Andy and I spent one week in Malaga, Spain this winter. It was the first stop as part of our Spain experiment to see if we could find a city in southern Spain that might work as a temporary home each winter. Malaga is a popular beach town, but we were more interested in exploring […]
After dogsitting in Bologna, we had a few days before our flight to Spain, so we spent 2 days in Verona. Verona is known as the setting for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and you can go see the balcony that was supposedly Juliet’s. But you know, a balcony from a fictional story. The city also […]
This year, our winter escape started off a little unconventionally for us. We had been planning on spending a month in Spain, but nothing was really set in stone yet when our friends Stephanie and Michael sent out an email looking for dogsitters for 2019. They live in Bologna, Italy, which is one of Andy’s […]
Road trip budgets can be all over the place. Taking a road trip in a campervan has even more variation. So it’s important to know that traveling in a campervan can make your road trip cheaper – because camping and cooking your own food lowers costs – but it doesn’t always work out that way. […]
I write up a travel expenses post for almost every trip I take. Partly I do this because it’s fun for me, but mostly I’m hoping it’ll help you plan and make a budget for your own trip. But guess what? No two budgets will ever be the same. What I spend on my trip […]
Finland and Estonia are not cheap countries. Especially Finland! But Andy and I knew that going into it, so it wasn’t a big surprise. You can do travel cheaper than we did if you’re a budget traveler but if you’re more mid-range like we are, this is a good look at what it costs to […]
Hong Kong isn’t exactly a budget destination. But after several winters of traveling to cheaper countries, we wanted to switch things up. As a reminder, Andy and I are not luxury travelers, but we’re also not bare-bones budget travelers. We tend to be somewhere in the middle, mostly opting for comfortable hotels and transportation. Here’s […]
Every year when Andy goes to Essen, Germany for the biggest board game festival in the world, I take a solo trip somewhere else. Most recently it was a trip to Malaga, Spain, a city that was never high on my list. But last year I jammed in too much travel, so I decided I […]
Slovenia was a destination I had been dreaming of for years. I had heard so much about it and seen so many gorgeous pictures that it was really exciting when I finally got to go. I loved Dubrovnik when I was there years ago, but it was just for one day, and I didn’t get […]
Our trip to Ostrava, Czech Republic and Wrocław, Poland was a bit strange. We really didn’t think Ostrava was worth it, but we loved Wrocław. I guess that’s how it goes sometimes. Neither country uses the euro, and this helps keep things cheaper, so if you’re looking for some inexpensive European locations, these might be […]