The beautiful Istanbul – Turkey

  I spent one month in Istanbul, Turkey and it was one of the most interesting travel trips that I’ve ever done. Istanbul is divided into European side and Asian side. I’ve been wanting to go to Istanbul since I saw an episode of The Amazing Race. I can’t believe it that I actually traveled and lived there for a month! The plane ride…

180 Days of Living as Digital Nomad

I celebrated 180 days/6 months anniversary of being a digital nomad a few days ago. I left USA in September 2021 and it felt like it was just yesterday. My life was completely changed compared to how my life was before. I am also excited that I only spent in average of $66 per day. I know I can spent less but I also like to experience things and…

Paris on the budget? Hell yeah!

I spent 7 days and 6 nights in Paris this year. If you read my previous post, you know that I got my hotel room for free. I stayed at Holiday Inn Gare De Lyon which is only 5 minutes walk from the Gare De Lyon train station. It was a really convenient location and easy for me to do sightseeing around the city. I saved $1074 that week for…

10 weeks on the road update!

I can’t believe that I left USA 10 weeks ago and I’ve been living nomadically abroad. I visited these following cities so far in the past two months while trying to spend within my budget which is a pretty low budget :). Barcelona Valencia Murcia Madrid Paris Milan Venice Florence Bologna and currently in Rome 10 cities in two months are quite a bit of movement even…

All about food that I ate in Barcelona, Spain

As a budget traveler, I try not to eat out for all of my meals. That’s why staying at hostels or airbnb with access to kitchen or at least refrigerator and microwave is a really good option for budget travelers because we can shop at the grocery store for cheaper meals. All of the grocery stores that I’ve went to so far, in Spain, have pre…

Sagrada Familia – Parc Guell – Gaudi’s Beautiful World

A trip to Barcelona, it’s not complete without a trip to check out Antoni Gaudi’s architectural creation. He is a famous Catalan architect known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism. Here’s the Wikipedia link about him . I think he’s a fascinating figure and I can tell from his masterpieces that he was a genius in his field. I had the opportunity…