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G'day from Adelaide, Australia | January 2, 2023 this weeks edish is coming to you from our hometown! p.s this is Murphy (not our dog) week in review This week we posted one of our favourite vlogs from the year - Tallinn, Estonia (you can watch it here!). We just had the best day frolicking in the snow, eating at the medieval version of Karens diner and soaking up every last minute of the Christmas Markets! Next, we make our way across to Helsinki before a HUUUGGGEE 40+ hour travel day back to Australia! Christmas and New Years was a whirlwind for us - we are currently at home and feverishly catching us with family, friends and most importantly their dogs! As if that wasn't enough we also hit 10K subscribers on YouTube!! 🎉🎉 🎉 This is a massive milestone for us and we cannot thank you enough that you want to join us on these crazy amazing adventures around the world! Next week we are helping move not one but TWO family members move house as well as trying to pack and get ready for our first adventure of 2023! INDONESIA 🇮🇩 We are pumped to explore the more rural side of this country and have decided to head to Flores (think Komodo dragons!) where we will hopefully get some sun and enjoy the beautiful island. recommendations we haven't been consuming much lately but absolutley DEVOURED the series Wednesday, on Netflix, while we were in the Baltics! Is there anything better than snuggling up to a good show while it snows outside?! social pipes & shameless plugs ☕️ support us directly here​ 🚀 want to know what we are spending? check out our website! 📸 want to know what gear we use? details here! p.s please reply to this with any feedback, comments or questions! ☺️ Sign up to our newsletter here

The BEST things to do with 24 hours in Helsinki 🇫🇮 We start our last day at the HUGE Helsinki Cathedral before making our way to a 100 year old market! 🤯 After learning some Finnish and enjoying some coffee, we make our way through the esplanade to what is probably the worlds cosiest cafe - Cafe Regatta! Watch full video here: #Finland #Helsinki #whattodoHelsinki #thingstodinHelsinki

This morning we were up at 4am to catch a ferry from Estonia to Helsinki. We had no intention of seeing the Christmas markets here but on our tram ride to our hostel we passed by the beautiful Christmas lights and stalls all covered in snow! We just HAD to see it! This is our last official Christmas market and we're sad to say goodbye but equally can't wait to get some Glogi and Christmas market foods! Watch full video here: #Helsinki #Finland #christmasmarket #europeanchristmasmarket #christmasmarket22

How is this the CHEAPEST option of getting from Tallinn to Helsinki?! 🛳️ After a 4:30am wake up call we catch Eckerö Line MS Finlandia from Tallinn, Estonia to Helsinki, Finland and cannot believe that it is a full blow cruise ship 🤯 Follow along for a ship tour and our thoughts on this quick travel day vlog. Three companies run from Helsinki to Estonia (or vice versa) multiple times a day - we got our tickets through Direct Ferries and decided to get the cheapest option! Watch full video here: #tallinntohelsinki #estoniatofinland #eckeröline #tallinnestonia #helsinkifinland

So why record our expenses? We wrestled with the idea of spending all our money on experiences versus knuckling down at work in an attempt to set ourselves up for the future. Ultimately, we decided that houses can burn down, investments can be lost and money can be wasted but memories can never be taken from you. We wanted to solidify those memories by creating videos. But also wanted to show people a realistic view of what a full-time travel lifestyle would cost. When I went looking for something similar they were few and far between, so I wanted to do something for the next person who comes looking. And so, a terrible and laborious google sheet was born. It's since been updated many times and is much easier to manage. All of the data here is from that sheet. Where did the money come from? When we tell people that we are travelling full-time, they tend to have the same few comments. We must have wealthy parents who are paying for everything, or that we have come into inheritance or a lottery win or something else crazy. While we both acknowledge we are very privileged to be able to earn an income (and both have jobs unaffected by the pandemic) - all the money we have saved up has been solely from working full time. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed putting it together! What you came here for: Breakdown of what's below: Expenses YouTube Analytics Summary Expense Report Expense by category This is a quick reference category breakdown of our expenses. The END of 2022! how fast did that year go? Honestly. I am writing this from my home town of Adelaide Australia and can hapilly say the expenses have trailed off since we've been home but they havent been nil. Before we took a very long travel day home we were running around christmas markets in northern Europe and sometimes paying 5 Euro per cup of a mulled wine they called Glogi. and having a few cups each per day! that, combined with Finland being expensive in general means I'm very happy to stop bleeding money now we are home for a few weeks over the holidays. That being said, our Miscellaneous expenses grew a lot due to christmas presents! Accommodations Expenses As expected in December, the farther north we moved the more expensive accommodation was! We had an air BnB in Helsinki cancel on us about a week before we were due there so had to scramble to find something as affordable and were relegated to a hostel which turned out to be really nice and fit us perfectly! Now that we are home we are living at Emilys parents house! Transport Expenses Things to note: The numbers are different to the 'Expenses by Category' Section. that's because in that section I use the Master sheet which includes small transports like Ubers, Grabs, Taxis and short cheap trains which I thought wouldn't add any value in this section! (I kept the total the same) FLYING HOME! We struggled a little bit to get the deals we ended up with because the prices for the flights were getting crazy. Luckily we managed to find the specials we needed to get us all the way back home for a great price and some points. We are very happy with the ones we found because the prices we heard from others flying at the same time were crazy! Fixed Costs Insurance is expensive but worth it. Safety wing is our insurer of choice, they seemed to offer the most comprehensive cover especially when lots of countries needed specific types of insurance during the pandemic, they were great! Adobe is the software we used to edit our YouTube videos Epidemic sound is where we get all our music from, you can get a free trial with this link*: https://share.epidemicsound.com/i1nhpc Income Report Affiliate Income Amazon - No New clicks! Get your Guide - We have been fortunate enough to have a few people use our link to book experiences with Get Your Guides! this has resulted in income howvere as it is less than $50 we can't withdraw it yet. Happy for this one to keep going up slowly until we can claim it! (24 visits but no new bookings) Viator - A great addition to our affiliate income has been a link we made to Viator from our Ha Long Bay cruise video. We are kicking ourselves that we didn't create this link earlier as we are sure we've missed out on some income. We even had someone click on our link and purcahse the same cruise we did which resulted in some commission - we need to wait until they complete the tour before we can withdraw and add it to our income report. But it's a great start! (3 clicks, no new bookings in December) Licensing Agreements No licensing this month, I'm hoping it wasn't a one time thing! YouTube Analytics December saw us to our lowest income in 4 months for Youtube as our Turkey series was making up the first half of this month. It never really took off and still hasn't really caught any attention unfortunately. Luckily toward the end of the month when we expected a dip, our video in Lithuania (Which was released on the 12th) began a nice healthy run. (I'm writing this on January 3rd so 23k views in 23 days is GREAT for us) We also held off on posting Youtube shorts to see if there was a positive or negative impact on our future releases (The theory is that Youtube will promote a video more if the previous video has done well, so a 'short' is a high risk, potential high reward) We haven't seen any notable difference no matter what we do, but we'll keep experimenting! Summary Final balance at the end of November Expenses: -$2133 Income: +$521.98 Change - $1,611.02 Thank you so much if you have read this far! and of course, for watching along! Editorial Note - Opinions expressed here are author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, hotel, airline, or other entity. This content has not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of the entities included within the post. User Generated Content Disclosure - Responses are not provided or commissioned by the bank advertiser. Responses have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by the bank advertiser. It is not the bank advertiser's responsibility to ensure all posts and/or questions are answered. *affiliate links - we may earn commission

🇪🇪 The perfect day in Tallinn Estonia 🇪🇪 Today we explore a country that has been on our bucket list for YEARS! We try to check off the best things to do in Tallinn Estonia - starting with an amazing viewpoint, then getting a delicious hot choccy at the oldest cafe in Tallinn (Cafe Maiasmokk) To finish the day we got to not one but TWO medieval themed restaurants - Restoran Olde Hansa & III Draakon! watch full video: #tallinnvlog #estoniavlog #tallinnestonia

'The MOST beautiful Christmas Market in Europe' was awarded to the Tallinn, Estonia Christmas market only a 3 short years ago. We thought it would be an incredible end to a baltic run of 3 Christmas markets and it did NOT disappoint! In this video we see the sight of the First Christmas tree in Europe, eat some great food and sip (probably too many) Glogi. All while walking around the gorgeous Tallinn Christmas Market. watch full video here: #tallinn #Estonia #Tallinnchristmas

We have planned to visit 3 Christmas markets in Europe in our quest to find the best European Christmas Market. Today we are on our second of market of the mission and find ourselves in Riga, Latvia. The Riga Christmas Markets don't rank very highly when you're searching for the best in Europe. But they should! The main market in the old town square of Riga is amazing with an incredible Christmas tree, rides, food, drinks and a sprinkle of Christmas on everything! We think that for us - Riga has taken the mantle of best Christmas market in Europe... so far! Watch full video here: #rigalatvia #europeanchristmasmarket #rigachristmasmarket

We got to try some traditional Latvian foods (like the amazing Vecriga pastry!), explored the beautiful Riga Old Town and saw amazing sights like the House of the Blackheads! We missed alot because the cold was getting to us but cannot wait to come back and explore more one day! There is a lot to do in Riga, Latvia and we missed a bunch but LOVED what we did see! Watch full video here: #latvia #rigalatvia #thingstodoinriga

Kicking off our MASSIVE Christmas market excursion today we are in Vilnius, Lithuania. a country that has already suprised us with some of the most incredible traditional Lithuanian food is now putting on a show at Christmas. Christmas in Vilnius is smaller than some other countries in Europe but they boast the rights of having (By way of vote) The best Christmas tree in Europe! Every year it changes it theme and every year it's fantastic! In this video we freeze ourselves in the snow of Vilnius, try our first of many mulled wines and experience the Vilnius Christmas markets which are spread out over a few different areas. We are so excited to continue on our way through the northern side of Europe and see as many markets as we can! Next up: Riga, Latvia! Watch full video here: #europeanchristmasmarket #lithuanianchristmasmarket #christmasmarkets