October International Travel FIRE Budget
October was a chaotic month with two extremely long haul flights (first, second), round-tripping to Denver from Guam twice to pick up and drop off my mom. In all of that planning, traveling, and spending time with my mom, I completely forgot to document the October international travel FIRE budget. The month of October was
Tokyo Expat Family Budget: A Family of Four’s Budget Revealed
For me Japan started as nothing more than a destination which I thought would be a great experience. I had not considered it from an expat point of view until we arrived and started spending money there. The affordability of day to day living in Tokyo really took me by surprise, and it got me
Reflections On Our Time In Japan
Before this year started, Japan was a cornerstone location of our travel year. It may have been our most desired location after Guam, which was the seed of our international travel adventure. Our time in Japan was spent across two different cities, Tokyo and Osaka. During that time I was tracking reflections on our time
Travel From Osaka To Guam
For information on travel from Osaka to Guam, see day 110 below. Travel Log: Day 107 (10/12), Osaka Japan JC and I were moving pretty slow today after our date night last night. I should have been hung over given the estimated 7-8 units of alcohol that I had. I pretty much felt fine though.
Shinsekai Date Night Osaka
Travel Log: Day 105 (10/10), Osaka Japan Today I couldn’t seem to wake up for basically the entire day. We did school as usual, and then I tried to nap a few times. I fell asleep a couple times briefly but didn’t really nap. I’m not sure what was going on with me. We did
Osaka Aquarium & Shinsekai
For info on the aquarium and Shinsekai, see day 104 below. Travel Log: Day 103 (10/8), Osaka Japan JC and I were pretty hung over today after our fun night last night. I was trying to think of all the drinks I had last night and it had to be something like 7 or 8
Dotonbori Nightlife & Fancy Deer
See day 102 below for information about our exploration of Dotonbori nightlife, and the fancy bowing dear of Nara Park. Travel Log: Day 101 (10/6), Osaka Japan Typical school day, nothing special. JC and I went for a long walk and in the evening we watched the broncos game. I got in a decent workout
Shinsaibashi-Suji Shopping Street
For info about Shinsaibashi-Suji Shopping Street see day 100 below. Travel Log: Day 96 (10/1), Osaka Japan We’re all starting to feel a lot better, although we’re still stuck around the house. I’m at the final stage of a cold which for me is uncontrollable coughing out of the blue a couple times per day.
September Travel Budget In The Red
I always get excited when budget time rolls around, and I was particularly interested in this month. September is the first full month we have spent in Japan, which is our most expensive location (not counting Guam). If I had been allowed to peek ahead to the result of any one month’s budget before the
Sickness In Osaka
In this series of days we were dealing with sickness while in Osaka, and our activity level was a little lower than usual. Travel Log: Day 89 (9/24), Osaka Japan Today is our first full day in Osaka. We are loving our Airbnb even more as we discover more about it. I found the best
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
