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Transferwise: how does it work? Reviews + promo code
Get a Transferwise promo code by clicking on this link: https: //transferwise.com/invite/u/jean-benoitm1. Your first transfer will be 100% free. Transferwise is a service that allows you to have a multi-currency account for free, get a withdrawal card and send or receive money in (almost) any country at a low cost. Let’s see how it works. I already have an N26, Revolut or Boursorama Ultim card, what is Transferwise for? N26, Revolut or Boursorama Ultim are neo-banks that have revolutionized money management when traveling. Thanks to the cards they offer, there is no need to worry about exchange rates. Wherever you are, you will benefit from the real exchange rate without…
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Digital Nomad: how to evaluate the quality of a city’s Internet connection before going there?
Digital nomadism is a way of life that offers the incredible luxury of having no geographical constraints. You can work from anywhere. Anywhere? Really? Not quite! It obviously depends on the activity you are doing, but in most cases, you will still need an internet connection with an acceptable speed and it isn’t that obvious. If in France, we are lucky enough to generally have fast Internet connections (in large cities at least), it is far from being systematic everywhere in the world. And the problem is that it’s very difficult to have really reliable information before going there and testing it by yourself. How much internet do we need?…
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Rouen – Buying a Bus or Tram Ticket by SMS: practical and efficient
In Rouen, the public transport network is managed by the Réseau Astuce. There are mainly bus lines but also two tramway lines called “Métro”. When I had to go by bus to the car rental agency, I was wondering how I would be able to buy a ticket. In this period of coronavirus, the front entrances of the buses are indeed condemned to protect the driver, impossible to buy a ticket directly in the bus. Upon inquiring, I discovered that there was a simple, fast and efficient way in Rouen: buying tickets by SMS. The principle is childish: when you see your bus or streetcar arriving(and not when you see…
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Test & Review of Seazon: delivery of ultra-fresh dishes (+20€ promo code)
If you are looking for a coupon code for Seazon, you can click on this link or use the promo code DIEUANH3SVM to get a 20 € reduction on your first order. For those who follow us, you must have understood that we like to eat a lot but cook much less. Since we travel abroad most of the year, eating outdoors is an experience we love and is the best way to discover the local gastronomy and culture. Confined for two months in the Paris region, we had to cook for ourselves. There were a lot of delivery possibilities (which we succumbed to a few times) but it was…
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Diary of a French Digital Nomad during Covid Lockdown
The sequence of events that have been happening for several weeks is so amazing that I decide to make a quick account of it. I hope that it will only be a bad memory in a few weeks and that I will read it again with astonishment in a few years. For those who don’t know us, we are a couple of digital nomad. 4 years ago, we gave up our Parisian apartment and our sedentary life to adopt a nomadic lifestyle. We work remotely for our clients and take advantage of our geographical freedom to travel around the world. We jump from Airbnb to Airbnb and change cities and…
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Impact of coronavirus on travel blog traffic
The coronavirus crisis is having enormous repercussions in a wide range of areas. The tourism sector is one of the most affected. At our very modest scale, we can measure it with this blog. This site is a rather classic personal travel blog, it is mainly distinguished by the volume of contents: as digital nomads we have the chance to travel permanently for 4 years. Quite quickly we got into the game by writing content on a very regular basis: it has become a great pleasure to keep memories and help the travel community. The blog will soon pass the 1000 article mark, usually very long (often more than 1000…
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Ranking of the most visited travel blogs (March 2020)
I discovered by chance the Ranking of the best French travel blogs in 2020 proposed by the blog Chris and voyage. This ranking is based on the methodology of the Ranking of the 200 Best French Travel Blogs carried out in April 2018 by the Tourdumondiste website. These rankings are always nice because they allow you to discover nuggets held by travel enthusiasts. However, I have a little trouble with the proposed methodology. Without going into detail, the ranking criteria are linked to the : The number of followers on Instagram Among the followers on Twitter Among the followers on Facebook The Similarweb ranking (tool estimating the traffic of a…
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Interview of Maxime Garin, repatriated from Sri Lanka because of the Coronavirus
Maxime Garin is a former colleague with whom I now share a passion for travel. If we were able to reach France before the situation degenerated, this isn’t the case of Maxime who had to leave Sri Lanka in a disaster because of the Coronavirus. He agreed to share his experience with us. Hello Maxime, can you introduce yourself to our readers? How long have you been traveling? What was your itinerary? Hello. My name is Maxime, alias Mowgli, a little nickname I was given when I was travelling and I have kept it ever since! It always makes the locals laugh when they ask me what my name is,…
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My opinion on Whereby, easy and free videoconferencing service
In these times of coronavirus confinement, telework is exploding and the imposed social distancing makes people want to… see each other Videoconferencing is (finally!) developing massively, but you still need to know which solution to use. I have been teleworking full time for 4 years and I am used to using : Teams: Microsoft’s collaborative work solution adopted by my main client. I loved to hate Microsoft during my student years but I must admit that Teams is a great tool perfectly integrated to the Office suite. Hangouts Meet: Google’s solution that is perfectly integrated with Google Calendar and has the advantage (in the paid solution I use) of allowing…
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Test & Reviews of Lebara: Prepaid SIM card for France and Europe
Back in France for one month (a month that will turn into several because of the Coronavirus), I do a little research to find the best solution to get a prepaid SIM card to be able to phone and use the internet After studying several solutions, the solution with the best value for money seems to me Lebara. In my mind, Lebara was a solution to be able to call to foreign countries at an affordable rate. This is still the case, but they now offer classic phone packages. How to get a Lebara SIM card? Having anticipated a little bit my need, I ordered a SIM card directly on…
