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PayPal sponsorship: 5€ free
Not many people know this but there is a sponsorship program at PayPal. It’s very simple: click on my referral link here enter your email address to register and follow the instructions as soon as you pay something for more than 10€ within 2 weeks after your registration, you will earn your 5€ bonus Why PayPal? PayPal is a secure payment system. You don’t have to enter your credit card number everywhere PayPal allows you to send money between friends and family at no cost If you are shopping with PayPal and wish to make a return, the return shipping costs will be covered by PayPal. I’ve talked about it…
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Coupon code / Airbnb Referral: up to 50€ discount
Airbnb is our preferred accommodation option when we are in expensive cities like Singapore, New York or Tokyo. Airbnb does not offer any coupon codes but there is an offer for godparents & godchildren. Click here to become a sponsor and get up to 50€ discount You will have up to 40€ discount for your first accommodation 10€ discount for the 1st experience (>40€) that you book with Airbnb
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The Colosseum, Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum – Rome (Italy) #7
Today, I take my courage in both hands to write this article. This is one of the last articles about Rome as we visited the Colosseum was our second visit, just after the Vatican. Well yes, because I didn’t like it. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary I visited quite a few ruins anyway, especially in Turkey but I think that the Coliseum, classified as one of the New 7 Wonders, has set the waiting bar a little too high. For information, on the New 7 Wonders of the World, we could visit 5 of them: The Chinese Wall, Christ the Redeemer in Rio,…
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Sant’Angelo Castle: Rome (Italy) #6
The Castel Sant’Angelo isn’t that far from the Vatican, but it took us an eternity to get there. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary From our Airbnb, we choose to walk to the Castel Sant’Angelo, hoping to discover a little bit of Rome. Finally, we just walk along the river banks, which look strangely similar to Paris. We have lunch at the Ristorante Porta Castello, it’s nice, affordable without being gastronomic, it’s a good choice if you want to avoid the tourist restaurants of the area. We don’t realize it, but we are really close to the Vatican. You can see St. Peter’s Basilica…
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[Thoughts] #8: The Power of Giving – le Pouvoir du Don (The Power of Giving)
This post comes from an elderly Vietnamese entrepreneur, who was trained by the three best entrepreneurial “schools” in the world: American, Japanese and Israeli. He regularly shares his thoughts and entrepreneurial lessons on his Facebook page. His reflection this morning touched me a lot because he was able to put into words the information I received and believe in, without knowing how to express it clearly. So I propose you here the translation in French, so that you can also access its information. This is an important message to remember and understand. Since I am not a translator by training, there are certain passages where I will paraphrase the idea…
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Digital Nomad: 2.5 months in Rome (Italy), ideal destination in spite of Covid
As you know, because of the Covid, instead of taking it easy in Asia, we had to return to France and stay there for 7 months before finally leaving on a mop, destination Italy. Why Italy? Because the destination was part of our initial itinerary: France – Germany – Austria – Italy and the more we learn about it, the more we want to be there. Rome has always been on our wishlist but as it’s “too close” to France, we thought we would have all our time and finally we went around the world twice without setting foot there. It took us more than 30 years to go there,…
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Which visa for Vietnam? Visa Exemption, Visa on Arrival, e-Visa
Type of visa Duration Entries Cost Validity Possible extension ? Visa exemption 15 days 1 0€ All border crossings No e-visa 30 days 1 25$ Some border crossings Yes but expensive Visa to be applied for at theVietnameseembassy inFrance 30 days 1 60€ Yes 30 days Multiple 80€ Yes 90 days 1 80€ Yes 90 days Multiple 130€ Yes Visa on Invitation 30 days 1 50$ Yes 30 days Multiple 55$ Yes 90 days 1 70$ Yes 90 days Multiple 75$ Yes Visa exemption The visa waiver for a maximum of 15 days applies to citizens of the following countries: France, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Finland, Germany,…
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Short Walk in Rome (Italy) #5: from Prati to Trastevere
We’ve been in Rome for a month and a half and I’m starting to have a little routine. I regularly go to the district of Prati, either to my masseuse or to my dentist, and to get back to our Airbnb in Trastevere, I always take the same route through the monuments of downtown Rome. I like it very much. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Already, after the appointment at the dentist’s, I always treat myself to an ice cream to reward myself for all the suffering caused by the appointment. I go either to Venchi or to the Romanaaccording to my mood…
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Gallery and Villa Borghese & all-you-can-eat Sushi restaurant – Rome (Italy) #4
The Borghese Gallery is one of the places we were recommended to book in advance because of the crowds. So we buy the tickets a month and a half in advance, to find out how much the Covid has impacted Rome as well. It doesn’t matter, we are among the first to enter the villa (out of 20 tourists in all) and it suits us very well. The Gallery is nestled in a huge heart-shaped park (Villa Borghese). If the park is free, the access to the Gallery costs us 13€/person I don’t know if it’s always like this but the visiting hours are made so that each group has…
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[Thoughts] #7: Working on the first impression, The elevator pitch
When you are interested in personal development, there are many ways to do it: read specialized books, pay a coach, do meditation etc. but I am lucky enough to have stumbled upon “a textbook case”: Matthew Hussey, a “self-proclaimed dating guru”. He has no qualifications, no references, one day he created his YouTube account to help women find their soul mate, he released a book (which became a New York Times bestseller) and since then, he hangs out with several “Hollywood A-list stars”, he gives several times a year a 3-day seminar where women pay 6000$ to listen to his advice – only to find no husband in the end.…
