Speaking of scanning my QR code I tried several times and got an error saying “Bad format”. Turns out I needed to rotate the paper 90 degrees and scan it that way. Uhhh….. This is what the paper looks like:

I was told I needed to get a “digital health passport” to convert my CDC vaccination card to a fancy QR code that restaurants and public places can scan. This is easy. Pop into any pharmacy, give them your passport, vaccine card, and €36 and they will give you a piece of paper!

France has an app you can use to scan your QR code so its on your phone and not on a flimsy piece of paper you will surely lose at some point.

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There were only 3 or 4 people available to manually check passports. Open passport to photo, pull down your mask, quick glimpse, rubber stamp, and then you’re in. No checks about negative Covid test or vaccination status needed.

There was probably more scrutiny if you were from a “red” country but those people were mixed in with the “amber” country people.

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Landed in France and had to wait 2.5 hours in line at the border to check my passport. Lots of international flights landed at the same time and there were 500 – 1,000 people smooshed in line together with Covid signs everywhere saying everyone should be 1 meter apart.

You have to wear a mask the whole time you’re in an airport except when you’re patronizing restaurants where you can immediately sit down, take off your mask, and pretend everything is fine.

I brought a comfy cloth mask with me for the flight but at the gate Air France gave us paper masks that we had to wear. Weird but ok.

The only time I needed to present the test was at the checkin counter for my flight. The guy just glanced at it and I never needed to show it to anyone else again.

I recently flew to France which requires a negative Covid test taken no more than 48 hours from departure time.

Lucky for me there is a Covid testing place near me that does PCR tests with quick turn arounds. It was negative as expected and I had a PDF to prove it.

Observations from traveling to Europe recently

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Made it!

BRB going to Amsterdam

Bonjour France!

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