A Travel Story: Lessons From The Arctic

The journey to financial independence and early retirement has a lot in common with a few road trips that I have been on with my brother. It's when we jumped in our car and drove 2000 kilometers (1250 miles) in less than 2 days. You may wonder, what has driving such an insane distance in …

A Travel Story: Azur

(Very) short travel stories by a 'financial independence wannabe' - guaranteed 50% true. The sign said Irish Pub, but that was a gross exaggeration. It was as un-Irish as it could be. It looked in no way like one of those authentic Irish pubs where people, neighbors, friends and family greet one another and socialized while …

A Travel Story: Iceberg Salad

(Very) short travel stories by a 'financial independence' wannabe - guaranteed 50% true. Buckled up in my uncomfortable economy class seat and several uneventful hours into the flight to Chicago I gazed through the small oval window next to me, hypnotized by the countless white specks that dotted the dark blue ocean, thirty thousand feet …