Around the World in 2022

2022 was a whirlwind of travel for us! We spent only eight weeks at home all year, not consecutively. We set a goal to travel as much as possible before settling down and having kids soon, and we really cashed in on that goal in 2022. We spent the first two weeks of the year … Continue reading Around the World in 2022

2022 Around the World Trip: Summary and Expenses

Wow, 2022 was an extremely busy year for us. We started off the year with a couple week road trip to Florida. Soon after returning, we spent 10 weeks traveling all over Latin America. After that was a quick turn around to our 4 month summer adventure driving to/from and living in Alaska. A couple … Continue reading 2022 Around the World Trip: Summary and Expenses

Around the World (Again) in 2022!

2022 has been a whirlwind of travel! We started out the year with a few week road trip from Virginia to Florida and back. Then we spent 10 weeks traveling around Latin America. Almost immediately after returning from Latin America, we hit the road to Alaska where we spent the summer working part time and … Continue reading Around the World (Again) in 2022!

Latin America Trip: The Sequel

If you've been following this site for a while, you know that Whitney and I usually do a lot of international travel. Back in 2018, we decided that we wanted to spend at least 4 months out of the country each year following semi-retirement that year. I also decided to track my expenses on each … Continue reading Latin America Trip: The Sequel

Back to Traveling Internationally: 2021 Mexico Adventure

It's hard to believe that it's been almost a year and a half since we were last traveling internationally during our 2019 Europe Trip. We have been anxious to get back outside of the US since our five month trip all over Latin America was cancelled in early 2020. We've been very cautious for the … Continue reading Back to Traveling Internationally: 2021 Mexico Adventure

Our 2020 Latin America Trip

*by Whitney* Planning Our Next Adventure After our first two long international trips (Around the World in 2018 and EuroTrip 2019), we were planning our next big adventure for Latin America in March 2020! It seemed like a pretty quick turnaround, since we'd just gotten back from Europe in August 2019, followed by a big … Continue reading Our 2020 Latin America Trip

Lessons Learned and Results From a Full Year of Tracking Expenses

Taking the Hypothetical Plunge I've mentioned many times in my monthly financial independence updates that for 2019 I decided to track all of my expenses for the entire year. Although quite arduous at times, this was a great experience for me and gave me insight on my actual spending and where my money goes each … Continue reading Lessons Learned and Results From a Full Year of Tracking Expenses

EuroTrip 2019: Italy (Our Last Stop)!

*by Whitney* Timeline: August 20-27th If you haven’t already, you can check out my previous posts on our trip timeline here: EuroTrip 2019: The Final Itinerary EuroTrip 2019: Kicking Off the Trip in Madrid, Spain! EuroTrip 2019: Our 2 weeks in Portugal! EuroTrip 2019: 2 weeks in Spain, with Whitney’s Mom! EuroTrip 2019: France and … Continue reading EuroTrip 2019: Italy (Our Last Stop)!

EuroTrip 2019: Croatia!

*by Whitney* Timeline: August 8-20th If you haven’t already, you can check out my previous posts on our trip timeline here: EuroTrip 2019: The Final Itinerary EuroTrip 2019: Kicking Off the Trip in Madrid, Spain! EuroTrip 2019: Our 2 weeks in Portugal! EuroTrip 2019: 2 weeks in Spain, with Whitney’s Mom! EuroTrip 2019: France and … Continue reading EuroTrip 2019: Croatia!

EuroTrip 2019: Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary!

*by Whitney* Timeline: July 28-August 8, 2019 If you haven’t already, you can check out my previous posts on our trip timeline here: EuroTrip 2019: The Final Itinerary EuroTrip 2019: Kicking Off the Trip in Madrid, Spain! EuroTrip 2019: Our 2 weeks in Portugal! EuroTrip 2019: 2 weeks in Spain, with Whitney’s Mom! EuroTrip 2019: … Continue reading EuroTrip 2019: Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary!