Category Archives: Europe 2015

Suppose you’re going away for three months. Far away. Now suppose that you’re still expecting mail to your house while you’re gone: bills, rent checks from tenants, etc. What do you do? You’re not going to be there to open...

Huge sigh of relief breathed: one of the things that made this whole trip financially feasible was the idea that we would be renting out our home in Seattle for roughly what we would be spending on lodging during...

In prep for the trip, I called our cell phone carrier, AT&T, to see if they had coverage in Europe and what international roaming would be. They didn’t offer a plan, but did offer to put my account in...

It’s a great time for an American to travel to Europe: at $1.14 to €1, this is the best exchange rate in at least 10 years. As it turns out, that doesn’t mean that I’ll actually be getting one...

On March 9, our family sets off an adventure: three plus months living in Europe. The plan hardly needs explaining: why, of course we want to pull up roots and try out another continent for a while. Who wouldn’t?...