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Subscribe to Free Mobile on an interactive kiosk
I’ve already mentioned that Free Mobile is an excellent subscription for travelers because it is possible to switch from the €2 to the €20 plan and vice versa whenever you want. The €2 plan is minimalist and mainly allows you to keep your phone number and receive SMS messages anywhere in the world. The €20 package allows you to use 25 GB of internet in about 60 countries. This is particularly interesting in countries like Canada, the United States or Australia where mobile Internet is very expensive. For nomads like us who no longer have a fixed address, Free also offers to subscribe directly via interactive terminals. In 10 minutes,…
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Small Cities of Character #2: Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei, Saint-Léonard-des-Bois, La Perrière and Mortagne-au-Perche
We continue our road trip in Mayenne / Perche. If it isn’t done yet, I invite you to read the first part of this mini road trip here. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Day 2: Saturday Wheat & Poppy Field Poppies are becoming rarer, contrary to what we saw in June, but we still manage to spot some flowered places. It is at the edge of a wheat field that we found them. I recovered a few heads, which I will dry and incorporate into my paper flowers. The presence of poppies in a wheat field is apparently a good sign: it means…
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Small Cities of Character #1: Le Sap, Camembert & Ecouché, 2 hours from Rouen
Another weekend of incredible wandering, which started off badly. We are still in Rouen and thanks to the car rental rates found at the pif by JB, we leave for a weekend from time to time, 2 hours maximum from Rouen. This weekend started off on the wrong foot: a girlfriend who was supposed to come and do the mini road trip with us, but she couldn’t make it. The weather was dull, with intermittent rain, and a headache not possible for me. Limit, I was too tempted to sleep in Rouen 🙁 but we were too lucky, I explain it all in this travel diary. Part 1: Travel Diary…
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Pass SFR La Carte: Prepaid SIM card for France
Although we have a Free Mobile subscription at €2, it isn’t necessarily interesting to switch it back to the €20 plan (you have to keep it for at least 3 months and there is a €10 fee to switch back to the €2 plan) when we travel in France. I discovered Lebara which seems to me to be the best value for money in prepaid SIM card. While passing by the Saint Lazare train station, I saw ads for an alternative: the prepaid SIM card “Pass SFR La Carte”. The principle of the SFR Pass The Card The principle of the Pass SFR La Carte is very simple: instead of…
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Vinted Return Shipping: How to get reimbursed by PayPal?
If you don’t have a PayPal account yet, I can sponsor you. Click here to get 5€ discount for your 1st order (> 10€) Following some disappointing orders, I had to send the products back to the Vinted sellers. The problem: Vinted does not cover the return shipping costs. But, fortunately, these purchases were made with PayPal, which offers additional coverage. As a result, if Vinted reimburses me for what I paid the seller, PayPal reimburses me for the fees I had to pay out of my own pocket to return the product to the seller. I explain how to do it in this article If you don’t have a…
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My opinion on the Swatch Skin watch: ideal for travelers
I may be a bit old school but I always liked to wear a watch. While we all have the time in our pocket with our smartphone, I still enjoy wearing one. As a traveler, I even find it reassuring: If I need to check the time in a crappy bus station, it’s safer to look at my watch than to take out my €500 smartphone. Obviously, the argument does not hold if my watch is a Rolex. If a pick-pocket has stolen my wallet and I no longer have any means of payment, it can become a bargaining chip to at least return to my home, to the embassy,…
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[Testimony] Giving Blood after a Trip Abroad
When I was sedentary, I used to give blood regularly. The Etablissement Français du Sang (EFS) used to visit my company once a year, I didn’t even have to think about it. It isn’t a very pleasant moment to spend but it is very important. Every year in France, one million people are treated thanks to blood donation. This simple gesture saves lives. Since I have been traveling non-stop for the past four years, I have unfortunately been giving much less regularly since, depending on the countries we have visited, we sometimes have to wait several months before being able to be a donor again. Because of the covid, the…
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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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Opinions on Inspirato Pass: The unlimited luxury travel
I had to be categorized by Facebook as a regular traveler because I was targeted some time ago by an ad from the agency Inspirato that caught my attention. The principle: for a monthly subscription, you can book luxury accommodations, cruises or activities on an unlimited basis, without any additional fees. When I saw that, I had a wow effect but let’s see it in more detail. The Inspirato Pass offer Inspirato is an American company that exists since 2010 and markets theInspirato Pass The Inspirato Pass allows you to book luxury accommodation in 218 destinations around the world. Experiences like a safari in Kenya. Or even a week’s cruise…
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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,…
