment for the Schengen visa. I wrote to the helpdesk at the beginning of April, and in the end, I got an appointment for June 27th)) However, you can still get a spot even a week later, but for that, you have to pay an extra fee…
By the way, at Vnukovo Airport, WiFi access via phone number is done through Telegram. But the method is very interesting - instead of linking to the messenger as an app, the site asks to directly send the code from Telegram to log in to the account (this is…
That damn Yandex Taxi changed the price of a one-hour ride by +40% in just half an hour. Damn it, what kind of system is this? I'd rather ride with a meter, at least it's transparent.
I suggest you assess the urban landscape for yourselves and see how differently it can be perceived.
#HongKong My overall impression of the country and the city is rather positive. It's interesting to come here to hang out, enjoy the food and nature, and maybe even work here, but unfortunately, I don't see a long-term future for myself in Hong Kong. I came…
#HongKong A few archival photos that didn't make it into a separate post on the channel. Some of them are from my adventures on the mainland along huge residential complexes. A few were taken on the island (tram tracks leading to Victoria Peak and Hong Kong…