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Immersing in the French Culture: We Took the Bus. (Digital Nomads Travel)

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That’s my refrigerator in France after having gone shopping.

After walking into town the other night and finding an ATM along with survival food, we had plans to find the promised supermarket and mall. So, yesterday, we took our euros and braved the bus in Mitry-Mory, France. 🚎

Braved…. not really, but it was something we hadn’t done before in another country. We didn’t have tickets and hoped we could get on with money. Everything we were looking at for planning the trip was in French and that took a lot of effort to attempt translation… trying to figure out the times, the drop-off, the process, etc.

It was a gorgeous day though. We felt hopeful. ☀

We figured if we got lost, we could figure it out.

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We Made It to France. Why Are We Doing This?

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We made it to France. 🇫🇷 😀

I’ve always wanted to visit France since taking French in high school and college.

We took the Eurostar train from London to Paris which was a good experience. The St. Pancras train station is nice with plenty of shops and restaurants.

I bought a cup of organic coffee, figuring I could bring it on the train.

However, we needed to go through a security check before boarding the train.

Turns out, very cool… They actually had a cup holder in a security bin for my drink. It went through the security system along with my bags and electronics. :)

Once we landed in Paris though, it was a bit confusing. We needed to get on a train to get to a little town outside of Paris and it required buying tickets from a kiosk in Paris.

I was under a bit of stress after having landed in a crowded train station where everyone is speaking French and I speak a little but definitely not enough. I have a young daughter in tow, always a bit stressful on travel days, we’re lugging heavy backpacks and a suitcase, and there’s many blog posts warning about pickpockets in Paris. Plus, we’re on a timeline with people expecting to pick us up at our final destination. People who don’t speak much English.

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I Wish I Were Still Eating A Carnivore Diet With Ribeyes.

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That’s my obligate carnivore friend, Phoebe, on the Isle of Wight. We’re having a talk about all things carnivore.

I did an experiment starting in January where I stopped eating all plants. Yes, it was weird at first. Yes, it was great.

I liked the freedom I had with it.

Freedom with such restrictions?

Yes.

I found that the limited choices allowed me greater freedom of having to think about, worry about food. It was great.

However, traveling around the world with my family has made it harder to stay on the carnivore diet. I tried. It usually cost me more money and left me eating only ground meat, for the beef part of the diet. I prefer beef and crave it. Or do I just crave certain cuts of beef (like ribeyes)? I like the way beef makes me feel. However, eating it only in the ground, minced form… ack, not my favorite meal after meal after meal after meal after meal.

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Our Emergency Room Visit, Call to the Fire Department & Travels in the UK (Digital Nomads)

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It’s been quite the travel experience in the United Kingdom, so far. Specifically we spent a couple of weeks in the Isle of Wight and we’ve experienced a lot.

To begin, we flew on RyanAir from Denmark to the UK.

For those that don’t know, RyanAir is a discount airline which means inexpensive flights and lots of restrictions because of those inexpensive flights. Strict restrictions with weight and size of carry-on bags, rules for printing boarding passes before arrival and a slew of other things.

We did our best to heed all the warnings from other digital nomads about RyanAir. For the most part, it was OK, but not without hiccups. For example, we booked travel through Kiwi Travel which was a nice organized interface. However, because of confusing descriptions of carry-on bags, we were booked non-priority which wasn’t going to work for us. It would mean checking our backpacks, which we thought were included in carry-on.

Long story short, for a small upgrade fee we were able to get priority passes. It didn’t come without it’s small stress though. I’d probably still use Kiwi again, giving them another chance. They did help us fix everything.

That said, we’re new to living the digital nomad life.

I’ve allowed for hiccups, mistakes, and learning curves this first year. Some cost more than others, and I knew we couldn’t possibly know everything we needed to know from simply reading books and blogs.

We needed to dive in and live the life.

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Delicious 4-Ingredient Boursin Stew Recipe (Slow Cooker)

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4-Ingredient Stew

I am in the UK right now, specifically the Isle of Wight. It’s cold, rainy, and slow cooker stew has been on the menu more nights than not.

This particular 4-Ingredient Stew (and that includes the sea salt!) has been made four times this week alone!

So easy, maybe the easiest dinner I’ve ever made.

So delicious, easily one of our favorite’s.

The main secret ingredient…

Apart from the wonderfully tender beef, the main secret ingredient is the Boursin “garlic and cheese” spread. If you’ve had it, you know. If you haven’t had it, you’re welcome.

Boursin cheese is wonderfully addictive. So creamy, flavorful, and delicious. In fact, I think I’ll go search on Pinterest for this item, I’ll bet there are tons of recipes.

Let’s make this slow cooker stew!

2 of the 4 ingredients

4-Ingredient Stew Recipe (Slow Cooker)

  • 12 to 16 ounces stew beef (or your choice of beef cut)
  • Sea salt
  • 1 box or can of tomatoes (crushed, puréed, or whatever, your choice)
  • 1 package Boursin “garlic and cheese” spread
  • Slow cooker! (You could use a pressure cooker, like my favorite Instant Pot, too but those directions would be a bit different)

Directions:

  1. Season the beef with the salt.
  2. Pour the tomatoes into the slow cooker, smash if needed. Add the seasoned beef. Turn the slow cooker on to low or high, your choice. If it’s low, it might take up to 8 hours for fork-tender beef. If it’s high, it might be done in 4 hours. You decide and then check on it. If it’s not fork tender, wait another 30-60 minutes before checking again.
  3. When it’s tender, scoop in the whole package of cheese and stir it around.

Done.

Tonight, I’m making a twist on the recipe. I’m cooking ground beef in a skillet with the tomatoes, then stirring in the Boursin cheese and serving on top of pasta. Oh yeah. 🙌🏼

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Carnivore Around the World: Denmark (Digital Nomad)

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Beef in Denmark

I’m still eating a carnivore diet, but it’s crappier than when I was in the United States and ribeyes were easy to come by (i.e., always a store with them on sale).

As a result, I have not enjoyed my carnivore diet as much, but I’m enjoying amazing skin. It motivates me to keep going.

I also feel very well and that keeps me going.

I’m also in fear of what will happen to my waist, skin, strong immune health, digestion, headaches, etc if I start eating plants and/or carbs.

I found ground beef here, and it looks to be grass-fed. The price doesn’t hurt too much, in fact cheaper than grass-fed in the US. I’m not sure what that’s about or maybe I’m not actually eating grass-fed beef. 😳 Language barrier.

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