Traveling Toward Fire

A Premature FI Experiment

June 2026

  • Return to USA

    Return to USA

    Our final week of gap year was a mixture of trying to soak up our final moments in Barcelona, while doing the necessary things for our return to America. We did a lot of car shopping which even I don’t find interesting and it’s my car. The final day of this week (day 366) details…

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  • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    This was not an interesting week, although the beach weirdness did keep us entertained (days 357, 358). JC also popped her top like a real local (day 359), and we did a final tourist activity, visiting Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (day 355). Travel Log: Day 353 (6/15), Spain Pretty standard day…

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  • Turismo Final – Basilica of the Sagrada Familia

    Turismo Final – Basilica of the Sagrada Familia

    With our T-usual cards running out this week, we had to get in our final tourist activities requiring public transportation. This was anchored by a trip to Basilica of the Sagrada Familia (day 347). Also through the week was an unfortunate amount of prep for our return to CO. This includes searching for car options,…

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  • La Rambla, Park Güell, Night Life

    La Rambla, Park Güell, Night Life

    This week we got in a few different tourist activities. We started by visiting both Ramblas on day 339, followed by Park Güell on day 340. On day 343 we saw a popular local church called Santa Maria De La Mar. The rest of the week was rounded out with gym and beach. Travel Log:…

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  • May International Travel FIRE Budget

    May International Travel FIRE Budget

    This month was split between Lisbon (13 days) and Barcelona (18 days), and this is a rare budget month in the year where the figures won’t be extracted and examined from an expat cost of living standpoint. There was better data for Lisbon in the April budget, and there will be better data for Barcelona…

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