Interview with Hug Center Hostel Long Term Residents: My Budget Solo Bulgaria Trip
Left to right: Paul, James, a guest who wasn’t part of the interview but joined the photo, and Jenny at the Hug Center Hostel’s outdoor common area. In my last post about my frugal solo trip to Bulgaria, I mentioned staying at the Hug Center Hostel and meeting the people who live there long term. […]
Byala, Burgas and Hug Center Hostel: My Budget Solo Trip to Bulgaria, Day One:
After starting off with a literal bang, a car accident, the rest of my day, once I actually arrived in Bulgaria, went off beautifully, without a hitch. When I made my original itinerary for my trip it was before I had decided to have a rental car, so I had planned on only going to […]
My Upcoming Trip Abroad to Bulgaria
I’ve waited on tenterhooks for this day to get closer, but as it’s only four days away, I think it’s about time I share my next frugal trip abroad. The reason I didn’t share earlier is because I had a trip to Malta back in May that was canceled for reasons out of my control […]
My Dream Malta Itinerary for Someday
If you’ve been following along in the spring, you know I’d planned this solo Malta getaway as my first real break in forever — no kids, no caretaking, just me, some sunshine, and the freedom to wander. It was supposed to be a spontaneous, frugal adventure to reset my brain and spirit after years of […]
Why I Feel The Need to Escape the Country
I recently posted here about being incredibly burnt out and exhausted, not knowing how to get out of that situation, but hoping it would happen soon. Things have improved a little bit; I don’t feel like I am drowning quite as much, but there’s still this huge weight on me. In therapy a few days […]
Our Frugal Georgia Trip, Day 7: Visiting Bakuriani and Borjomi
It’s been a good few months since my trip with my son to the country of Georgia, and I still haven’t finished writing about it—but this is the last post! (I still have to write about our time in Cyprus the next day, though.) But finally! This ADHD of mine makes it hard for me […]
Our Frugal Georgia Trip, Day 6: Touring Tbilisi on a Budget
In December, my son and I went to Georgia for a week and it was really amazing. I always seem to take forever to write up about my trip afterwards, because during my trip the first few days I post updates, but then I get tired because of traveling, and then once I get home […]
There Goes My Malta Trip
I was supposed to be going away to Malta today. Supposed to being the key word. Then I ended up in the ER because of a persistent headache, was diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and was hospitalized for 5 days. The entire time I was in the ER and in the hospital, I kept telling […]
A Super Spontaneous International Getaway
I am so psyched, you have no idea! For so long, I’ve been exhausted and burnt out. Parenting is exhausting even in the best of times — but add being a single mom, raising special needs kids, and managing your own disabilities, and it’s no wonder the burnout runs even deeper. The last time this […]
Our Frugal Georgia Trip – Day 5, Part 2: How to Pay for Parking as a Tourist in Tbilisi
On my trip to Georgia, street parking was free in the first two cities I visited, Kutaisi and Batumi. Tbilisi, the third city we visited was another story. And of course, it wasn’t a simple one. Tbilisi used to have free street parking, but because of congestion issues they have instituted parking zones- the more […]