Locations: Thessaloniki, Pella [Greece]
Week 61 of travel….
Transportation
On Friday, I took a day trip to Pella. We started to walk to the main bus station in Thessaloniki, but gave up half way through and caught a taxi: $2.00 for my half. We then took a bus to the ancient home of Alexander the Great: $9.37 to go there and back. We got back in the late afternoon (rush hour) so the cab back to the hostel was a little more expensive than expected: $5.42 for my half.
Accommodation
I haven’t paid yet, so I’m putting in the worst case scenario: $17.81. I’m 90% sure it’ll be cheaper than that when I actually get the bill due to staying here for a longer time period. If you know you’re going to be somewhere for a while, you can usually get a discount for booking it all together rather than paying as you go.
Food
I haven’t done any grocery shopping so there have been food expenses every day. How much I spend generally depends on whether I’m with someone. The cheaper times are when I’m by myself and get some cheap take-out. Whereas the more expensive days are from when I went out to a sit-down restaurant with new friends.
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 Tuesday, bought a couple notebooks: $5.14. I lost the one I’d been using so all my Greek notes from this trip are gone. It’s not a big deal, but a little annoying. I’ll be like: “What was that word I studied? I’ll look it up…. Oh wait, I can’t because I lost my notebook.” So it takes me a couple seconds longer to look it up. The issues of learning other languages….
Summary
| Week 61 | ||||||||
| Category | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Total |
| Travel | 16.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.79 |
| Lodging | 17.81 | 17.81 | 17.81 | 17.81 | 17.81 | 17.81 | 17.81 | 124.67 |
| Food | 13.7 | 3.43 | 12.56 | 3.43 | 5.71 | 7.54 | 15.99 | 62.36 |
| Other | 6.96 | 6.96 | 6.96 | 6.96 | 12.1 | 6.96 | 6.96 | 53.86 |
| Total | 55.26 | 28.2 | 37.33 | 28.2 | 35.62 | 32.31 | 40.76 | 257.68 |
So that’s not too bad. Even with the day trip, it wasn’t too crazy. See you all next week….
