Super excited to announce a big expansion into Latin America today with the acquisition of our friends at @RemoteCasa 🥂 Dan and Ana, the Founders of @RemoteCasa have been wonderful to work with especially in bringing this all together in recent months. Right now it's heads down bringing 1,000 new rooms online for nomads to use in Colombia, Mexico and Argentina. – at Benover, England

Today we're out exploring the forests surrounding our new village. @lindaamccall

Yep - I think the new fibre is working well.

Love this shot I took in 2010. Old and new in Romania.

My Speed test Result - Download 754.1 Mbps - Upload 433.6 Mbps - Ping 19 Ms. Whats yours? speedsmart.net/result/171758… -

Astana's AI Singularity Museum is super impressive. Especially when you realise its government driven!

TikTok established a startup program inside @astanahub on Kazakhstan. A great way to connect with creative entrepreneurs.

I have a day off in Kazakhstan so am our exploring Astana. #aidigitalbridfe2026 @astanahub

Streaming digital nomad session in 10 minutes from Astana. 30,000 registrations to date for #aidigitalbridge2026 youtube.com/live/egsND-7NCVg…

Preparations are well underway for the digital nomad session #AIDigitalBridge2026 @astanahub #digitalnomad

Intro to Kazakhstan's big focal point for AI

Astana is impressive. My first to this part of Kazakhstan @astanahub

Today I joined the 'boomerang nomad ' movement. I get to nomad and boomerang back to a home for the first time in 11 years. We took possession of our first house in over a decade. South of France in the mountains near Toulouse. The Mayor even met us as we drove into town with the keys. More about the fascinating connection of this house in France with Australia later ...

Gotta tell you that I'm loving the API connections with @ZohoBooks. My @claudeai agent can synchronise all intercompany accounts like nothing before. I even have it completely building a new ledger after migrating from another accounting system.

Want to have a say in Schengen Visa policy? Now is the time. 6 Oct deadline.  European Commission mulls rule changes for Schengen visas. The European Commission is planning a revision of Schengen rules on short-stay visas to make the EU’s visa policy "more coherent, secure and effective, while facilitating legitimate travel". EU rules on short-stay visas apply to non-EU citizens who need a visa (61 countries or territories are exempt) to visit the Schengen area for up to 90 days in any 180-day period for tourism, work, training, family, or other reasons. The Commission says that changes will address “several shortcomings”, one of which concerns business travellers. According to a call for evidence published this week, the Commission intends to “explore ways to facilitate travel for reliable applicants and trusted business travellers, including through possible common lists of verified companies by third country or jurisdiction.” “Employees of such companies could benefit from targeted and proportionate facilitations such as fast-track processing, priority appointments and/or fewer supporting documents,” the Commission says. The document argues that “business travellers acting on behalf of trusted companies generally present a lower risk profile and are reliable”, but at present there is no common EU approach to identify them or their corporate sponsors. Some EU countries offer national or sector-specific facilitation schemes, but these do not apply across the Schengen area. This creates “fragmentation” for companies active in multiple countries, “as their employees may face different procedures, requirements for supporting documents, and processing conditions” depending on the Member State responsible for the application. The new proposal, expected in the first quarter of 2027, also seeks to tighten rules regarding third countries that “do not sufficiently cooperate” in the fight against illegal migration, migrant smuggling or security. The Commission is considering how to introduce restrictive visa measures at the EU level “in cases of a serious deterioration in the political or security situation in a non-EU country.” This includes in the event of “hostile actions, hybrid threats, information manipulation and interference, the instrumentalisation or weaponisation of migration, acts of sabotage, espionage or open aggression.” As part of the initiative, the EU executive is also looking at a “harmonised additional charge levied at EU level on top of the Schengen visa fee” whose revenues will support the “further development of the common visa policy,” the document says. In 2024, Schengen countries (EU member states except for Ireland and Cyprus, plus Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland) received more than 11.7 million applications for short-stay visas and issued almost 10.3 million visas. The Commission has invited “interested stakeholders”, including people living in the EU, citizens of non-EU countries, national authorities, businesses, travellers and civil society organisations to send comments by 6 October via this link. thelocal.de/20260914/eu-comm…

Where are all the French insurers using AI? I can't find any with half the tools we've provided for 16 months now..@NomadStaysCo Am also wondering in @MistralAI will survive if French enterprises continue to avoid AI.

Love it theguardian.com/artanddesign…

I have just lodged an official complaint with @VWGroup. An official, licensed repairer in France @vw_france have told us a 17 year old car is unrepairable as @VWGroup no longer supply critical computer parts. (And their quality control meant their cars can't work in France's 40C+ weather) One can only assume all Volkswagens have similar expiry dates, and are unsuited to hot countries.

The only to explore the Alps IMHO. @lindaamccall