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The Best DIY Kits (paper cutting, embroidery…) to offer or to offer yourself
If the DIY virus reached you during this containment, you can still order DIY kits. I have selected the 10 best kits, delivered from France and free of charge, enough to keep you busy for hours. Paper kit – Polar bear head trophy – 13,9€ This sculpture in DIY kit is done in about 5 hours. Difficulty: EASY. Size:Depth: 44 cmHeight:34 cmWidth:27 cm Buy it here : 13,9€ free shipping (Etsy link) Embroidery kit for beginners – 23,5€ This kit contains all the tools (fabric, drum, needle, embroidery threads) needed to make this beautiful design. You can hang it (with the drum) on the wall. Dimension of the pattern: 15…
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[Test & Reviews] MasterClass, Online Training with Celebrities
For more than a year, Masterclass.com is running a very effective advertising campaign on Facebook and Instagram and I think many of you have seen this campaign in your news feed. I have been influenced by these ads and recently decided to offer myself a one-year subscription to Masterclass. In this article I explain to you what this is all about and my personal opinion. Masterclass: what is it? How does it work? How much does it cost? Rates & Subscription Who is it for? My detailed opinion All available courses Note: this article is NOT sponsored. I paid for the access myself and attended classes before giving you an…
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Coronavirus & Air France: Cancellation & Refund – Feedback
I have told you here that I fled Germany because of the closing of the borders between the two countries.I was supposed to take a plane on Tuesday, March 10. On Monday, I jumped on the only direct train to Paris Gare de l’Est. Once I arrived safely in Paris, I logged on to my Air France space to make a claim. In the end, my Tuesday flight was not cancelled, but my no show was still refunded by Air France, in the form of a voucher in my name.I just received the following email today (April 5th) The 15€ corresponding to the cost of an additional hold baggage item…
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Test & Reviews: AirPods 2 vs. 1 – Not that much difference
With the many conf calls and trips, I advised you to choose Airpods in my article “Computer Hardware for Digital Nomads“. I really appreciate these wireless headphones. Especially since with conf conf, I cook a lot more and I appreciate not having to carry wires everywhere. A few years ago, I gave you a review on the 1st generation Airpods here. After a few years of loyal service, its battery has become very bad and can only last about an hour (very insufficient to last until the end of a call). So I bought the 2nd generation Airpods. Airpods 2nd generation – The trap I recommend that you order online…
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Impact of coronavirus on travel blog traffic
The coronavirus crisis is having enormous repercussions in a wide range of areas. The tourism sector is one of the most affected. At our very modest scale, we can measure it with this blog. This site is a rather classic personal travel blog, it is mainly distinguished by the volume of contents: as digital nomads we have the chance to travel permanently for 4 years. Quite quickly we got into the game by writing content on a very regular basis: it has become a great pleasure to keep memories and help the travel community. The blog will soon pass the 1000 article mark, usually very long (often more than 1000…
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[story time] My family home in Hanoi in the 90’s
I never met my maternal great-grandfather, but I was told his story last year. He was born into a poor family in the country. At that time, every village had a teacher, called Ông đồ. Only wealthy families could send their children to the village teacher. My great-grandfather worked for this teacher and while tending the garden, he was able to listen to some classes. He was very intelligent and was able to assimilate the lessons himself and learn to write. When the teacher noticed, he gave him some private lessons for free. His resourcefulness was such that years later he was able to buy his first piece of land…
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8 Ideas for keeping busy during Containment #coronavirus
The confinement will be long and boring. So that you can take advantage of it to do something positive and enjoyable, here is my list of ideas. Beware, my suggestions are completely subjective, these are the things that interest me too 😀 so if we have the same tastes, here is my list : 1.Learn something Masterclass : I told you about MasterClass, the platform for online celebrity courses. It’s the Netflix of online courses wholesale. Everything is in the form of videos, with workbooks that you can download to do exercises at home. If the courses are in English, everything is subtitled and filmed in a super professional way.…
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Ranking of the most visited travel blogs (March 2020)
I discovered by chance the Ranking of the best French travel blogs in 2020 proposed by the blog Chris and voyage. This ranking is based on the methodology of the Ranking of the 200 Best French Travel Blogs carried out in April 2018 by the Tourdumondiste website. These rankings are always nice because they allow you to discover nuggets held by travel enthusiasts. However, I have a little trouble with the proposed methodology. Without going into detail, the ranking criteria are linked to the : The number of followers on Instagram Among the followers on Twitter Among the followers on Facebook The Similarweb ranking (tool estimating the traffic of a…
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Interview of Maxime Garin, repatriated from Sri Lanka because of the Coronavirus
Maxime Garin is a former colleague with whom I now share a passion for travel. If we were able to reach France before the situation degenerated, this isn’t the case of Maxime who had to leave Sri Lanka in a disaster because of the Coronavirus. He agreed to share his experience with us. Hello Maxime, can you introduce yourself to our readers? How long have you been traveling? What was your itinerary? Hello. My name is Maxime, alias Mowgli, a little nickname I was given when I was travelling and I have kept it ever since! It always makes the locals laugh when they ask me what my name is,…
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My opinion on Whereby, easy and free videoconferencing service
In these times of coronavirus confinement, telework is exploding and the imposed social distancing makes people want to… see each other Videoconferencing is (finally!) developing massively, but you still need to know which solution to use. I have been teleworking full time for 4 years and I am used to using : Teams: Microsoft’s collaborative work solution adopted by my main client. I loved to hate Microsoft during my student years but I must admit that Teams is a great tool perfectly integrated to the Office suite. Hangouts Meet: Google’s solution that is perfectly integrated with Google Calendar and has the advantage (in the paid solution I use) of allowing…
