5 Things You Shouldn’t Forget Before Traveling Abroad
I love traveling, but I’m also very scatter brained. I am definitely the type to forget some very important things, and when traveling abroad, you do not want to be forgetting things at home! Here’s a list of some important things to make sure you aren’t forgetting before leaving for a trip abroad! For those […]
How We Went on a Super Frugal Beach Camping Trip with No Car
I wrote about our super frugal beach camping trip already, but now that we’re back home, in civilization, I wanted to share about our last day camping, and what we did, lessons we learned, etc. First of all, as our second time camping as a family, and as our first time camping at the beach, […]
Our Super Frugal Beach Camping Trip, Day 2
So we’re on day two of our first ever family beach camping trip, and second family camping trip ever. Here’s how it’s going so far. Yesterday after my husband and another family member arrived at the camp site, we set up our tents and started a barbecue. It didn’t catch on easily at all, despite […]
Going Beach Camping Super Frugally!
It’s been years since the one and only time we’ve gone camping as a family and my kids have been begging to go. Well, today we finally did it. We were visiting a beach town as we do every year and decided to take a detour and go camping at a nearby beach camp ground […]
Our Frugal Short Trip to Craiova, Romania
Last week my oldest son and I went on a short weekend getaway to Craiova, Romania. It was the first time my son ever left the country, and he was so excited about being able to go on the plane, and to see what a new country is like. His excitement was palpable as we […]
Helpful and Money Saving Travel Hacks
In the past I would have said that I’m not a frequent traveler, but now that I think about it, ever since I’ve been married my husband and I have traveled at least once a year on vacation with our within our country, and then five years ago I traveled to the US once […]
Foraging, Foraging, Foraging…

I’ve been a super busy lady the past few days! It’s now spring break where I live and that means everyone is on vacation and looking for things to do with their family, which means that I, the one who has fun teaching people on their vacations, have been super busy teaching class after class […]
Not Going To Cyprus… and Sunk Costs
Tomorrow I was supposed to be on an airplane, going to Cyprus. Except I’m not going to be going there anymore… I know, I know, I still haven’t finished posting about my trip to Belgium, I didn’t want to write all my posts one after another in case someone not interested in travel was reading […]
My Super Frugal Trip to Belgium- My Day Trip To Bruges
Just letting you know in advance that this is a very, very, very picture heavy post… When I wrote that I was going to Belgium, specifically to Brussels, many people told me that if I was going all the way there, I shouldn’t just stay in Brussels, but also should go to Bruges, called the “Venice […]
Preparations For My Super Cheap Trip to Belgium
I’m writing this post from my phone so apologies if the formatting is messed up, there’s only so much I can do on my phone. I am currently on the bus on the way to the airport leaving to Brussels, Belgium. I didn’t mention in my last post on the topic that I got insanely […]