USA

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    6 essential applications to enjoy New York (USA)

    6 applications to make the most of this city like no other. 1. Uber : discount code 10€ for your 1st use : rlz9u free app, available on iTunes, Google Play and Windows Store Even in New York City, where cabs aren’t very expensive and the subway is accessible, you sometimes need Uber and its superb service. New York has a good network of Uber drivers, especially at the airport, where taking an Uber can save precious time. 2. Yelp free app, available on App Store, Google Play, Amazon Kindle and Windows Store America’s favorite application! You can find everything there! Opinions and recommendations on the best restaurants, stores, nightlife,…

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    We spent the 4th of July in Washington (USA) – Travel Diary

    After 2.5 months in Canada that lasted an eternity (not fun when you just go to the dentist), here we are in the United States. First stop: Washington DC (which we will call Washington for short in the article) 😉 After spending Canaday Day (July 1) in Ottawa, we would like to travel to the United States to experienceIndependence Day (July 4) in Washington. We were warned about US immigration which can be very fussy but in the end everything went well (I will tell you in detail in another article). Part 1: Travel Diary Part2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Chinatown Our hotel(Pod Hotel, Booking link) is rather…

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    Prepaid 4G SIM card in the United States: How much does it cost? Where to buy it? What speed?

    If you want to be able to use the internet, send SMS and make calls during your stay in the USA, you will need a SIM card. Here are the different solutions available to you. Having a Free Mobile subscription, we did not use local SIM cards. This article presents the offers that we discovered on the spot but we did not test them. Buy a SIM card on Amazon If you don’t want to bother, it is possible to buy a SIM card on Amazon before you leave. The offer which seems to me the most interesting is that of Most SIM(Amazon link) which uses the T-Mobile network. You…

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    Free Mobile SIM card in the United States: 3G or 4G? Internet speed ?

    For more information about using the Free Mobile plan abroad, please click here. In Washington then in New York, and soon in Miami, we use our Free SIM card to have internet on our smartphone. We are connected by roaming via the AT&T operator. The speed is good, without being unbelievable, we are on 18 Mb/s when going down and 13 Mb/s when going up, which will largely do the job. This test was carried out on July 6, 2019 in New York.

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    Trottinettes: test & review by Lime (+ promo code 10 €)

    To benefit from a sponsorship and thus receive 10 € of credit, you can use the promo code RGJAI4 (attention, before the 4, it is an i, not a 1 😉 ) While we had experienced Hive in Lisbon, we find that in the United States, Lime is the one who isn’t to be missed. It must be said that the giant Uber is a shareholder of Lime, which thus has very substantial financial resources to set out to conquer the world. Result: Lime is (as of July 2019) present in many cities in 26 countries including the United States, France, Australia, Colombia, Mexico, Singapore, … The operation is quite…

  • America,  TDM,  Travel Journal,  USA

    Chicago (United States): 2 weeks in Americans

    Today, I am going to talk to you about my incredible stay in America at the end of 2015. Well, it’s a little dated, but since I didn’t have a blog at the time, I didn’t tell it anywhere. My 2 weeks in Chicago were so incredible that I have to talk about it here (in case my memory fails me one day). It’s never too late, is it? Why Chicago? At that time, I was working for a media agency belonging to a large international group, with offices all over the world. Every year there is a contest called “Live my Life” and the winners are sent for 2…