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SIM Card Free Mobile in Iceland: 3G or 4G? Internet speed ?
For more information about using the Free Mobile plan abroad, please click here. On a road trip in Iceland, I use my Free Mobile SIM card. The roaming passes by the operator Nova. I am pleasantly surprised by the network coverage. The population density is very low in Iceland that I expected to be often without network. That indeed happens when we are in the middle of nowhere but on short periods. From a speed viewpoint, we are on 4G+ with a very good download speed and a very correct upload speed (see screenshot). The speed test below dates from April 8, 2019, test realized in a place in the…
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Fuel in Iceland: how does it work? How much does it cost? Petrol or diesel?
If like us, you rent a car to go around the island, there is one rather unpleasant thing you will do regularly: buy fuel. There isn’thing very complicated but here are some points to know to make your stay easier. What type of fuel? In Iceland, there is petrol (SP 95) or diesel. I don’t think you have a choice when you rent your car, we came across a petrol car. There is no risk of making a mistake, the type of fuel is very clearly specified on the tank door. Gas stations in Iceland N1, Olis, Orkan, OB, … There are several station networks in Iceland. The gas stations…
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Free Mobile SIM card in Germany: 3G or 4G? Internet speed ?
For more information about using the Free Mobile plan abroad, please click here. On a stopover in Germany before going to Iceland, I take the opportunity to test the connection with Free Mobile. I am connected with the operator Vodafone DE. At one point I was also connected via the operator O2 I read that Free Mobile had activated 4G in Germany, but I only got H+ (between 3G and 4G). The connection is good without being exceptional: 12 mo / s for download and 4 mo / s for upload. Test conducted at Frankfurt airport on April 4, 2019.
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How do I get a refund following the cancellation of a flight due to the Wow Air bankruptcy?
Like many, we had the bad surprise to see our flight cancelled following the bankruptcy of the company Wow Air. We had to leave exactly one week after the announcement of the bankruptcy We were lucky enough to be able to buy other tickets so as not to cancel our stay (with a stopover, a departure at dawn – not boreal– and twice as expensive…). No refund is to be expected from the company. It had a huge debt. The liquidator is going to sell the assets and there is a priority order of creditors. In France, it is the employees who have priority, then the State, … the customers…
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Interview with Clément, humanitarian worker. His opinion on \”solidarity trips\”
Traveling permanently is the choice we made when we became digital nomads. This way of life attracts and some seek to go on humanitarian missions to make themselves useful and quench their thirst for adventure. As many people are doing research on this subject, I proposed to our friend Clément* who works in the humanitarian field to answer some questions If you have any other questions, do not hesitate to ask them as a comment, I will pass them on to him so that he can shed some light. Hello Clément, can you introduce yourself in a few words (age, background, education, …)? Hello Jean-Benoît. Once my baccalaureate in my…
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How to surf faster when you have a rotten connection? (With uBlock Origin, ScriptSafe, Pi-hole and TripMode)
In France (in big cities anyway), we are used to having a fast connection (long live fiber optics!), unlimited and cheap (thanks Free!). Travelling all over the world, we realize that it is far from being the same in every country. Even if Wi-Fi has become a convenience, it isn’t always unlimited, it is rarely fast and it can be expensive 🙂 As digital nomads working on the internet, we can work (almost) anywhere in the world but we avoid : Countries at war (that’s why Syria isn’t on the program for example). Countries where the connection speed is too low (that’s why we removed Laos from our itinerary for…
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Electric scooters in Lisbon: test & review by Hive (+ promo code)
To benefit from 30 free minutes, enter the code DVbUMQ4Q when you register. Upon arriving in Lisbon, we discovered with curiosity the self-service electric scooter services. Having left Paris for almost 3 years, we haven’t had the opportunity to see them bloom in the French capital, so it’s a novelty for us and it makes us feel good. There are several services, I have the impression that they charge more or less the same rates. I chose the Hive service without much research. I had the impression that I saw some regularly and the application was well noted on the blinds. Hive is a service offered by the car manufacturer…
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Lisbon (Portugal) #6: Attend a Sporting match at Estádio José Alvalade
After attending a Benfica – Sporting derby, I decided to buy tickets for the Sporting – Braga match and thus discover the José Alvalade stadium. I buy my ticket without difficulty on the official Sporting website, it costs me 30 euros. No difficulty either to join the stadium which is well served by subway about 40 minutes from my Airbnb. The José Alvalade stadium is a nice modern stadium built for the Euro 2004 and inaugurated in 2003, it has a capacity of 50 000 seats. It is illuminated in green, the color of the club, it’s quite nice. The access to the stadium and then to the stands is…
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Lisbon (Portugal) #2: Attend a Benfica game at the Stadium of Luz
When I arrive in Lisbon, I have the firm intention to continue my soccer world tour. Lisbon is indeed a stronghold of Portuguese soccer with two mythical clubs: Benfica and Sporting. I confess that I don’t know much about Portuguese soccer, but these two names breathe soccer. Benfica is the club of the mythical Eusebio (473 goals in 440 games!). Benfica evokes, for the supporter of Marseilles that I am, the semi-final of the league of champions 1990 with the goal of the hand of Vata which will eliminate OM. As for Sporting, it’s Cristiano Ronaldo ‘s training club (which I was lucky enough to see playing in Turin) On…
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Free Mobile SIM card in Portugal: 3G or 4G? Internet speed ?
For more information about using the Free Mobile plan abroad, please click here. Good news, 4G is available in Portugal with the Free Mobile plan. And the speed is excellent, 59 MB/s download and 27 MB/s upload with the NOS operator as you can see on the example below. Test conducted on February 3, 2019 in Lisbon.
