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I'll write this article here in English. If you prefer to read it in French, please check this article written by the beautiful food blogger Sophie. (I didn't pay her to write it! She just loved our brunch and it made me happy).

Pour les frenchies,  Sophie  de Cherrycordiacoaching.com m'a fait l'honneur d'écrire un article sur notre brunch vegan. Je vous invite à aller le lire sur son blog.

It's been a hot minute since I've posted here and I'm very sorry about it. I love writing on this blog and sharing my travel experiences. I always want it to be a platform for me to share my thoughts and my travel advice so bear with me. I'm a lot more on Instagram by the way. Make sure you follow me.
 I'm growing so much lately and life has been hectic but I'm loving every moment of it.



I thought I would share with you what I've been working on these days and if you are in Paris this summer, I would love to meet you!

Paris is such a beautiful city and if you follow me on Instagram, you know my love for good food, beautiful places and fitness. I wanted to create an incredible event that represents all the things I'm passionate about and I made it happen. My team and I organize vegan outdoor brunch in Paris this summer.
We thought about every details. We wanted the food to be healthy, tasty and colorful.



What to expect:

This Saturday 21st July 2018, we're doing a yoga class prior the brunch at park Monceau. The lesson will be given by Manon from the Parisian Sport Studios Chez Simone . We made a special menu for this event and I'm very excited! Everything is vegan and healthy. You will try our vegan waffles, our granola bars, hummus ... and so much more.



We wanted a very bohemian vibe, so we decided to organize those picnics at Parc Monceau, Paris. It's such a beautiful park and it's probably one of the most romantic places in Paris.

We organize those events every week-end but you have to book online as places are very limited. We want it to be enjoyable for everyone so it can't be crowded.

Come eat with us! You can book your spot here

What do you think ? What is your favorite thing to to do in Paris ? Where do you usually go for brunch ?

I started to workout (religiously) 1.5 year ago. I needed to be physically active as well as emotionally.  I had zero level of fitness and I was not eating a lot of healthy stuff (and didn't really care). Today I live a healthier life and I love taking care of my body with good food and physical activity. 
I'm not writing this article to tell you that you should work out even on holiday.I personally do it because I enjoy it and I think that it's an amazing way to interact with locals and discover the city I am in.
 If I go on a weekend getaway I won't workout because my time is very limited and I'll be busy visiting as much as possible.
At home I do strength training at the gym but on vacation I do light stuff (running, swimming..) and I only use my bodyweight.

Exercising brings me happiness, mental and physical strength as well as self confidence.I also encourage you to diversify your activities and find complimentary things in life that will also give self confidence and make you realize your worth, like solo travel for example. 

With this being said, I am aware of the fact that we all work out for various reasons and we all have our own fitness goals, but I thought that I would share with you how I manage to stay active while being on the road as it is a little challenging (I see every day of work out like a victory).

1) Pack running shoes/partez avec des chaussures de sport
As I said, I mostly do light stuff and walk a lot. I think that packing running shoes comes in handy.Wear them on your way to the airport,it will take less room.
Running is a nice way to discover new places and see the city differently. I also love hiking.

En vacances, mes activités sportives sont très douces (principalement beaucoup de marche, de la rando, de la natation). Je n'oublie jamais mes chaussures de sport ni mes maillots de bain. Portez vos chaussures de sport à l'aéroport,ca prendra moins de place.
A lire/Related: What to pack on the road/Les indispensables de voyage

2)Make time for your workout
You don't need to work out for 2 hours. I think that in fitness, less is more. A 20 min sesh' is enough to challenge your body as long as the workout is intense. 

Regent's Park, London

Pas besoin de faire du sport pendant deux heures. 20 minutes où on se donne à fond sera toujours plus efficace que 2 heures où on brasse du vent.
3) Do the intensive work out at home
I like to use my vacation as a deload week, so I mostly do the things that tax my body prior my trip. 

Je fais mes sessions lourdes et intenses avant de partir en vacances et du coup mon voyage me permet de reposer mon corps avec des sessions bien plus légères.

4)Go to the public swimming pool
Go swimming. Seriously, I love discovering public swimming pools in other cities.
You can also stretch at the beach.

Allez nager! C'est super pour rencontrer des locaux ou allez à la plage pour faire vos étirements.

5) Walk or rent a bike
Walking is so underrated,I love it!You can also rent a bike and do like dutchies :)

Holland

Ne sous-estimez pas la marche. C'est doux et ça fatigue comme il faut. Pensez à louer un vélo. C'est super agréable dans les villes pas trop polluées.

6)Use youtube videos/les vidéos youtube
You can use youtube videos for circuit trainings. I love the fitness blender channel. They have tons of videos and you only use your body weight.

Vous pouvez vous servir des vidéos youtube. J'adore la chaine fitness blender (j'avais commencé le sport à la maison avec eux). Ils ont plein de vidéos à faire seulement avec le poids du corps.

7)About the food/la bouffe

At home I eat clean most of the time so that when I go out/travel I can enjoy less healthy food without compromising my fitness goal and still be social. I don't stress about the food I eat because life is too short and having a balanced life is crucial for your sanity. On the road, if I go grocery shopping, I'll buy the same things I would buy at home (easy/quick things to cook). Traveling is a way to discover new food so I usually go to restaurants more than usual and I eat all the things I've never tried before (healthy food and non-healthy stuff).  I think that you should enjoy your meals and yourself.
The only thing I try to implement is going to local restaurants because I consider that Mc Donald does not need my money and I prefer to help locals instead.

But please, don't feel guilty because you didn't work out or ate "too much". It doesn't define how amazing you are and your gains won't disappear in three days. 

A la maison je mange principalement des trucs sains et je garde les trucs qui ne rentrent pas dans ma diète pour mes sorties entre amis. C'est manière à moi d'équilibrer mes repas et ma vie (mais chacun fait comme il veut). En voyage c'est pareil, si je fais les courses, je vais acheter des trucs qui je mange à la maison. Ceci dit, je vais beaucoup plus souvent au resto, parce que j'ai la flemme de faire à manger et j'adore découvrir de nouveaux plats (sains ou pas). La seule chose que j'évite c'est les chaînes. Je considère que Mc do et compagnie n'ont pas besoin de mon argent et je préfère aider un commerce local.

Voilà mes petites astuces! Une fois de plus, ne vous en voulez pas si vous n'avez pas fait de sport ou mangez plus de pizzas que d'habitude. Ca ne vous definit en rien et vos progrès ne vont pas disparaitre en une semaine.

Cape Towwn, South Africa

Over to you! How do you manage to stay active on the road?
A vous, vous faites du sport en voyage? Je veux savoir :)

Although most of my trips are overall amazing and I'm not the kind of person to focus on bad things.  
I'm not writing this article about my worst memories on the road to scare you (especially if you are planning your first solo adventure). Actually, most of the things I'm writing here make me smile when I look back at it. Some of those places are some of my favourite places to travel and those bad adventures don't change what I loved about those cities by any mean.

Rhodes, Greece

La plupart de mes voyages sont fabuleux mais il m'est aussi arrivé des trucs un peu moins cool. Je n'écris pas cet article dans le but de vous effrayer (surtout si c'est votre premier voyage solo).
 Ces destinations sont toujours des endroits que j'adore malgré tout mais c'est l'occasion pour moi de vous montrer un autre aspect du voyage que les photos instagram ne montrent pas forcément.

1)Couchsurfing
Okay, I did not couch surf at this place, but when I was looking for a couchsurfer in Rome, some Italian dude asked me if I cared about him walking naked and smoking weed in his flat (and added that he hoped that I would do the same thing).

My reaction to that: Yes, I cared about having a complete stranger walking naked when I am a vulnerable solo female traveler. I simply blocked him and left a review on his couchsurfing account in case other girls ask for a couch.

On snapchat: studentsntravel

Je n'ai pas fait du couchsurfing chez ce jeune homme, mais quand je cherchais un couchsurfeur pour Rome, je suis tombée sur un italien qui voulait bien m'héberger mais par contre il disait qu'il aimait se balader à poil chez lui ainsi que fumer et qu'il espérait que j'étais partante pour faire la même chose.

Ma réaction: Il fait ce qu'il veut chez lui, mais en tant que voyageuse solo ça me rassure pas de me retrouver dans ce genre de situation.Je l'ai bloqué et ai laissé un commentaire sur son compte couchsurfing au cas où certaines filles passaient par là.

Related/a lire aussi: Couchsurfing with the opposite sex/faire du couchsurfing chez le sexe opposé 

2)Milan
I embarked on my flight to Milan with a black backpack carry-on just like many other travelers. Unfortunately that day, someone moved my carry-on around so when I left the plane, I took someone else' s bag.
My reaction to that: I went to the lost and found office at the airport and they found my bag. I had to wait for an hour at the airport but everything went smoothly.

London

Quand je partais à Milan je voyageais avec un bagage à main noir comme beaucoup de gens me direz-vous. Sauf que sans m'en rendre compte, quelqu'un avait changé mon sac de place, ce qui fait qu'en descendant, j'ai pris le sac de quelqu'un d'autre.
Ma réaction: Je suis allée au lost & foun et ils sont fini par retrouver mon sac.J'ai juste perdu une heure mais sinon pas de panique.

3)Berlin
It was during the New Year Eve in Berlin. Some dude stole my phone. This asshole downloaded a video of him with my phone on the streets of Berlin on my Facebook account a few weeks later.
My reaction to that: I kept on enjoying my NYE and bought a new phone when I went back home.

Budapest

Pendant mon nouvel an à Berlin, un mec m'a volé mon téléphone... Ce con a ensuite téléchargé une vidéo de lui dans les rues de Berlin pour la poster sur mon compte Facebook.
Ma réaction: J'ai continué de m'amuser dans les rues de Berlin et j'ai racheté un téléphone plus tard.

4)Budapest
I landed in the evening in Budapest so arriving at my hostel at 11pm and having to make my bed was not pleasant at all. (The hostels where I stayed before made the beds).Moreover, the dorm was a complete mess.
My reaction to that: I made my bed and slept.The next day the staff cleaned the room.

Je suis arrivée à mon auberge à Budapest vers 23h et quand j'ai vu que je devais faire mon lit à cette heure là, ça m'a moyennement plu (+ le bordel qu'il y avait dans le dortoir).
Ma réaction. J'ai fait mon lit et le lendemain le ménage a été fait. Pas mort d'hommes donc.

Related/à lire aussi: Things to do in Budapest-que faire à Budapest
5) Budapest (again)
I was sleeping on a metalic bunk bed and in the middle of the night, the bed started to shake. I first thought that it was a joke but a couple underneath my bed thought that it was appropriate to hook up where there were 10 other people in the same room and my bed above them (!!!!) The next morning they left the condom package on the floor. 
My reaction to that: Well,I know it's a part of the adventure but seriously that was gross and rude. I tried to sleep as much as I could and told myself that I would book a female dorm next time.

Cape Town

Encore à Budapest: Je dormais sur un lit superposé en métal et en plein milieu de la nuit je sens mon lit bouger à un rythme régulier. Je croyais d'abord que c'était une blague mais non, un couple avait décidé que ça se faisait de reproduire dans une pièce où y a 10 autres personnes qui essaient de dormir (et moi au-dessus!). Le lendemain, ils ont laissé l'emballage de la capote par terre. Super classe...

Ma réaction: Bon, ça fait parti de l'aventure mais bon. Je me suis promis d'aller dans des dortoirs eclusivement féminins la prochaine fois.

6)Lisbon
The hostel where I stayed in Lisbon was absolutely lovely. The only problem was the bathroom:  the doors were transparent.
My reaction to that: I was checking that no one was in the bathroom whenever I wanted to shower and made my showers really short.

Mon auberge à Lisbonne était super chouette. Le seul problème c'était les douches transparentes!
Ma réaction: Avant de me doucher, je vérifiais qu'il n'y avait personne dans la salle de bains et je faisais vite, très vite.

7)Barcelona
Someone stole the little cash I had at my hostel when I went in the bathroom.
My reaction to that: I was really pissed. Seriously if this happens where you are supposed to sleep who can you trust ?! I tried to get over it. It occured during my last day thankfully.

On m'a volé de l'argent à Barcelone dans mon auberge de jeunesse quand j'étais sous la douche. Franchement j'étais dég!
Ma réaction: toujours dégoûtée, j'ai prevenu le staff de l'auberge. Y avait pas grand chose à faire de toute façon.

Related/à lire aussi:Related/à lire aussi: Best things to do in Barcelona-que faire à Barcelone

8) Cape Town
This was during my first stay where I was staying with 13 other people. There were always someone to steal your food,your Nutella and your wine (how rude!)
My reaction to that: I started to put everything in my room and eating out more frequently.

Cape town

Bon ça c'était pendant mon premier séjour où on séjournait à 14 dans une maison. Y avait toujours quelqu'un pour me voler ma bouffe, mon nutella et mon vin. Une fois ca va mais quand tu commences à faire tes courses pour les autres ça va deux minutes.
Ma réaction: j'ai commencé à faire moins de grosses courses ou sinon, je mettais ça dans ma chambre.

Related/A lire aussi: Related/à lire aussi:Things to do in Cape Town-Que faire au Cap

Over to you, what are the worst memories you have while on the road?
A vous, quels sont vos pires souvenirs de voyage et comment avez-vous réagi ?

I already wrote several articles on how to save money so you can afford to travel (more) on this blog,but I came up with new ideas to keep your bank account a little fuller.

J'ai écrit plusieurs articles sur comment économiser davantage pour voyager, mais je me suis rendu compte que j'avais d'autres astuces sous le coude.