Category: Budget
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Week #33 ~ Recap
103 miles, 8 more tuk-tuk rides, 16 temple ruins visited, 1 awe-struck moment watching a million bats fly from their nests, 1 visit to a Khmer Rouge site, 4 traditional food artisans visited, 1 circus performance, 1 foot massage, 2 rest days, 5,000 pictures taken that can never convey the entire experience, $368.41 UNDER budget.…
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Week #32 ~ Recap
687 miles, 1 flight, 8 crazy tuk-tuk rides, 4 roof-top beers, 2 countries and their respective capitol cities, 2 temples, 1 bike ride, 2 street food suppers, 1 floating market, 1 railway market, 2 royal palaces, 350 steps up to our first Khmer ruins, 1 bamboo train ride, 2 long-tail boat rides, 2 sets of…
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Week #31 ~ Recap
721 Kilometers, 2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 1 museum, 1 national park, 13 temples, 1 water taxi, 1 rice barge dinner cruise, 2 night markets, UNDER budget by $186.78. Sometimes when you drive up to the top of a mountain, all you see is clouds. We drove to the highest point in Thailand in Doi…
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Week #30 ~ Recap
11,241 miles, 3 airplanes, 1 8-hour layover, 1 tourist “mini-bus”, 3 Thai cities, 2 night markets, 5 temples, 1 elephant sanctuary, 1 cooking class, 1 guided bike tour, and 2 Thai massages: $653.19 OVER budget due to cost of flights and lodging in Bangkok. As you might imagine, Southeast Asia is really far from Denver,…
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Show Me the Money: Part 2
We ended our 3 months in Western Europe over our total budget by $1,298.97. The most expensive week was Week 16 when we rented a car and drove around Ireland (and splurged on a fancy hotel for our anniversary), followed by the week we returned to Virginia in Week 24 because plane tickets during the holiday…
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Week #24 ~ Recap
2 countries, 1 ocean crossed by 1 plane ride of 3,562 miles, 0 tchotchkes purchased from Christmas markets, 1 intro to a beautiful vocal art form, a rainy welcome home by two loving parents, 1 tour purchased for SE Asia, 2 very expensive plane tickets back to the States, and $441.06 OVER budget. We enjoyed…
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Week #23 ~ Recap
3 major cities, 2 countries, 2 dear friends, 3 UNESCO world heritage sites, 7 Spanish masters, 3 museums, 1 final train ride on our EuRail Pass, 10,000 Christmas lights popping up everywhere, and $0.67 UNDER budget! This week was all about Spain: Barcelona and Madrid specifically. We loved Barcelona for its art and architecture and…
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Week #22 ~ Recap
2 countries, 2 museums, 3 UNESCO world heritage sites, one flight across the Mediterranean Sea, 1 concert, 1 dear old friend, 1 new friend who guided us through a tapas menu in Catalan, and $121.83 OVER budget. Flying from Naples, Italy, to Barcelona, Spain was only two hours, but the difference in the food, the…
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Week #21 ~ Recap
2 countries (the Vatican is small but mighty!), 1 major American Holiday, 3 museums, 4 dinners cooked at home, 1 concert, 3 walking tours, 1 grand cathedral, 1 Swiss guard, 1 rest day, 1 afternoon spent in awe at the home of the Catholic Church, 3 protests, approximately 8 arancini from the street food vendor…
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Week #20 ~ Recap
477 miles, 4 towns, 1 major city, 6 train rides, 5 or 6 more tiramisus, 4,000 stairs (maybe not that many but it sure felt that way), 2 UNESCO world heritage sites, 1 duomo tour, 1 Michelangelo sculpture, 1 saint’s sanctuary, $649.40 UNDER budget. The week started in the Cinque Terre and ended in the…