My Carte Vitale

April 23, 2007 by Andrea 3 Comments

Quite by surprise today, I got a letter in the mail from the Assurance Maladie stating that I have been added to Ferbent’s Carte Vitale health card. So I can finally go to the doctor if I need to without having to worry about paying the full cost.

I originally applied for a carte vitale about a 8 months ago when I received my temporary carte de sejour. I had to fill in some forms and prove I was married to my husband who was employed in France. They then needed to see his carte vitale which he was still waiting for.

When his carte vitale finally arrived I wrote back to Assurance Maladie with a copy of the carte vitale but then they needed my carte de sejour, not the temporary one I had shown them.

So I’d kind of forgotten about the whole thing. I then stumbled upon my ‘dossier‘ the other day so I thought I’d send it back with a copy of my carte de sejour (which I received in February). I didn’t even send a covering letter, I just put all the documents in an envelope and that was it.

It turns out that was enough so if I get hit by a bus tomorrow it won’t cost me a fortune!

I wonder if they’ll reimbourse me for when I went to the dentist last year? Probably not but it’s worth a try. I’ll send off the documents tomorrow and see what happens.

Filed Under: France

First Trip to Cologne

April 17, 2007 by Andrea Leave a Comment

I completely forgot to post my Cologne photos from my recent trip to Germany (which is not so recent now) so here they are:

I’m not a fan of Gothic architechture but the Cologne Cathedral is definitely impressive but in need of a a bit of a clean. Next time in Cologne I will venture inside the cathedral.

Most of Cologne was destroyed during the war so a lot of the architecture is from the 1950s. That means parts of the city are not that attractive as far as architecture goes but the old town near the river was rebuilt in traditional Cologne style which is adorable.

Yes, this is a photo of a building with an icecream cone on top of it. I don’t know what those Germans are up to here:

Ferbent doesn’t seem to be too happy about the cold weather:

They like to ride their bikes a lot in Cologne which is great:

That’s it for Cologne, there wasn’t much touristy stuff to see but I had a great time. There is something very appealing about this city which makes me want to go back again to discover more. I’m looking forward to my next trip to Germany.

Filed Under: Germany

Wonder Cooker

April 17, 2007 by Andrea Leave a Comment

A quick update on the Wonder Cooker which I’ve been promoting for a few weeks.

I had my doubts about whether people would be interested in this kind of thing and more to the point, whether people actually buy As Seen on TV products but in fact, it sells really, really well. My conversion rate is around 5% which is great. Well, I think it’s great. Other affiliate programs I work with only convert at around 1 to 2% so needless to say I’m pretty happy with the Wonder Cooker.

The only reason I’m not looking at retirement any time soon is that I’m not getting enough volume. People just aren’t searching for the Wonder Cooker. Maybe it’s only a new product or it isn’t being promoted on TV at the moment; I’m not sure. So I’m only getting around 1 sale per day. Yeah, I won’t be going on a 5 star holiday anytime soon.

This has motivated me to try promoting other As Seen on TV products. As soon as I finish with the Nouvelle Star campaign I’ll be working on promoting other products like with my One Cooker website.

Filed Under: Work