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Bring on the Noise: Our Short-Term Rental Due Diligence Checklist
Hello, Global Slowmads! We are back with one last post in our short-term rental series before we move on to another topic. Specifically, after our discovery in Lisbon that soap and shampoo don’t come standard in every AirBNB – even otherwise nice ones – we decided to come up with a property checklist to run
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Water, Wine and Game of Thrones: Our Side Trip to La Rioja and the Bay of Biscay
For our first side trip from Donostia-San Sebastian, we decided to visit San Juan de Gaztelugatxe. Of note, the visually striking islet also was used as the filming location for the fictional Dragonstone (ancestral home of the Targaryen family) in the Game of Thrones television series. The production team used CGI to superimpose a castle
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Seven Ways to Save Money on Short-Term Rentals
As promised in our post about our AirBNB selection process, here are a few tips for saving money on short-term rentals. (Sorry, but we couldn’t resist the clickbaity title.) We’ll cover our strategies for hotel stays in another post. 1. Broaden your search parameters (if you are willing to sacrifice some comfort or convenience to
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Donostia-San Sebastian: First Impressions
Welcome to our Basque food blog! Forgive us, but the next few weeks of our Instagram feed are probably going to feature a LOT of food pics – partly because the cuisine here is just that good and partly because there’s only so much hiking mountain trails and lounging at the beach a person can
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Why Now?
Sure, the world is a dumpster fire at the moment. But this could be as good as it gets for a while. Ok, I suppose we should elaborate. Stuart first began dreaming up this crazy adventure way back in 2019 and finally built up the courage to propose it to Darla about a year later.
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Location Report: Porto and Beyond
The Alfa Pendicular (AP) train to Porto was much nicer than the Intercidades (IC) train we took to/from Evora. Large, comfortable seats. Reasonably clean windows. Snack and beverage service. But we still opted not to venture anywhere near the restroom this time around. Fool me once and all. We arrived a little too early to
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Tiles, Sidewalks and Doors, Oh My.
Lisbon has some grand and beautiful old doors. This is not one of them. Unfortunately, it’s the one outside our Lisbon apartment. It supposedly has been under repair for months, but we saw no sign of any work being attempted on that door during the first three-and-a-half weeks of our four-week stay. Then, mysteriously, a
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Location Report: Evora
Rain, rain, go away. Come again in about 15 minutes? That’s right: it’s time for a recap of our recent visit to Évora, Portugal. A side trip to Evora is worthwhile and easily can be done as a day trip from Lisbon, as the train ride is only about 90 minutes long (same for the
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What We Did in the Shadows
Our most astute blog followers may have already figured out that we just survived the worst blackout in Europe in years. The power went out a little before noon local time on a day with perfect weather. We initially thought it was local to our apartment, as that has been a recurring issue for us.
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How We Find Places to Stay
As slow travelers, we generally are looking to stay someplace for a month or more. We want a kitchen because that allows us to save on food costs by shopping at local markets and cooking many of our own meals. We also prefer having a washing machine in the unit for convenience. And we really
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After achieving financial independence and retiring early in October 2023, we decided to pursue our dream to sell, donate, trash or store all our belongings and slow travel around the world. Our next big step is a 9-month trial run in Europe. We are excited for you to join us on our global slowmad journey.
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