We knew when we chose Salta, Argentina, as a long stay destination in this leg that part of the draw was its proximity to spectacular nature that we’d need to get out of the city to enjoy. But we didn’t realize just how spectacular the nature would be. When we arrived at our Salta Airbnb,…
Category: Americas
Epic Iguazu Falls
The experience I was looking forward to the most coming into this leg was seeing Iguazu Falls, which we visited during Labor Day weekend. Everyone I’d spoken to who’d been there and all the blogs I read about it called the falls awe-inspiring. And, because it is on the border of Brazil and Argentina, it…
Porto de Galinhas: Not Really Home
It took us a while to warm up to Porto de Galinhas, and so I decided not to do my traditional “We’re Home” post halfway through like a normally do for long stays. Although we warmed up to it over time and were even a (very) little bit sad to leave at the end of…
Three Days in Recife Brazil
Recife, Brazil, (pronounced ruh-SEE-fuh in English and heh-SEE-fee in Brazilian Portuguese) is the closest city to the town we’d selected for our long stay in Brazil. Since we’d need to fly into Recife’s airport, we decided to spend our first three nights there so we could check out the city and the nearby town of…
Salta: We’re Home
I’m kicking off our Leg 19 blog posts with my first “We’re Home” post for this leg. This is the first because, while we had a long stay earlier this leg in Brazil, it definitely didn’t feel like home, so I decided I’ll cover it later in a single post. And I wanted to get…
FAQ – What Did We Learn on Leg 18?
Finally, more than four months after leaving Mexico, I’m writing the last blog post of this leg. (Fun fact I just learned before posting: My last FAQ post for Mexico, for Leg 12, began: “More than four months have passed since we left Mexico” and started with a lesson about flexibility. I guess I’m consistent!)…
FAQ – How Did Our Leg 18 Numbers Add Up?
Despite a diminishing exchange rate (which fell from 18 to 17 pesos per $1 during our four months), we budgeted well again for Leg 18. We ended up $417 under budget while depriving ourselves of absolutely nothing during our stay. Mexico remains a great value and continues to feel like a second home to us. …
CDMX-Factor
We left CDMX over four months ago, but I want to close the loop on Leg 18. And, the second have of our CDMX stay had some pretty epic activities to document. We also continued to enjoy the wonderful quality of life we always have in Mexico City. To be honest, I’m already ready to…
Quick Trip to Cuernavaca
Chad and I chose Cuernavaca to be our destination for our overnight Christmas gift this year. The category drawn with Mexico and overnight was Arts & Literature. Cuernavaca fit the bill on a number of fronts. And, it is easily accessible by bus from Mexico City. I booked a hotel for a Wednesday night not…
Mexico City: We’re Home Again Again Again!
We’re back in Mexico City for our fourth long stay here, fifth visit total. On the plus column, the city is everything we remembered that we love and we’re having a fantastic time. On the minus side, our six weeks here seem to be flying by and we’re well over halfway through our stay. Here…