Around the world
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Horizontal black lines Toshiba Kira-102: how I got rid of them
If I don’t take particular care of my cameras and I’ve killed quite a few of them (by sitting on them, or dropping them regularly…), I’ve never had any case of dead pixels or horizontal black lines on my screens… until now – with my Toshiba Kira-102 (it’s the one on the left on the picture) I sincerely believe that my computer has a manufacturing defect in the first place. I bought it from Fnac in 2014 for its Core i7 capable of reading my 60,000-line Excel files – leaving my PEL in it: 1300€ at the time. After a week, the “right arrow” key detached itself from the keyboard.…
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Interview with Mathieu Thomasset, photographer and former world tour operator
During a quick visit in Nantes, we were received by our friends Caroline and Mathieu, from the blog Voir le monde (excellent travel blog that I highly recommend) They went around the world for 2 years – before deciding to come back to France and start a brand new career, Caroline in digital marketing and Mathieu in photography How to succeed in his reconversion after a trip around the world? How to become a professional photographer? Which camera to choose for the round-the-world trip? Mathieu, who became a professional photographer and corporate photographer in Nantes, tells us everything Many world travelers choose the reconversion after the trip. Why did you…
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Bucharest (Romania): a rotten/unattractive/uninteresting city
Who says Romania says Transylvania, Dracula all that. I’ve always dreamed of going to Romania, ever since I read Bram Stoker’s novel 🙂 so it’s only natural that we finish our little tour of Central/Eastern Europe with Romania Because of a contract signed with a client requiring JB to make 4 presentations in Paris, we chose to set up in Bucharest so that we could make the round trip to Paris during the day. Looking back, I think it was a bad idea. This city isn’t representative of the real Romania. However, its central location still allowed us to spend a weekend in the mountains and another weekend by the…
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My Dr. Hauschka Facial at Maison Hauschka in Paris
After being won over by the Dr. Hauschka Purifying Care Set, I took advantage of my stay in Paris to offer me and my sister the famous Dr. Hauschka Plenitude Care… at the Maison Dr. Hauschka. Well, Hauschka treatments can be done at any of the brand’s trained estheticians, but for a first treatment, I still prefer to go to the (official) institute – especially for the place, built in a responsible/feng shui manner, a real haven of peace nestled in a courtyard. The House of Dr. Hauschka is in the 9th near the Ledru Rollin subway station, it is a neighborhood that I know little but quite fancy, the…
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[The Return] Health check after the World Tour
Just after our return to Paris last May, we took our phones to call our doctors, osteopaths, dentists, chiropodists, … for a big check-up. Blood analysis One of our relatives, who is a doctor / naturopath, was kind enough to write us a prescription for a blood test without having to go through the general practitioner appointment box.So we went to the nearest lab with 2 A4 pages of things to analyze. The doctor there thought that we were at the end of life lol and asked us the why of the how of such a big check-up. He took several tubes of blood from me, it’s unbelievable! I didn’t…
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DIY Mini-kit EDC: “Survival” kit for travelers in urban areas
An urban “survival” mini-kit (or EDC = Every Day Carry, a very American concept) that fits in a pants pocket, this is the challenge I set myself when I saw the list of things you should “always carry”. The list is long and scary, so you have to be clever to fit everything in a small metal box Uh, why an EDC mini-kit when you already have a pharmacy kit? The first aid kit, it is complete but heavy. I won’t be able to take it with me all the time, except during the treks. Most of the time, it will stay at the hotel. I don’t want to walk…
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Review of the first 3 months as Digital Nomads
Ouhlala, it’s already the end of August! Time passes faster when we work. It’s already been 3 months and a half that we are digital nomads. During these 3 months and a half, we have had time to make (many) mistakes and to learn a lot of things The Internet connection must be wired and unlimited For the first month in Krakow, we only had a 4G connection via a router provided by the owner. We thought it might be enough, given the speeds pre-communicated by the owner, but in fact it wasn’t. We had a 4G connection via a router provided by the owner. The network is very bad…
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Best Facials in Budapest: My fav Addresses
It would be a shame to spend a month in Budapest, the thermal bath paradise, without a facial. However, my Google search for “Budapest facial treatment” did not give me satisfactory results. I had to search on my own like a big one. Here are some addresses that I tested for you. Quick Hair Salon Address: Budapest, Haris köz 6, 1052 Price: 7200 HUF or 24€ for a facial treatment (deep cleansing and massage) lasting about 1 hour It is while passing in front of this small hairdressing salon not very far from my home that I had the idea to do a facial in Budapest. If even a small…
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Find Plane Planes with Ita Software by Google
Are you familiar with Ita Software by Google? It is a tool that allows undecided people like us to enter several departure and destination cities; and find the cheapest flight for a given period of time.Example: I’m looking to go to America from Europe, I put all “nearby” CDG and “nearby” New York airports. For “nearby” you can select the airports yourself or add all those that are within 25/50/75/100… miles. Result: the cheapest flight is Oslo – New York, €300 on August 3, 2017. It’s really interesting, by doing several simulations, we found for example that it was cheaper to do Sydney – Honolulu (stopover 7 days) – Los…
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Travel Guide to Poland: Budget, itineraries, practical advice
We stayed one month in Poland working 3 days/week. We underestimated this country which hides a lot of treasures. If it was possible, we would have liked to stay 1.5 months or even 2 months here to be able to visit Wroclaw and Gdansk in addition We have written here a small guide for your trip to Poland, whether it is for a few days, or a month like us Itinerary Warsaw : 3 days will be enough for you Krakow: 5 days will be enough for you The center of Krakow (the basilica, the underground): 1 day Wawel Castle & Jewish quarter: 1 day Auschwitz, Birkenau: 1 day (1h40…
