This week Chad and I celebrated our 1-month anniversary of traveling. We’ve already learned a lot in our short time on the road so far. Here is a brief summary. Busses aren’t that bad Our most frequent method of getting from city to city in the past month has been by bus. Busses are a…
Budapest versus Prague
I thought it would be fun to write a comparison post about our week in Budapest in our Airbnb (aka, Budapest 1.0) and our week in Prague. Also, I am very behind on blogging, so this is a way to write about both in one post! Here is my breakdown comparing these two full-week stays…
Budapest Beta
Our Time with Brain Bar We’re calling our time at the conference “Budapest Beta” since it is a prequel to Budapest as the launch of this new lifestyle. Attending Brain Bar certainly shaped our introduction to Budapest. The organizers had kindly sent a person to the bus station to pick us up (we may have…
Vienna Sonata
Exposition Our connecting flight from Iceland landed in Frankfurt, Germany – the closest city to Budapest that WOW Air flies to. I gave us two nights in Frankfurt to get over our jetlag, explore a bit of the city and (ironically) allow time for delayed luggage to catch up with us. The irony, of course,…
Europe – Here We Go (Pt. 2 – Iceland)
One of the joys so far of the trip was celebrating Chad’s 41st birthday in Iceland. We arrived about 10:30 a.m. and picked up our rental car from Sixt. The car worked out great for us and we used it to drive the Golden Circle route to the main Icelandic natural sites that are close…
Europe – Here We Go (Pt. 1 – Departure)
At long last, we have arrived in Europe for our first leg of our experiment in travel and freedom. Our house has been rented out to wonderful tenants, all of our stuff is safely stored and our Google Fi phones are working exactly as expected (free texting!). Things are going well, but it has been…
Looking Ahead – Brain Bar Budapest
As I mentioned in my Iceland post, we will be kicking off our trip with Chad speaking at a conference called Brain Bar Budapest. I wish I could describe how completely bemused and amused we felt upon Chad receiving the invitation. Seriously, for the first couple of weeks, every time we talked about it we…
FAQ – How is This Possible? (Pt. 3 – Circumstances Continued)
As we’ve shared the news of our upcoming with folks, people tend to point to a number of circumstances in a way that seems to imply “oh, you can do this because…” Of course, these are not the circumstances that I pointed out in my last blog post that I think are making this possible….
FAQ – How is This Possible? (Pt. 2 – Circumstances)
Beyond the tools previously discussed, Chad and I are lucky to be in very good circumstances to take on this type of lifestyle change. I don’t take that luck for granted. Here is a brief rundown of some of our current circumstances that are helpful to making this work. Please don’t mistake this for bragging…
FAQ – How Is This Possible? (Pt. 1 – Tools)
Several people have asked me “How is it possible that you’re going to be able to work and travel at the same time?” I’m pretty much an open book about everything, including financial stuff, so I’m always happy to respond in detail. I truly believe that anyone who really wants to do this can find…