by Mike Wood | Apr 16, 2026
Start of seventh month: March 18 – 20: Airbnb condo in Santa Croce, Florence. Free with our Airbnb credits. Avoided cost $233. Mar 20 – 22: NH Collection Murano Villa. After using two Amex The Hotel Collection $300 credits, our cost was $92. Our avoided...
by Mike Wood | Apr 1, 2026
Is the name of a 1953 movie starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. We also had our own personal Roman holiday. And the Eternal City didn’t dissapoint. Italy ended up being our replacement country for Jordan (we had to cancel our trip to...
by Mike Wood | Mar 22, 2026
We’re half a year into living abroad. Here’s the latest expense report (detailed breakdown in the Africa trip page).. Lodging: cash out of pocket for our sixth month was $1,645. If we hadn’t used points, the lodging costs for our sixth month would...
by Mike Wood | Mar 22, 2026
Tunisia was kind of a let down after Portugal (we had not originally planned to go to Gibraltar and Portugal. But they were very close to Morocco and we had time to fill in), In Tunisia we had to reacquaint ourselves with bad food, unsafe tap water, calls to prayers,...
by Mike Wood | Mar 14, 2026
Well, the real name of it is Livraria Lello. This bookstore with it’s spiraling staircases is said to be part of the inspiration for the Harry Potter books. They charge admission and the store was absolutely packed! You even have to make a timed reservation just...
by Mike Wood | Mar 14, 2026
After our single night in Gibraltar, we went on to Portugal. We explored Lisbon, Porto, Algarve and Sintra. In Porto, we did a wine cave tour. They grow the wines in the Douro valley about sixty miles away. But for ripening, they place them in caves in...
