The Adventures of JB2

France by the Numbers

In our effort to show just how affordable travel can really be, we've kept a detailed spreadsheet of all our expenses. We spent a total of 75 days in France, but only spent a total of $2,022.66 while there! During our visit to France, one Euro was equal to $1.37 USD. All amounts listed have been converted to USD. Keep reading for a breakdown of our expenses:

We arrived at our next workaway at Mas Sarrat on July 18th. It was our third workaway experience, and also our third workaway in France. We spent a month there, exploring the woods and countryside, and of course, helping our host, Fiona with her catering business and with her gites.

Check out this promotional video we made for our host family in Mas Sarrat, France. They have a wonderful vacation property full of animals and many other fun activities.

After our wonderful stay in Olargues, we were off to our next destination, Estadens, a teeny tiny little village about 200 km west of Olargues.

Olargues video and extra photos

We've got plenty more to show you from our stay in Olargues.

We arrived in Olargues on June 9th. It had been a decent travel day- we took the shuttle to the airport in Beauvais (1 hr ride- 17.90 euro/person) and then a flight to Beziers, an hour's drive from our first workaway in the south of France ($26/person- funny how the shuttle and the flight almost cost the same). The airport in Beziers is very small, there are only two gates, with only one airline operating out of it. We arrived around 7pm but it was still light out and we found our hosts Elke and Norbert waiting for us in the tiny airport's parking lot.