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Amiens Cathedral and the Hortillonnages: Road Trip in France #1
Let’s go for 4 weeks of Road Trip in France! To find and follow all the articles of this road trip, you can use a search on the blog (road trip france #) or simply access the category France here Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Day 1 of the Road Trip Car Rental Once again, we go through E.Leclerc to rent our car for 4 weeks. The advantage is clearly the price. We are fortunate to have found one available for our entire vacation period, which isn’t always obvious. What’s more, this Leclerc is right on the doorstep of Rouen. More info here…
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Digital Nomad: Results after 2.5 months in Rouen
We spent two and a half months in Rouen where we went as soon as the deconfinement was over and it was a good decision. Our Airbnb Where do we start? A tour of the apartment? Yes, that’s my favorite part too! As you can see, this apartment (former artist’s studio) is just amazing. It’s the kind of overpriced place we couldn’t have afforded outside Covid (this time we paid 3024€ for 77 nights, or 39€/night – to find out the price and get the link to all our Airbnb, click here). This is typically the style of apartments I will observe, jealous, as a tourist, thinking “the owners of…
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Giverny (France): Claude Monet’s House and Gardens
There is a train from Paris / Rouen to Giverny every hour. Instead of renting a car, we decide to simply go by train. The train does not go directly to Giverny but to Vernon, then you have to take a shuttle (10€ round trip) to Giverny Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary In Vernon itself, you can visit a very nice old mill. The Shuttle can drop you off on the other side of the bridge, and you can take it back later to continue your way to Giverny. Giverny is always a good idea, whatever the season. We went there a few…
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My Favourite Addresses in Rouen: Spas, Restaurants, Small Businesses
After 2.5 months in Rouen, we appreciate this city more or less. It is only 1h15 by train from Paris, people are 10 times nicer, everything is 5-10 minutes walk away… there are many small shops, conscientious specialized doctors (with easy appointment). Here are my favorite addresses (completed also by the owner of my Airbnb in Rouen). Rituals from Elsewhere Address: 17 Rue des Arsins, 76000 RouenGoogle MapsWebsite: http: //www.rituelsdailleurs.fr/ I should have tried other spas in Rouen, but I like this spa so much that I frankly didn’t feel like going anywhere else. They use the whole range of the “Charme d’Orient” brand, based on argan oil. Their oil…
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Saint-Wandrille Abbey (Seine-Maritime) and La Roche-Guyon (Val d’Oise): Travel diary
After a night in a bed and breakfast, next to the tree houses, to save money, we come back to spend a night in our Airbnb in Rouen, before visiting other places left unexplored last time for lack of time. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Saint-Wandrille Abbey Our first visit is to this abbey, which is the last one still brewing beer. The size of the parking lots worries us a little: parking 1, 2, 3… for cars, for coaches, for camper vans… it is so crowded at this point? Not today, because with the Covid, the schedules have been modified and we…
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Unusual: Tree Houses with Swimming Pool (Normandy), near Rouen & Caen
While looking for accommodation for our 3-day weekend near Rouen, JB came across a large farm run by a couple of former farmers. The farm is so big that they offer : a private gîte (for 8 people) 3 guest rooms 2 tree houses We opted for a bed and breakfast because at the base, we just wanted a place to sleep, but the owners also showed us the two cabins. We liked this farm so much that we want to tell you about it in a separate article. This post is NOT sponsored! I always had a little apprehension about tree houses because all the ones I saw on…
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July 2020 Favorites: French Brands made in France
“Thanks to Covid, we were able to stay in France for a long time. I took the opportunity to test some French brands, which are inaccessible to me on the other side of the planet. Jewelry My favorite jewelers. It is handmade, customizable and made in France of course. You can even visit their workshops. Beautiful Accident (of which I spoke here): jeweler who makes extraordinary models, 100% customizable, from the size, to the choice of materials and stones. Bruno is in the Marais. Black Iris : my jewelry teacher, she makes jewelry inspired by the ocean, the sea. To see her creations, you have to contact her because she…
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[Shopping] Beautiful Accident Paris, affordable Customized Jewelry
Just before the Covid, my sister and I went to the Marais for a massage. Being very early, we went around the neighborhood and my flair did the rest: I found a beautiful jewelry store: Beautiful Accident. The jewelry was so beautiful and well executed that I didn’t immediately grasp that it was made by ankle (an expression that means they are hand made), until I opened the door and saw the workshop, the tools and the jewelers. Having taken a few jewelry courses, I have some notions and what struck me was the technicality behind each piece of jewelry, I have never seen this type of jewelry, nor this…
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Take advantage of Shareholder Club Benefits for Exceptional Visits
If you want to buy shares, don’t go through a traditional bank which will charge you a lot of fees. I advise you to go through Boursorama, which I mentioned in this article. I have already touched on the subject in this article: as self-employed people, we assume that we have to rely only on ourselves for our retirement. If we are entitled to a small pension, it will be a bonus. Among other investments, we therefore invest part of our savings by becoming a shareholder in listed companies. This is riskier than an A passbook, but in the long term, it is likely to be much more successful. It…
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Apple Sidecar: your iPad as a second screen on your Macbook
Being nomadic means having to limit your computer equipment. No more big external screen associated with the Macbook! As a result, I was super happy when Apple announced the release of Sidecar with the Catalina macOS update in October 2019. Sidecar is a feature that allows you touse an iPad as a secondary screen of a Macbook. It’s very simple and it works: Either wireless through the Wifi network Either with a cable lightning (Amazon link) When I tested this feature at the time of its release, it was unfortunately not a great success. I was in Central America with low performance Wifi connections, so there was a latency time…
