Finances , Fun , Travel

How to Un-FIRE yourself: part 3 – Tour de France!

Our history with trying to un-FIRE ourselves has been hit-and-miss. The Money-pit was definitely a big hit. The Paris trip was okay-ish. We tried, but were still fairly frugal overall. How did we do on our 4-week “Tour de France”. Let’s have a quick look in this edition of “How to Un-FIRE yourself: part 3 – Tour de France!”. Tour de France in Numbers The numbers: What was the plan and what did we do? We did an ad-hoc road trip. How ad-hoc? We only booked the first 4 nights before we left (about a week before) and nothing else. […]

Energy , Finances

Down the Energy rabbit hole

We have been somewhat loyal customers of the utility company Green Choice the past 8 years. At the time we started they had a good price for green(er) energy and some other perks that made it a no brainer for us. We extended our contracts a few times in the mean time. Coming July our 3 year contract comes to a close. Hence, we just received a new offer and we have to make a decision what to do next. But the energy market is a whole lot different today than it was 3 years ago. So I went down […]