Everyone has something, and everyone wants something. To get trinkets, treasures, and toys in today’s world, most people use a dollar, euro, or pound. They may even use a baht, bitcoin, or rupiah, but it’s almost always a currency. Bartering has all but disappeared, an endangered species on the commerce list. We want to bring […]
Many of you have asked…how can we afford to be gone for two months? In Europe and Africa? On a two-week cruise through the Mediterranean? How is it affordable? Truthfully, it’s because I’m an obsessive planner. Well, at least in part. You see, I scour the internet for hours, that lead to days, and keep […]
By now you all know that we packed up everything, stored it in Texas and Virginia, and set off to live abroad. Where? A riad in the, dare I say, racist town of Marrakech, a lofty apartment in the Jewish Quarter of Budapest, and a beautiful farming complex in the picturesque Tuscan countryside with a […]
You may not know this, but November is officially National Peanut Butter Lovers Month. Truth. My Rust is a HUGE peanut butter lover. He eats it by the jar full…even over here in Europe where the residents prefer Nutella. Now, I don’t enjoy it the way HE does, but, I can see why Europeans prefer […]
Since Saturday, we have been piled together by the woodfire, watching the rain fall here in Tuscany. It’s barely stopped. The gray skies and wet weather have not dampened our moods at all, in fact, it felt really nice to have an excuse NOT to be out and about. The weekend was primarily just drizzling […]
Last week we talked about how to retire in your thirties. Twenty-three ways to be exact, and trust me, there are many more. That post was overwhelmingly popular. People enjoyed it and had tons of comments, but let’s face it, the target audience wasn’t everyone. I mean, to retire in your thirties, you can’t already […]
In case you were wondering, yes, we are still in Tuscany, on exile from Morocco. In a text message from my mom yesterday, she wrote… “it sounds like you’ve found your happy place.” This may not mean a lot to you. I know the term Happy Place is overused, perhaps to the point of being […]
Have you ever been on your morning commute, behind the wheel of your fancy new beamer that is barely creeping along the freeway toward a destination that you’d rather not, yet you do every single morning, drinking the same venti vanilla latte as you do every weekday, and thought to yourself, “When does it end? […]
There are so many things I want to tell you. Like, for example, we left Budapest on Saturday morning, at about 11. Our host was supposed to meet us at 1045, to call us a taxi to the train station…but, well, her supposed to got up and went. So there we were, a mile and […]
13. Travel Wisely. Our plan isn’t all about being strapped, you can go on vacation, you must! See the world, go to the beach or jungle or the snow. Go be happy and not think about all this, but take your journal. Always take your journal. I have been to all 7 continents, (had to […]
As part of our honeymoon back in 2016, Rust and I spent 4 days here in Budapest. It was a beautiful city, though frigid in early December, and honestly, other than a few strolls to the Christmas Market, we just didn’t do much. That was my fault. You see, at the time, I had an […]
A young man in a black jacket hops on his white Vespa and speeds away. Two school boys rise from their perch after being too shy to chat with the cute girls next to them. They stroll across the square toward the yellow trams and a group of friends. A older gentleman enjoys the autumn […]