Around the world
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How to Save Photos during a Trip or a Round the World Tour?
If you are going on a long trip of several months, you surely have a high-performance camera on you that will take high definition photos. You will probably also use this camera or your phone to take videos. Maybe you even bring a drone to take spectacular videos. Anyway, you will create a database of thousands of files that will represent your most beautiful memories. This base will weigh very heavy, tens, even hundreds of gigabytes. We’ll have to think about how to save all this and avoid everyone’s haunting: losing all our precious memories along the way. What volumes are we talking about? During our first world tour, we…
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Minimalist travel this summer: Checklists Men / Women
These images come from our Instagram stories, but I decided to post them here on the blog. To save the checklists, just right-click and “save image”. Here is the list of the clothes we recommend for one week. If you are leaving for more than a week, it is better to bring your clothes for 1 week anyway, then just do the laundry. If you’re just going away for a weekend, I already have another list here for you that fits in a small Longchamp bag. To save space and prevent wrinkles, fold them in the KonMari(read more here). 3 pairs of shoes maximum, it may be hard for you,…
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How to read the French Press from abroad?
Since I’ve been traveling, I try to follow the news as little as possible. It’s a waste of time (today’s information will be out of date tomorrow), it’s often anxiety-provoking, and in any case, important information will get to you at some point. Anecdote on this subject: on July 15, 2016 in the morning, I am on a small square in the depths of Nepal. A man approaches me (he will offer me his services as a guide) and learning that I am French, asks me sorry if I am aware of the attacks in Nice that took place the evening before. The information had already arrived there! I do…
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How to receive a parcel without having an address (in France)?
During our visits in France, we generally take advantage of this opportunity to make some business purchases on the internet that we couldn’t find abroad. We may also need to ask our relatives to send us some things that they are kind enough to store for us. The problem is… we don’t have an address! We are going to have a lodging (Airbnb generally) but we are never very long there, we aren’t necessarily going to be able to put our name on the bell for the deliveryman, we will not necessarily have the key of the mailbox … In short, it will be more difficult than anything else. Fortunately,…
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How to watch French Television live from abroad?
We have never been big TV consumers and even less so since we travel but there are times when we still want to watch French TV: Anh likes to follow the show l’Amour est dans le pré 🙂 During the crisis of the yellow vests, I felt the need to follow the news I like to follow sports events such as the Tour de France or OM soccer matches 🙂 Most of the free channels like TF1, France Télévision or M6 offer a streaming service but it’s only open to French IPs, it’s usually well shielded from advertising and you have to create an account each time. There are illegal…
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My opinion on the Logitech MX Ergonomic Mouse: Trackball and Vertical at the same time
To see the price of the Logitech MX Ergo mouse on Amazon: click here. Working as a nomad requires us to constantly reorganize our workspace according to what we find in our Airbnb. If we select accommodations that seem to have a table and chairs that are more or less comfortable, the photos don’t tell the whole story and it’s only once we get there that we have the moment of truth In Budapest, Hungary, our chairs were not comfortable and we started to have back pain. We found refuge in a great coworking place close to our home. In Osaka in Japan, the table was too low and my…
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Comparative Reviews: Bose QuietComfort 20i vs QuietComfort 35 vs Apple AirPods vs Airpods Pro
I’m far from being a specialist in audio devices but I’ve realized that I’ve used a number of them in recent years. Here’s a quick description of the advantages and disadvantages I’ve seen while using them. If you prefer to watch the comparisons on video, here is our YouTube video dedicated to the subject. Otherwise, keep reading. Bose QuietComfort 20i wired headphones (with noise reduction) Price: 190 € (Amazon link). Be careful, there is a different version for Apple and Android. If you don’t use the right version, the remote control won’ t work. These are the first noise-reducing headphones I’ve ever had. Bought second hand just before going around…
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Opinions on SereniTrip: a cheap insurance for car rental abroad
If you wish to use SereniTrip’s services: click here. For those who are used to renting cars, whether in France or abroad, the question of insurance is always raised. It’s often expensive, headaches and anxiety-provoking. The principle of franchising The first time I rented a car from an agency, I had no idea what “franchise” meant. The principle: in 90% of the cases, your rental automatically includes a first level of insurance covering theft, accidents, damage, … The deductible corresponds to the maximum amount that you will have to pay in case of problem. As an example, when we rented this summer at Leclerc, the basic deductible was 1,200 €.…
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Diary of a French Digital Nomad post-Covid lockdown
This diary follows the containment log that documents my 54 days of containment related to the covid outbreak19 Same logic for this deconfinement log: keep track of the events that will follow.I hope that it will be less loaded with news and that a return to normal will allow us to close it quickly. May 11, 2020 – Deconfinement day 1: We stayed quietly in the apartment so the deconfinement changed absolutely nothing for us. The only appreciable difference is that I didn’t need to make a certificate of exit during my jogging at the end of the day. It was much more crowded than when I went out during…
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Test and Reviews of the Apple Magic Keyboard: the best mobile keyboard for the Mac
The Apple Magic Keyboard is usually sold for €99. In July 2018, I found it brand new for €85 on Amazon. Click here to see the current price. Having a nomadic lifestyle, I have to constantly adapt to new work spaces. In Budapest, I started to experience back pain and realized that I needed to optimize the ergonomics of my workspace. I purchased a Nexstand support to raise my computer and I needed an external keyboard. I was in Asia at that time, it was impossible to find an AZERTY keyboard. So I temporarily bought a cheap QWERTY keyboard. While in France, I replaced it with the overpriced Apple Magic…
