Lisbon Portugal Travel Reflections
Thinking back to what drew us to add Lisbon to our year of travel, it’s a mix of things that were true and others that weren’t. It appeared to offer both a great standard of living and manageable costs; a perfect balance. Stops like Manila and Sri Lanka were definitely cheaper, but offered a lower…
Sightseeing Around Lisbon
This week we spent some time sightseeing around Lisbon (day 313) in the hopes of not feeling like we missed anything important when we leave. I also spent a ridiculous amount of time researching our car purchase when returning to CO. JC and I had more fun at Time Out Market (days 315 and 316).…
Lisbon Portugal Expat Budget
Our stay in Lisbon Portugal was our first time ever in Europe, and we have generally enjoyed living here for the past five weeks. While this post will focus on an expat budget, it’s easy to see why many expats choose this as their destination for non-financial reasons. Strolling through the winding hilly streets with…
April International Travel FIRE Budget
In April our time was split between Knysna South Africa and Lisbon Portugal, and this budget includes a combo of the expenses from each location. However, the majority of this April international travel FIRE budget breakdown is from Lisbon, having spent 23 days of the month here. In an upcoming expat cost of living series…
Living The Time Out Market Life In Lisbon
This week was a lot of fun and mainly because we discovered just how awesome Time Out Market is here in Lisbon. We end up going on two date nights there (days 308 and 309) which were a blast. Earlier in the week we also made a trip to the Lisbon Museum Of Illusions (day…
Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) in Portugal
By far the most interesting thing this week was capturing another electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) here in our Portugal Airbnb (day 299 below). We also took a walking tour of Lisbon on day 301. Most of my time this week was dedicated to health insurance research. This took way more time than I thought as…
Sickness In Lisbon & Health Insurance Research
This is a week you might want to skip reading. We were all pretty sick at various points during this week so we didn’t do much. Figuring out what we are going to do for health insurance back in CO is what passed for excitement this week. Travel Log: Day 290 (4/13), Portugal JC was…
South Africa Expat Family Budget
We really enjoyed our time in South Africa, and I was excited to crunch the numbers to see what it would take to live there long term as a FIRE’d expat. In this post I will break down the cost for an expat family budget based on our actual spending. I will be covering scenarios…
South Africa Travel Reflections
South Africa is a location that we nearly scratched from our itinerary. This wasn’t due to a lack of interest, but because of the daunting travel and cost involved to get there. In these reflections I ultimately feel that had we skipped South Africa, there would have been something missing from our year of travel.…
Travel From South Africa To Portugal
This week was all about getting from South Africa to Portugal. It was a long series of flights and layovers that totaled 38 hours from leaving our Knysna South Africa condo to entering our Lisbon Portugal condo. Shortly after arriving in Portugal JC and I got sick which made for a few boring days. Travel…
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
