I knew this would be a particularly challenging “What We Learned” post to write, because so much time has passed since the leg (which took place from August to November 2025, and I’m writing this in August 2026) and because we’ve become pretty adept at the general mechanics of our travel life and know what…
Month: August 2026
FAQ – How Did Our Sixth Europe Leg Add Up?
Once again, I did a pretty good job estimating our expenses for Leg 17, and we came in just $123 under budget, a less than 1% deviation. We’d saved so much in the early part of the leg that we were able to do more than expected in the final three weeks of our trip…
When in Rome (for a week)
We closed out our 2025 Europe leg (Leg 17 if you’re counting along) with eight nights in Rome. We’d loved our time in Rome in 2021 and were eager to return. Last time we stayed in the neighborhood of Monteverde, which we loved, but even then we thought we’d like to try staying closer to…
The Towers of San Gimignano
We spent three days in the beautiful Tuscan town of San Gimignano, nickname “San G,” in early November 2025. Although nine months have passed since then, I want to make sure to create a record of our time there in this blog for two reasons. First, we had a wonderful time and blogging about it…