We were sadly mistaken in our assumption that Bulgaria was going to be tolerant heat-wise. The country is in the midst of a heatwave and we’ve been enjoying 36+°C temperatures, which is 10-12°C warmer than normal for July. Plovdiv, where we head next, is expected to be in the 40’s – thankfully our Airbnbs have…
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We left Calgary early in the morning on Sunday, July 18th and arrived at our Airbnb in Sofia almost 35 hours later. We will do a full summary of our time in Sofia when we leave on August 2nd, but here’s what we’ve been up to since we arrived. You might ask, why Bulgaria? Well,…
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Back in July we had booked a week long vacation in the Dominican Republic, as a final family trip before embarking on our nomadic travels. Sadly, like countless other travellers, the Covid-19 pandemic altered those plans! While I appreciate this may sound like self-serving logic, we wanted to do our part to support the struggling…
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In October, 2020, we took a quick trip to Vancouver Island, British Columbia on Canada’s West Coast. Tofino can be expensive. Our travel costs for this trip were higher than our intended budget for retirement travel, but since we were both still working at that time, we splurged a bit and the information below will…
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