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…
The End Of Homeschool and Sick Car Searches
In this week of travel, I unbelievably get sick again after being sick just six weeks ago in Lisbon (days 334-337). We had our last day of homeschool (day 336). Besides that I spent a lot of time being sick, working on yesalittle.com, and researching cars. Travel Log: Day 332 (5/25), Spain Today is labor…
Guam Expat Family Budget: The Cost Of Living In Paradise
My family of four lived in Guam for a total of 45 days recently, and during that time we closely tracked our spending to determine what an expat family budget would look like. Guam is a special destination because my parents were stationed there in the Air Force. It’s a location that has fascinated me…
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…
Manila Philippines Arrival – Our Experience And Tips
We woke up very early today to get ready for our flight from Guam to Manila. Our alarms were set for 2am, but both JC and I woke up at 1am. Facing the day on three hours of sleep was not ideal. The world is a harsh place when you haven’t slept much, and seeing…
Movie Theater Costs And FIRE – Great If You Hate Money
We went to a movie today and we were reminded of why we never do that. Movie theater costs are not consistent with FIRE, or the budget for our year of travel in any way. In today’s world movie theaters are only really great, even in a non-FIRE context, if you hate money and would…
Fitness For Prison And Poverty
Travel Log: Day 139 (11/13), Guam I was able to get some really good sleep last night, an 88 on my FitBit. During the day I also took a nap and slept hard for almost two hours. Hopefully that doesn’t jack up my sleep tonight. Since I missed out on seven hours round tripping to…
Costa Rica Expat Family Budget
Costa Rica is a popular expat destination due to a variety of appealing factors. These include easy entry requirements, beautiful surroundings, friendly people and low cost (allegedly). We spent two months in Costa Rica and would highly recommend it to anyone seeking an expat living situation. I have done posts recapping our budget and reflections…
Breathtaking Sticker Shock Of Guam Cost Of Living
Guam has been holding a lot of financial surprises in our short time on the island so far. These aren’t the good sort of surprises, but rather the kind that are giving us Guam cost of living shock. Sticker Shock Groceries As we continue to settle into Guam today, we are spending a lot of…
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…
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
