Transylvania, Romania: An Affordable Fairytale

So far, I haven’t done a single blog post on a country we’ve lived in because condensing 1-3 months into a single blog post felt intimidating.  But today I decided to finally go for it and at least share part of our adventures in Romania with you all!  Romania was the very first country we “based” ourselves in while teaching with VIPKID.  We stayed in the capital, Bucharest, from October to December 2018.  It was great stepping stone for us because it has a relatively low cost of living, high-speed internet, pretty scenery (I wanted autumn leaves & snowy winters!), and an airport with tons of cheap flights.  We spent a lot of time teaching, but also did some sight-seeing around Bucharest and Transylvania.  I’m saving Bucharest for a second post because we did actually visit Transylvania twice (once in October by ourselves, and once in November with my parents), so this post is pretty photo-heavy already!  Anyways – on to our cheap European fairytale!

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A Brief(ish) Summary: 8 Months Teaching & Traveling with VIPKID

Hello, friends!  Long time, no see! 👀 Tommy and I are still alive, and we are still teaching online while traveling with VIPKID.  It is very different from teaching at a physical school in another country, but we have been enjoying the experience and plan to continue it for at least another year.  We have a lot of photos and stories to catch up on, so I recently made a birthday resolution (why does New Year’s have the monopoly on fresh starts?) to write a blog post at least every 10 days for the next year.  This first post will be a brief(ish) summary of our many adventures in the past 8 months, and future posts will randomly dive into further details on the individual trips!  If you don’t want to miss out on any of the fun, subscribe to our email notifications! 👇

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What’s next? Plans for 2018-19

If you’ve asked us, “What’s next?” anytime within the past year, you’ve probably gotten a vague and confusing answer that changed within the week (or even the day).  For a long time, we had every intention of teaching in person in a traditional setting.  We’ve considered teaching everywhere from China to Mexico to Spain to Morocco to Turkey to Thailand to….. you get the picture.  Well, the long wait is finally over – we have a plan!!!  We have jobs, our tickets are booked, we’ve paid for our housing (yes, family, you can finally tell people where we’re going – It’s not going to change, for real!).  So, where to? (Can you guess from these photos?)

Beers Mankato New Bohemia Germany

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