Travel and Exchange, the blog of travelers who change currency
When travelling to countries whose culture is utterly different to ours, we should take several things into account, since what might seem meaningless to us can come across as something else entirely and get us into trouble, or even…
The Road of the Kasbahs is often times neglected from tours, which comes to prove that sometimes the closer we are to things, the more foreign they seem to us, right? Here you have some tips for travelling to…
Everything is packed for your trip; there is only a few days left. And in the very last moment, you go through your to-do list and realise that... the currency of the country is not the same as yours!…
In the last few months, Nepal has been popping out a lot in the news because of the earthquake that brutally devastated the country last 25 April, and the aftershocks that followed shortly after. Which explains why, when I…
When the first Europeans landed in the Australian coasts, they couldn’t imagine how immense that country –almost a continent on its own– was and the discovery fascinated anthropologists, zoologists and travellers all over the world. Australia was, is and…
No other event has changed Barcelona (Spain) so much as the 1992 Olympic Games, an event that put the city on the map and constituted a watershed regarding the affluence of tourists and the effects of which, almost a…
Doing a bit of a deductive exercise, if Spain is considered the best country in Europe to party, its capital, Madrid, must be a temple devoted to the bad nightly habits of the masses. And that’s not far from…
Besides the Salamanca known for its monuments, museums and history, we can find another more alternative version with a tour through non-tourist activities. Now, putting an end to daytime visits, we will focus on the Salamancan night and the…
It comes as no surprise that travellers don’t really need to rely on phrases or quotes for inspiration to keep travelling, but it is true that a lot of the times there are certain quotes that remind us of…
One of the elements that we pay special attention to when picking out a destination is the budget and the standard of living of the country in question. We cannot ignore the fact that, economically speaking, it is not…
A lot of times the city we live in is the one we know and visit less. It is as if, because we have everything at reach, we instinctively leave it for later, and it is a real shame…
More than 16 million international tourists visited Cataluña in 2014, a fact that confirms that the most visited city in Spain is Barcelona. The fascination with Barcelona as a tourist destination is mainly due to its excellent beaches, tourist…
They say dreams are to be fulfilled. There might not be any other statement as spot on as this one; even more so, if applied to travelling. How many times have you gone through that endless bucket list with…
If there is a place in Italy where time seems to stop, that is, hands down, Tuscany. Who hasn’t thought about retiring here for a few weeks or even months under the shelter of the green hills dotting the…
Honeymoons are usual the kind of trips that take more planning and we are more excited about. We want everything to be perfect, planned to detail and delicately handled so that nothing goes wrong last minute. One of the…
Paraguay, together with Bolivia, is one of the two countries in the American continent that does not have a coastline, although it does have an outlet to the Atlantic Ocean thanks to the waterway that comprises the Paraguay, Parana…
Travelling is one of the best things you'll ever do in life; it’s a unique experience. Travelling will teach you how to be free in the broadest sense of the word. Travelling is the best investment you’ll ever make.…
According to the Oxford Dictionary, the word exotic refers to everything «originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country», while being «attractive or striking because colourful or out of the ordinary». As a rule of thumb, the further…
Visiting Japan is like going through a two-way time tunnel. This country gives home to one of the most ancestral traditions and to the last word on technology simultaneously, a fascinating combination that puts the traveller in a permanent…
Most of the times, using an expression instead of another can backfire on us. Such is the case of «travel money purchase» and «foreign currency exchange». Because, let’s be honest… do we really know when we can use one…
Cancún (México) is a destination that has absolutely everything to enjoy the perfect family vacations. Its biggest sales pitch are those white sand beaches bathed by startling blue waters revealing beautiful colour-fish under it... but Cancun has a lot…
There are some countries that all of us, or at least most of us, think about when daydreaming about travelling. However, often times, because they are such stereotypical destinations, we forget about their relevance or interest beyond what makes…
A few weeks ago we were wandering through the green and cheerful land of Hobbiton (The Shire) and its antithesis, the dark and gloomy Mordor, so in this article we’ll discover other iconic locations of the Middle Earth in…
One of the most defining things about Berlin (Germany) is that despite its large population (3.5 million citizens), its density is lower than in other European capitals such as London, Madrid or Paris, given that its urban area its…
Now that days are short and I have to roll myself into a scarf and cover my bald head with a beanie is when I feel more nostalgic about the places where, at this time of the year, I…