Bidding farewell to Romania
We’ve spent almost 3 months in Romania so far, with the lion’s share of our time in Transylvania. Ever since I was a little kid watching monster shows, I’ve wanted to be in Transylvania. And we got to be here for Halloween! While it was completely a nonevent, it’s just fun to say we were here for that holiday. Romania has been an unexpected surprise really. I figured I would like it, but I didn’t anticipate completely falling in love...
Why Romania?
Some people have been surprised about our choice of Romania for a long-term base. Surprisingly, most of them have been locals. They are pleasantly surprised we’re here exploring and even more shocked when they hear we’re planning on being here for a while. I’ve been tempted to try to start taking photos of people’s face when I tell them we’re considering being here for possibly a year or two. It’s kind of entertaining. Even our cabbie...
Finding a base in Romania
We’ve been in Romania for just about a month so far. Our search for a base has been an interesting one as we’ve had the chance to see a fair amount of Romania in such a short time. It’s been a bit more moving around than we’d like, but it is also nice to have the freedom to just move about and find a place that we think will work for us. Bucharest Romania’s capital city is really quite enjoyable. Although, I do have to wonder if I was...
The decision paralysis of freedom
Freedom is sometimes a funny thing. In our former traditional lifestyle, decisions were fairly easy to make. I worked a set number of hours each week, Tigger was in school, I had X amount of vacation time, etc. When trying to make decisions about trips, it often came down to (a) sufficient time and (b) sufficient money. Simple, no? Now we have tremendous freedom. We could easily change countries tomorrow or be on another continent. We...
Time for a reality check about nomadic travel
On the day I write this post, we’ve been on the road for 859 days, and it will be 861-862 days by the time you read this (depending which side of the planet you’re on). In that time we’ve visited 18 different countries on 6 different continents, and some of them multiple times. We’ve visited and lived in over 140 different cities. We love travel, but I’m starting to feel it’s time for a reality check. We have had some amazing...
