It’s been a busy spring for us. We took three trips in March, April, and May–domestically and internationally. We traveled for a grand total of 35 days across these three months! We still had plenty to do at home when we weren’t trave...
We passed our third year in early retirement (back in November 2022)! Dragon Gal retired in 2017 from full time teaching and Dragon Guy retired in 2019 from the finance industry. We feel that each year of early retirement together has had a different &...
In May of 2022, we spent over three weeks in Europe – 12 nights in Germany (visiting München and Berlin) and 11 nights in Iceland. While in Iceland, we spent 8 nights driving around the island on the Ring Road and three nights in the capital city ...
In May of 2022, we spent over three weeks in Europe – 12 nights in Germany (visiting München and Berlin) and 11 nights in Iceland. While in Iceland we spent 8 nights driving around the island on the Ring Road and three nights in the … The p...
At the end of January, we traveled to Panamá y Guatemala for 22 nights. This was the first time we’d both been to either country. We spent a week each in three cities. We’ve been studying Spanish for over 6 months, so we were looking &...
During May 2022, we took a 23 day trip—we spent spent 12 days in Germany: 5 in München and 7 nights in Berlin. We ended the trip with 11 days in Iceland. This post reviews our week in Berlin, the capital of Germany. Day 1 … The post 7 Days ...
Travel was our largest expense in 2022. We paid cash for some of our flights and lodging stays, but we also used our travel points to fund a sizable portion of our travel. In this travel points review, I will provide an update on our … The p...
We hope 2023 is off to a great start for you! Happy Lunar New Year for those of you who celebrate! Here’s hoping that the year of the rabbit will be “hoppy” and full of success! For us, January was a month of new focus. … T...
In last week’s post, we highlighted our 2022 expenses. This post will summarize our investments and process for funding our third year in early retirement together. OUR INVESTMENTS Our investment portfolio is roughly 70% stocks and 30% bonds/cas...
Welcome to a detailed look at our 2022 early retirement expenses. This was our third full year of early retirement together as a couple. Dragon Gal retired in June 2017, and I retired in November 2019. Once we learned about FIRE, tracking our spendin...
Dragon Gal had a great year of reading! She read less than in previous years, but that doesn’t matter too much to her. Diversity of genre and author is more important for her, though she could still improve on this. She is excited that she’...
We hope everyone has had a safe and wonderful holiday season! We’re wrapping up 2022 by celebrating the many places we visited this year: Big Bend, San Juan, Spain, Germany, Austria, Iceland, Colorado, The Dakotas, The Maldives, Doha, and Califor...
On November 1st, Dragon Guy completed year three of early retirement! He quit his job in 2019 after 20 years of working in the finance industry. These past 12 months we really upped our travel — being away from home for over 100 nights and &...
This month we took an 11 day trip to the Maldives and Doha, Qatar. It was a dream trip for Dragon Guy, as we redeemed American Airlines miles and flew business class on Qatar Airways. MALDIVES AND DOHA We redeemed American Airlines miles and flew ...
In May 2022, we took a trip to Germany and Iceland. We spent 12 days in Germany: 5 days in München and 7 in Berlin. And we ended the trip with 11 days in Iceland. München is what we Americans call Munich. What we call … The post 5 Days in Mü...
In March 2022, we took our first international trip since the pandemic began. We flew into Madrid, Spain and visited five cities over a three week timeframe: Granada, Sevilla, Córdoba (day trip), Toledo, and Madrid. I will wrap up our Spain journey by...
In March 2022, we took our first international trip since the pandemic began. We flew into Madrid, Spain and visited five cities over a three week timeframe: Granada, Sevilla, Córdoba (day trip), Toledo, and Madrid. In this post, I will review the act...
This month we took a 11 night trip to the Dakotas (plus Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado). Originally, we weren’t planning on traveling this month, but at the last minute, Dragon Gal decided she had cabin fever. Dragon Guy was able to resurrect a discar...
It’s been another great quarter of reading! We always try to read a variety of subjects, genres, and authors; Dragon Guy keeps himself accountable by doing the Dewey Decimal Challenge. Feel free to drop us your recommendations in the comments bel...
In March 2022, we took our first international trip since the pandemic began. We flew into Madrid, Spain and visited five cities over a three week timeframe: Granada, Sevilla, Córdoba (day trip), Toledo, and Madrid. Getting to Córdoba We were in Sevil...