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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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6 Tips to Sell well on Vinted + Free Boosts
I’ve told you in another article how to sell well on Le Bon Coin. Today, I talk about the other famous selling site: Vinted.After having been a compulsive buyer on this platform, I put a few items on sale as well and it went like hotcakes. I give you my tips here: Register to Vinted thanks to my referral link. You will benefit from some free boosts for your first ads 1. Choose the right time to go online Everything goes very fast on Vinted. To make your ads visible and not lamentably crushed by other ads, you have to put your ads online at the time when people are…
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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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[Reviews] Vinted, my Shopping Experience
Do you know the Marie Kondo method of tidying up, which consists in keeping around only those things that bring us joy? After seeing some very nice things on the Instagram of a Mario Kondo consultant, I realized that I no longer liked my clothes. Being teleworking in old Mickey Mouse pajamas with a hole in them, I’m not very motivated anymore. Before, I didn’t realize it because I was absorbed in my travels. Being surrounded by beautiful landscapes, I didn’t need to be surrounded by beautiful clothes. Now that I’m not at home anymore, I look at my little wardrobe and I find its contents super sad and super…
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Opinion: Columbia’s Saturday Trail, Best Women’s World Tour Pants
Even if I have become a digital nomad and do less treks, I still keep the habit of wearing technical clothes, like merino wool tops because they are very breathable. Some of my clothes are even water repellent. And in terms of design, we’re getting better and better. I used to wear Decathlon pants but I didn’t like the texture so I wore my cotton pants as soon as possible and reserved these cardboard pants for real treks. But it’s a shame because it means that there are pants sleeping in the backpack most of the time. And then, I discovered the Saturday Trail model at Columbia (from 31€, Amazon…
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Where to go in France this summer? A Google Maps map with more than 800 places of interest
While preparing my road trip itinerary for August, I integrated in Google Maps all the places of interest found here and there and came up with a huge list of 800 places of interest all over France, including : The UNESCO World Heritage List The Most Beautiful Villages of France 2018 The must-see according to Lonely Planet 2019 Les Villes/Villages Fleuris (4 flowers) 2019 The most beautiful castles of France (according to my personal ranking) It would have been a shame not to share them with you, especially since I spent a lot of time on them. The link to the custom Google Maps is available here (link) Once you’ve…
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3 weeks Road trip by Train in Germany: Itinerary & Budget
Because of the coronavirus, it is possible that our only vacation destinations this summer will be in France (without the cat). But keeping our fingers crossed, we might be able to push to the neighboring countries. I was criss-crossing Germany when the coronavirus hit. I present below my 3 weeks itinerary planned for this wonderful country that I knew very little about. I was able to carry out the planned itinerary until the 8th day. From the 9th, well, you have the version “I planned but…”. I hope to be able to update the actual expenses very quickly from day 9, because Germany will be our 1st destination as soon…
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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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10 things to know before your visit to Machu Picchu [update 2020]
Guide updated in May 2020 1. Mountain sickness I think that 100% of the visitors of Machu Picchu must pass first by Cusco before going to Machu Picchu. Cusco is at 3 400m of altitude, so if you come from Lima (or any place < 2500m of altitude), you risk to have the mountain sickness ( soroche). Allow 1-2 days of acclimatization in Cusco. Even if Machu Picchu is only at 2500m, the route Cusco – Machu Picchu will pass by places higher than 3800m, which is starting to do a lot 🙂 To remedy this, chew coca leaves (all hotels and hostals in Cusco will provide you with free…
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[Rates 2020] How to go to Machu Picchu without having to trek, walk, get tired
Article & Rates updated in May 2020 To join Machu Picchu from Cusco is really the course of the fighter. There is no direct way where one can simply go up in a bus, make a small nap then to wake up just in front of the entrance of the ruins while saying “Oh! we already arrived!”. Moreover, many agencies, intermediaries, various options which are offered to us in Cusco do not arrange the things. Too much information kills information! Before coming here, I believed that only the Inca Trail of 4 days led to Machu Picchu. And then, I was told about a 2h walk along the rails then…
