Locations: Tbilisi [Republic of Georgia], Thessaloniki [Greece]
Week 93….
Transportation
On Saturday, I traveled from თბილისი (Tbilisi) to Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloniki). It started with a bus from Georgia’s capital to the airport near კუთაისი (Kutaisi): $7.24.
Then, the flight (including printing the boarding pass for $0.10) came to $50.39.
And finally I took a bus from the Thessaloniki airport into town: $2.24.
Accommodation
Friday night was spent splitting an AirBnB in Tbilisi so the rate is really good: $5.37.
From Saturday on, I’m renting an apartment by myself. I haven’t paid yet, but I estimate the cost will be around $18.50 per night. I instantly miss cheaper countries….
Food
Food costs in Greece don’t involve any going out. The initial cost of groceries is just that much more expensive. I expect the cost to come down a little next week since many of the purchases will carry over; we’ll see.
Other
Travel insurance: $5.03 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.
Passport: $0.03 per day.
Pimsleur’s Russian: $0.69 per day.
Password Manager: $0.16 per day.
On Saturday, I bought data for my ‘travel’ SIM: $20.00. That bought me 1G of data. All that time in Georgia spoiled me. I’m used to getting 20x that much data for less.
Summary
| Week 93 | ||||||||
| Category | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Total |
| Travel | 0 | 59.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.87 |
| Lodging | 5.37 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 116.37 |
| Food | 9.78 | 38.42 | 0 | 34.16 | 12.14 | 0 | 0 | 94.5 |
| Other | 7.3 | 27.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 71.1 |
| Total | 22.45 | 144.09 | 25.8 | 59.96 | 37.94 | 25.8 | 25.8 | 341.84 |
So…ouch! Although, that is still an average of less than $50 per day so I guess it’s not the end of the world. See you all next week….
