Tag: Part 2
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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 #29 ~ Recap
282 miles driven, connected with approximately 20 more friends/family exchanged approximately 80 more hugs over coffee, drinks, dinner and brunch, 1 random coffee shop sighting, 1 more lovely stay with generous hostesses and an average of 2 coffees per day for both of us and 3 days of subzero temperatures! The budget will remain a…
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Week #28 ~ Recap
244 miles driven, approximately 80 hugs exchanged around 10 tables, 1 church service and 1 Safonia rehearsal, 1 vet appointment with 2 cats and 2 amazing hosts who let us crash at their homes while we were gallivanting around the Denver area. We didn’t track daily budgets while visiting friends and family, so nothing to…
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FAQs – Western Europe edition
What was your favorite place to visit? We have a list for Western Europe, and that list is broken into several categories. (You can see the full list at the bottom of the post if you’re so inclined). What was your Favorite Meal and/or Food? What was the most valuable thing you learned? (Full list…
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Week #27 ~ Recap
1,543 miles driven, 1,314 miles flown, 10 states driven through, 3 hotels, 1 New Years Eve visit with a dear friend in Kansas City on the way to 1 family wedding in Wichita, 3 of Marla’s 5 siblings, 2 flights, 1 major surgery for a family member, 3 days of extra quality time with 1…
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Weeks # 25 & 26 ~ Recap
6 rides on the Metro, 3 days spent decorating for Christmas, 2 nights meeting Virginia cousins for dinner/drinks, 1 lunch with Maryland cousins, 1 concert featuring amazing music performed by a dear friend, 1 amazing museum, 1 fabulous dinner with local friends cooked by Erin McDermott, 1 Christmas Eve service, 2 hikes in nature, 18…
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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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Are you sure we’re in Lisbon?
A suspension bridge, fog rolling in off the bay, a hilly city with trolleys complete with clanging bells, a relatively liberal population and rainbow flags hanging from windows here and there…..……..is this Lisbon or that other city by the bay? Oh right……people are speaking Portuguese ~ must be Lisbon, the “San Francisco of Portugal”! Lisbon…
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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…