France
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[Shopping] Beautiful Accident Paris, affordable Customized Jewelry
Just before the Covid, my sister and I went to the Marais for a massage. Being very early, we went around the neighborhood and my flair did the rest: I found a beautiful jewelry store: Beautiful Accident. The jewelry was so beautiful and well executed that I didn’t immediately grasp that it was made by ankle (an expression that means they are hand made), until I opened the door and saw the workshop, the tools and the jewelers. Having taken a few jewelry courses, I have some notions and what struck me was the technicality behind each piece of jewelry, I have never seen this type of jewelry, nor this…
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Take advantage of Shareholder Club Benefits for Exceptional Visits
If you want to buy shares, don’t go through a traditional bank which will charge you a lot of fees. I advise you to go through Boursorama, which I mentioned in this article. I have already touched on the subject in this article: as self-employed people, we assume that we have to rely only on ourselves for our retirement. If we are entitled to a small pension, it will be a bonus. Among other investments, we therefore invest part of our savings by becoming a shareholder in listed companies. This is riskier than an A passbook, but in the long term, it is likely to be much more successful. It…
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[Shopping in Paris] I bought Dior Rings in place Vendôme
After the Hermès squares at 24 Faubourg, we continue the series of luxury tourism / shopping in Paris with this article on Dior and their famous boutique on Place Vendôme Why Dior? When I discovered the “OUI” and “MINIOUI” collections at Dior, I was still a student, but I kept them in the surroundings of my head, waiting to be able to offer them to me one day. The years passed and my girlfriends started buying jewelry at Dior. I could see how it looked on them, it was even more beautiful than on the pictures. I told JB about it and at that time, our tradition was that he…
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[Shopping in Paris] I bought Hermès Scarves at 24 Faubourg Saint-Honoré Paris
In spite of my love for craftsmanship, handcraft, technicality … I confess I have never fallen for a single Hermès square. When JB was working in a sales depot, I have seen countless luxury items go through. After the initial excitement of touching and looking at them closely, by dint of seeing them pass through our workshop, they simply became ordinary objects, and we ended up finding them far too expensive for what they were. Until recently… We were driving through Normandy, I was half asleep and JB was putting the radio on so as not to fall asleep on the road, we came across a very interesting radio report…
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Small Cities of Character #2: Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei, Saint-Léonard-des-Bois, La Perrière and Mortagne-au-Perche
We continue our road trip in Mayenne / Perche. If it isn’t done yet, I invite you to read the first part of this mini road trip here. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Day 2: Saturday Wheat & Poppy Field Poppies are becoming rarer, contrary to what we saw in June, but we still manage to spot some flowered places. It is at the edge of a wheat field that we found them. I recovered a few heads, which I will dry and incorporate into my paper flowers. The presence of poppies in a wheat field is apparently a good sign: it means…
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Small Cities of Character #1: Le Sap, Camembert & Ecouché, 2 hours from Rouen
Another weekend of incredible wandering, which started off badly. We are still in Rouen and thanks to the car rental rates found at the pif by JB, we leave for a weekend from time to time, 2 hours maximum from Rouen. This weekend started off on the wrong foot: a girlfriend who was supposed to come and do the mini road trip with us, but she couldn’t make it. The weather was dull, with intermittent rain, and a headache not possible for me. Limit, I was too tempted to sleep in Rouen 🙁 but we were too lucky, I explain it all in this travel diary. Part 1: Travel Diary…
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Gerberoy (Oise): Village with 1000 rose bushes & Remarkable Gardens at 2h from Paris
We end our mini road trip around Rouen by Gerberoy, another village classified “Most beautiful villages of France”. This village is only 2 hours away from Paris, but as we didn’t have a car when we were still parisian, we never tried to come here. What a pity! Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Gerberoy was not always the peaceful village as we know it today. The village was located on a hillock on the border between the ancient kingdoms of France and England and witnessed several conflicts. Thanks to the painter Henri le Sidaner, the village has regained its splendor. Gerberoy is for…
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Lyons-la-Forêt (Eure, Normandy): one of the most beautiful villages in France
We continue our exploration of Normandy aboard our small car rented for the occasion. First stop today: Lyons-la-Forêt, one of the most beautiful villages in France. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Lyons-la-Forêt is, as its name suggests, surrounded by forests. There are several hiking trails for trek lovers. I absolutely did not dig this track because I have no desire to trek. The only significant trek I did was in Colombia, and only because we took the wrong path ahahah. The second must-see is the Château de Fleury la Forêt, a XVIIth century castle, transformed into a guest house, but it can be…
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Trouville-sur-Mer and Deauville out of season: beaches as far as the eye can see
Trouville-sur-Mer is one of the must-sees recommended by Lonely Planet. It is specifically indicated that you have to come here to enjoy the oyster bars. Unfortunately, we were too hungry and ate in the previous stopover town. As a result, this city loses all its interest ahahha 😀 I came to this area with JB a few years ago, but we always chose a rainy/cloudy day out of season to get there. Trouville-sur-Mer and Deauville without tourists, well, they totally lose their charm. I didn’t think I’d ever say it, but I still miss the tourists a bit 🙂 Without them, we miss this “vacations in the sun” atmosphere. There…
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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…
