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name: travel
description: Ben's travel plans and travel history
sources: [backfill]
aliases: []
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- [stated] Organized a trip to the south of France (Antibes/Cannes/Nice area) with Elizaveta: Villefranche-sur-Mer as coast hub, Gordes as Provence hub, TGV return from Avignon
- [stated] Navigated a Paris TGV connection planning exercise
- [stated] Traveled through Laos (Vientiane, Savannakhet), using Xanh SM for ride-hailing; researched airport routing via Nakhon Phanom
- [stated] German passport renewal in progress (near-full passport, August 2026 Europe trip deadline), coordinating via the KL embassy with a two-trip apply/collect approach