Note: There are no affiliate links in this post. For those that do not speak web-nerd, that means I do not receive a commission or benefit from any link if you click them. I’m just linking so you can see what I’m talking about. The Basics of Packing for an Around the World Trip If you’ve been on a five …
Note: If you are not familiar with currency pairs and FX trading… click the little footnotes. Those are my nerdy additions and explanations to this article… —- Well, Lauren and I might have just gotten a “bon voyage” present from Japan. After bouncing around for about six months in a tight range, the USD.JPY currency pair looks to have broken out …
So Russia had better be очень worth it. After a few weeks, a lot of stress (at the beginning), and $700-ish dollars, today we received our passports back from the Russian Embassy… complete with newly-issued three-year multiple-entry tourist visas! To sum the whole thing up, getting a Russian visa is an exercise in knowing when to hire a professional. Initially …
What an Argentinian Bed & Breakfast can teach you about macroeconomics. In 2011 Lauren and I visited Argentina on a 10-day vacation to foster bilateral diplomatic relationships in search of amazing steaks, Malbec, and waterfalls. We flew into Buenos Aires and spent a few days exploring that amazing city, which a hundred years ago was one of the wealthiest cities in the …
Why and how we got second US passports. And the tale of the near-miss of the greatest “I told you so” in the history of marriage. The no-brainer for our trip was that both Lauren and I got 52 page passports. The “standard” is 28 pages, however you can get the 52 page version upgrade for free! Nothing special about …
