Location: Thessaloniki [Greece]
Week 55….
Transportation
Zero. I didn’t go anywhere, and managed to avoid taxis.
Accommodation
Last week, I made a big deal out of my travel credit being applied to the AirBnB booking. While this is awesome, it shouldn’t reduce the cost since I effectively pre-paid the $300 with the annual fee. So, accommodation for now is $12.54 per night.
Food
Some days, I ate out and bought groceries. So the cost is rather high at times. Then, on other days, I used mostly what I’d previously purchased. This made food costs highly variable.
Other
Travel insurance: $5.57 per day.
VPN: $0.26 per day.
Amazon Prime: $0.33 per day.
This blog: $0.31 per day.
Skype: $0.08 per day.
Chase Sapphire Reserve: $0.41 per day.
On Saturday, I did laundry: $4.02.
Also on Saturday, I bought some knives: $5.75. The apartment only had butter knives, and those don’t work too well for cooking. So, 3 sharp knives for 5 euro. I think it’s decent.
On Tuesday, I got hit with a credit card late repayment fee: $25.00. Sometimes, I lose track of them. The lesson here: always try to keep track of your payment dates. It hurts when you don’t.
Summary
| Week 55 | ||||||||
| Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Total | |
| Travel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lodging | 12.54 | 12.54 | 12.54 | 12.54 | 12.54 | 12.54 | 12.54 | 87.78 |
| Food | 21.26 | 29.3 | 1.15 | 4.41 | 9.67 | 20.15 | 0 | 85.94 |
| Other | 6.96 | 16.73 | 6.96 | 6.96 | 31.96 | 6.96 | 6.96 | 83.49 |
| Total | 40.76 | 58.57 | 20.65 | 23.91 | 54.17 | 39.65 | 19.5 | 257.21 |
So, not terrible, and still under budget. But it pains me when I look back at how much cheaper the last few months were. See you all next week….
