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How to attend auctions at Drouot in Paris? (France)
It’s not well known but auctions are public, you can go there to try to get a good deal or just have fun because it’s a show in itself. This is what I decided to do when I went to attend auctions in the mythical Drouot auction room in Paris. How to attend auctions at Drouot? It can seem intimidating at first glance because when you hear about auctions, it’s usually when a Picasso has broken a sales record. You tell yourself that it’s reserved for an elite and that you don’t belong there. Auctions aren’t just about that. At Drouot (located at 9 rue Drouot in the 9th arrondissement…
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[story time] My exchange semester in Australia: Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne & Adelaide (Travel Diaries) 2/2
I told you that life was not so good for me as an Asian student in Sydney, but I still took advantage of my 4 months exchange in Australia in 2009 to travel a little bit. Part 2: My travel diary in Australia My habits in Sydney I often went to the Sydney Fish Market where sashimi was sold by the kilogram. I was so greedy (I often bought 500g of salmon to eat on my own) that I was often photographed to illustrate travel blogs I read a lot of women’s magazines. They contained fewer ads than the French version and were more expensive (8$AU). One of my tweets…
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[story time] My semester exchange in Sydney (Australia): Between expectation and reality (1/2)
This month, you will be entitled to the old journeys made before the round-the-world trip. Today, I am going to tell you about my stay in Australia in 2009 as an exchange student. Part 1: Between expectation and reality Part 2: But it wasn’t all bad: my travel diary in Australia Part 1: Between expectation and reality At that time, I was developing a passion for Australia. I enrolled in the “Australian Cinema” course at my business school, the course consisted of watching every Monday afternoon Australian cult films and dreaming of an exchange in Sydney. One year later, after a year off in Norway, I was at the top:…
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Azimo’s test & review: international bank transfers at lower cost. Referral link to get 10€
This post isn’t not sponsoredIf you would like to receive a discount, we offer a referral link. This also gives us a small commission, but you are absolutely not obliged to use it If you wish to use Azimo, click on this link and you will receive a €10 promotional code as a referral. Even though we’ve been traveling around the world for the past two years, we hadn’t needed to make transfers outside the SEPA zone and/or in a foreign currency until now. On a daily basis, we use our N26 and Revolut cards, which allow us to pay and withdraw money free of charge, regardless of the currency.…
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Tasting of a French tea time at the Ritz Hotel in Paris (France)
On the occasion of Anh’s birthday, I surprised her by inviting her to discover the French tea time proposed by the hotel du Ritz. For several years now, we have been used to going for a drink in top-of-the-range hotels. If the drinks are of course more expensive than in a classic bar, we appreciate the quietness, the beauty of the decoration and the quality of the service. Today, on our way to the Ritz, it is nevertheless another level that we discover! We arrive at 2:30 pm, time of our reservation made by phone a few weeks earlier. Already, the hotel is located in Place Vendôme, a place reputed…
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How to attend a trial at the new courthouse in Paris (France)?
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. This article is a feedback on attending court hearings. It isn’t impossible that this article contains some errors in vocabulary or on the functioning of the court. If this is the case, please feel free to correct them in a commentary. Why attend court hearings? When I was in high school, a teacher brought our class to attend hearings at the Tours court. I had found it exciting and it triggered a certain fascination for the judicial life and especially for the lawyers whose eloquence always impressed me. Attending a hearing also means trying to better understand our judicial system and fulfill a role…
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[story time] My One Year Internship in Oslo (Norway)
Today, we are going to take a trip back in time to 2008. I’m going to tell you about my gap year / one year internship in a great company in Oslo, Norway Why a gap year in Norway? For those of you who went to high school, you must have been familiar with the notion of a gap year. Between the 2nd and 3rd year of school, any student can choose between: continuing immediately with the 3rd year, or taking a gap year, to do what they want to do: travel, do an internship, or create their own business In addition, in order to graduate, we all had to…
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That’s it, we are owners!
I posted on my Facebook account (private) the photos of our first real estate acquisition. And everyone asked me if we were planning to move to France etc. But no but no, we continue to travel. Our apartment is a rental investment, and will serve as a home sweet home… one day, maybe when we retire. I tell you here how we bought our first apartment while traveling. As we are novices in this field, it is not necessarily advice (there are surely more profitable things to do) but feedback. Our goal was not to maximize returns but to start building our wealth for retirement. Background Did you know that…
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Bloggers’ Life – Part 1
New design As you’ve seen, the blog gets a new responsive design, a new hosting and some nice details that make it more enjoyable to read.The navigation has been rethought, the categories reorganized and completed. Sharing via social networks is made easier and optimized.Until now, we were not very sensitive to image quality, but we found a way to offer HD or resized images adapted to everyone’s connection.That way, everyone will be happy.From the beginning of the new school year, we will invest in a compact camera, allowing us to take better quality pictures without the hassle of a big SLR.In August 2018, we surpassed the 30,000 monthly visits mark.…
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Interview with Pooussin, a Personalized Figurines Workshop based in Strasbourg (France)
If you’ve been following the blog for a long time, you know that I’m a big fan of hand-made, DIY, handicrafts etc. When a friend from Strasbourg sent me this album full of photos of mini-figurines made by Pooussin, I fell in love with it. I followed their Facebook page for more than a year and each one of their creations is even better than the previous one It is exclusively that I propose you an interview with Pooussin I hope it will please fans of hand-made, as well as those who are considering opening an online store selling handmade creations Hello Pooussin! Can you tell us more about you…
