The Projects
I have many travel plans depending on the period.

Before retirement
Europe will remain the preferred "playground" before retirement.
It will be mainly European capitals and major cities for long weekends,
Retired, normally in January 2028...
•  The USA during the maximum visa period,
•  Australia during the maximum visa period,
•  I would like South America with a multi-country stay, by train, bus, ...
•  Discovering Asian countries: Vietnam, Laos, ... with multi-country stays,
•  Africa for photo safaris and the discovery of these countries with stays of one month.

Trips in preparation
• Istanbul, Turkey, 8/10 days  
A journey to the heart of this country, a bridge between two worlds.
•  The Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, The Blue Mosque, ...
•  A cruise on the Bosphorus, possibly with dinner..
•  Typical neighborhoods like Sultanahmet, Balat, Bebek and Ortaköy.
•  The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul gastronomy and its markets.
• Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia  
I really want to discover these 2 magnificent Russian cities and the transfer between the 2 cities will be by train.
As I like to discover local transport, the transfer between the two cities will be by train.
Will the pandemic and "Special Operation" still force me to change this project since I had already planned it in June 2021? I hope not...
• Harbin and others cities, China  
I keep deprogramming this trip. This will be done during the Chinese New Year festivities with Harbin and Beijing.
Harbin, the city with the fabulous Ice Festival which brings together many artists, ice sculptors, every year.
I've already visited Guangzhou and Beijing. I'd like to go back to Beijing and see other cities

Projects under study
• Tour de la Sicile  
It will be a week-long trip around the island. I have already done Syracuse, Ragusa, Modica, Notto so I would surely skip this sector.
My origins are 25% Sicilian (maternal branch) so I would benefit from a return to my Sicilian origins..
After a trip around Syracuse, it was useless to add this part of the island. This route allows to have the seaside as well as the mountains, and especially the volcano that I could not see. A small cinematographic touch with a passage through the town of Corleone.
• Sardinia Tour  
A week-long tour to discover the island. Being also for 25% Sardinian (maternal branch), it's a return to my Sardinian origins.
I'm mainly going to go through Carloforté, my great-great-grandfather's birthplace.
On the map, I deliberately removed the north of the island since I already know the part between Olbia and Alghero.
• Naples and its surroundings  
The last 25% Italian. Naples and especially Torre Del Greco, the city that my great-grandparents (maternal branch) left to seek a better life in French Algeria.
Harbin, the city with the fabulous Ice Festival which brings together many artists, ice sculptors, every year.
On the map, the places in red circles are the ones I would like to see. I'll see if I don't take advantage to go to Capri and Salernes.
• Malta  
A week that I would like to organize with my children. These are the remaining 25% of my origins since it is the paternal branch
I have already spent a week between Valletta and Gozo. The program for the week will be planned with them.
It will surely be trips, by quad, a means of transport that I love, especially in a country where traffic is on the left...