After the World Tour
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Becoming Digital Nomad: The Ultimate 2020 Travel Guide
After our world tour, we decided to continue traveling while working. We became digital nomads in May 2017. Digital nomadism is still a very marginal way of life but it intrigues and sometimes makes you dream. Here’s what we can say about it to demystify it a little and help you if you want to get started. Note: this article contains links to the other articles of our blog, to make it easier for you to navigate & read. Our activity If during 11 months of world tour, we were on vacation and living off our savings, this is no longer the case! Back to reality. Like everyone else, we…
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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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[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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[The Return] Round-the-world budget (3/3): Management after a round-the-world trip
This article is the last of the articles dealing with the round-the-world budget. To read the first part: “how to save for the round-the-world trip & to do list before the TDM”, click here To read the second part: “how to manage & protect your money during the round-the-world trip”, click here. This article concerns, as you say, the management of the budget after the round-the-world trip. Part 1: How much money should be prepared after the round-the-world trip? The “survival” budget after a round-the-world trip is normally already taken into account BEFORE you leave. In our case, we have set aside an envelope of 5000€ to cover the first…
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[The Return] Back to work after a world tour
that’s it! After 11 months of mopping, you have to get back to workat some point.We decided, after the world tour, to become full time freelance while traveling, it has a name Digital NomadMy former colleagues are super nice and sent me some docs to catch up on 1 year of changes and novelties – in my job (SEA – Online Advertising), everything changes very quickly. I started my service at the client’s place on Tuesday. The Saturday before, I went back to work (launching a campaign for a friend), just to find my reflexes and “get up to date”. It’s reassuring to realize that you haven’t lost your reflexes,…
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The first two weeks after a round-the-world trip
First week The return to France was much smoother than I thought, even if we felt a bit like savages. After 2 nights in an ibis hotel, we received the keys to our temporary Parisian apartment, the one we will call home for a month (I already told you how I found it). The apartment is very small but well arranged, we even have a dishwasher. We were even able to invite friends to come and eat. And it feels so good to find a fast Internet connection ! I’m jet-lagged for 10 days (I fall asleep around 3am and wake up at 11am), while JB had to adapt very…
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Final assessment: after 11 months around the world, nothing will be the same as before
We left on June 7, 2016 and completed our (first) round-the-world tour on April 29, 2017. It is time to make the final assessment of this extraordinary journey Abstract 21 countries crossed (including 3 in express mode – the time of a long stopover of 2-3 days) 11 months of travel 2 travelbags of 7.3kg and 13kg 2 smartphones and 1 GoPro Total budget of 45 000€ for two, ALL included (including 16 000€ just for transportation) 3.5 months of preparation 5 years of savings 1 sabbatical taken + 1 resignation Reminder of the “objectives As with every major project, we have set (explicitly or implicitly) objectives for this trip,…
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[The Return] Finding temporary accommodation in Paris after the Round the World Tour
Today, we are starting a new category [The Return] because this subject is treated rather succinctly on the Round the World blogs, surely by its morose nature and the depression that falls on ex-travellers 😀 But we, we have a lot to say on this subject Why temporary accommodation? It is March 27 and the return is scheduled for April 29, 2017. As we returned our apartment before our departure, we will return to France homeless (without a fixed address) Our project is to stay one month in Paris, the time to settle some administrative details, see friends, our favorite doctors for a quick check-up and eat (lots and lots…
