Discussions started by ChrisEtLolo

We’re back from a one-month trip to China and wanted to share our itinerary. Hopefully, this can give future travelers some ideas for exploring this beautiful country.

Beijing → Temple of Heaven / Forbidden City Jinshanling → Great Wall Zhangjiajie → Tianmen Mountain and Heaven’s Gate Wulingyuan → Avatar Mountains / sandstone pillars Fenghuang → riverside houses Ping’an → terraced rice fields Tiantouzhai → village / rice terraces Yangshuo → Li River / karst mountains Shanghai → skyline with the Oriental Pearl Tower

Our travel journal is available on our travel journal, written day by day. You’ll find lots of photos and some travel tips there.

Hi everyone, we’re sharing our day-by-day travel journal from Quebec in December. 10 days in Montreal and Quebec City during the holiday season and deep winter.

Quebec in winter is something truly exceptional to experience. The Christmas period is magical, especially in Quebec City. We share our story in this travel journal.

✈️ Our travel journal from our one-month experience in Japan 🇯🇵

We’re sharing our trip from July 2025. A pretty classic itinerary for a first visit to Japan, between Osaka and Tokyo.

Our humble journal is available on our TRAVEL JOURNAL, written day by day. You’ll find lots of photos there.

Hi there, I’m sharing my hiking itineraries on the sea-to-sea trails in Corsica. Perfect for those who want to discover Corsica on foot and are looking for multi-day hikes without major difficulties. That’s right—Corsica isn’t just about the GR 20! My travel journals are all written day by day.

🐻 Mare a Mare Sud + Mare è Monti Sud 👍🏼 TRAVEL JOURNAL A 175-kilometer route with 6,694 meters of elevation gain over 10 stages on the Mare a Mare Sud and Mare è Monti Sud trails in Corsica 🇨🇵 🐻 Mare a Mare Centre 👍🏼 TRAVEL JOURNAL A 106-kilometer route with 4,415 meters of elevation gain over 6 stages on the Mare a Mare Centre trails in Corsica 🇨🇵

🐻 Mare a Mare Nord 👍🏼 TRAVEL JOURNAL A 165-kilometer route with 7,004 meters of elevation gain over 7 stages on the Mare a Mare Nord trails in Corsica 🇨🇵

✈️ One-month itinerary idea for Laos 🇱🇦

We’re sharing this trip from July 2024—a pretty classic route for a first visit to Laos. An amazing country that’s still authentic and just starting to embrace tourism. Hope this gives some ideas to anyone thinking of heading to Southeast Asia!

You can check out our day-by-day adventure on our travel journal. There are plenty of photos there too.

✈️ One-month Thailand itinerary idea 🇹🇭

We’re sharing this trip from July 2023—a pretty classic route from Bangkok to northern Thailand. A great circuit for discovering this amazing country. Hope it gives some ideas to those who’d like to head to Southeast Asia!

You can check out our day-by-day adventure on our TRAVEL JOURNAL. There are lots of photos there.

✈️ One-month Vietnam itinerary from North to Central 🇻🇳

We’re sharing this trip from July 2019—our first time traveling around like this. It’s pretty classic, but it’s a great way to start discovering this amazing country that is Vietnam. Hopefully, it’ll give some ideas to those who’d like to head to Southeast Asia!

Our little adventure is detailed in our travel journal, written day by day. You’ll find lots of photos there.

An interesting destination to discover for the end-of-year holidays, the Baltics. We visited Riga in Latvia (5 nights) and Tallinn in Estonia (4 nights) over 9 days in December 2024.

We loved Riga—the calm of its old town, its atmosphere, its architecture, and all the things to explore. Its little Christmas market is really nice. A great discovery.

Tallinn is a beautiful city, both modern on one side and with its medieval old town rich in history on the other. A bit livelier and more touristy than Riga, Tallinn is a city worth discovering by the Baltic Sea.

These two countries aren’t necessarily "cheap" compared to France. At this time of year, expect gray skies, short days, cold weather, and snow.

Our day-by-day travel journal is available here.

Here are the dates for some of the most beautiful Christmas markets in Europe in 2024 (not an exhaustive list): 🎄🎁❄️

🇩🇪 Berlin (Gendarmenmarkt), Germany - 25 November to 31 December 🇸🇰 Bratislava, Slovakia - 21 November to 6 January 🇧🇪 Bruges, Belgium - 22 November to 5 January 🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium - 29 November to 5 January 🇭🇺 Budapest, Hungary - 15 November to 1 January 🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany - 18 November to 23 December 🇫🇷 Colmar, France - 26 November to 29 December 🇩🇰 Copenhagen (Tivoli Gardens), Denmark - 16 November to 2 January 🇵🇱 Krakow, Poland - 29 November to 26 December 🇷🇴 Craiova, Romania - 15 November to 5 January 🇩🇪 Dresden (Striezelmarkt), Germany - 27 November to 24 December 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Edinburgh, Scotland - 15 November to 4 January 🇸🇪 Gothenburg (Liseberg), Sweden - 16 November to 30 December 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany - 13 November to 29 December 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland - 1 December to 22 December 🇫🇷 Le Barcarès, France - 16 November to 5 January 🇧🇪 Liège, Belgium - 29 November to 30 December 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London (Hyde Park), England - 21 November to 5 January 🇱🇺 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - 23 November to 24 December 🇵🇹 Madeira, Portugal - 1 December to 5 January 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester, England - 8 November to 22 December 🇫🇷 Metz, France - 24 November to 30 December 🇫🇷 Montbéliard, France - 23 November to 24 December 🇫🇷 Mulhouse, France - 22 November to 23 December 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany - 25 November to 24 December 🇩🇪 Nuremberg, Germany - 29 November to 24 December 🇵🇱 Poznan, Poland - 19 November to 23 December 🇨🇿 Prague, Czech Republic - 30 November to 6 January 🇱🇻 Riga, Latvia - 29 November to 2 January 🇫🇮 Rovaniemi, Finland - 30 November to 22 December 🇸🇪 Stockholm (Skansen), Sweden - 30 November to 23 December 🇫🇷 Strasbourg, France - 27 November to 27 December 🇪🇪 Tallinn, Estonia - 22 November to 27 December 🇳🇱 Valkenburg, Netherlands - 16 November to 29 December 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Poland - 29 November to 6 January 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria - 13 November to 23 December 🇵🇱 Wroclaw, Poland - 29 November to 7 January 🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland - 23 November to 24 December

Feel free to suggest other beautiful Christmas markets in Europe with their 2024 dates!

Hi there,

We’d love to share our adventures with you through our travel stories and journals on MyAtlas.

What makes our travel stories and journals special is that they’re all written day by day:

- a month in Laos 🇱🇦 - a month in Thailand 🇹🇭 - a month in Vietnam 🇻🇳 - a week in Marrakech 🇲🇦 - 2 weeks under the Mexican sun 🇲🇽 - hiking the "Mare a Mare" trails in Corsica (South / Central / North) 🇨🇵 - Prague and Wrocław in December 🇨🇿 🇵🇱 - Vienna, Bratislava, and Budapest in December 🇦🇹 🇸🇰 🇭🇺 - a Christmas in New York / back for Christmas in New York 🇺🇸 - New Year’s in New York 🇺🇸

We’re also on social media, where we share our best photos: Facebook / Instagram / TikTok (chris.et.lolo) / Pinterest.