2025 is 1/3 over and time is dumb 🙂 . The month absolutely flew by for reasons I’ll explain below, but in general it was nice to be back Stateside after spending the first few months of the year on the other side of the world. It was also lovely to land when spring had sprung in one of my favorite cities in the world. Let’s see what I got up to in April!
Author: A Purple Life
Review: Singapore Air Economy Class – Singapore to Auckland, New Zealand for $37
This is the second part of a very long post about my experience flying 17 hours in Singapore Air Economy Class. In case you missed it, here’s the first part:
So let’s get back into it! When I left off, I had just finished a 7 hour layover in Singapore.
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Review: Singapore Air Economy Class – Tokyo, Japan to Singapore for $37
Surprise surprise – I’ve written a lot on this blog about Singapore Air Business Class, First Class and their First Class Suites, but until now I had never sampled their Economy Class product. That all changed this year 🙂 . So let’s dive into if Economy on this airline lives up to the rest of its plane classes.
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“Is It Worth It?” Green Class Tickets On The Shinkansen Bullet Train
So my Partner loves trains 🙂 . I try to incorporate them into our travel plans as much as I can because he loves them so much.
That has led to some fun adventures, such as taking a sleeper train up the west coast of the US (even though it’s much slower and more expensive 😉 ) and taking trains around Europe this past fall. I also found individual sleeper cars in trains to be a good alternate pandemic travel solution.
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Lessons Learned After 4 Years Of Living In Airbnbs
It’s been almost 5 years since I sold everything I owned and started living in Airbnbs. Every year, my thoughts, revelations and strategies for being a full-time nomad seem to change, so I like to record them here for posterity and in case they can help anyone else take full advantage of the awesome-ness that is long term Airbnb stays. So let’s get into it!
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The Month Of Sakura: March 2025 Recap
And with that, March 2025 is over and 1/4 of 2025 is complete. Literally, how dare time 🙂 ? But I feel like I complain about how fast time seems to be flying every month instead of focusing on the fact that it’s partially doing that because I’m having so much fun. So let’s see what fun things I did in March and focus on the positives instead.
Review: Mt. Fuji & Hakone Full-Day Tour From Tokyo, Japan
During my latest Japan adventure, my Mom and I flew into Tokyo since it was a direct flight from LA. We planned to stay there for a few days to acclimate to the new time zone before heading off with the main goal of seeing the 75th Annual Snow Festival in Sapporo, Japan.
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TripIt: The Best Travel App (To Replace TripCase)
For the past 12 years I used TripCase to organize my travel plans. When I retired in 2020 and became a full-time nomad, TripCase was the only reason I wasn’t lost in the wilderness given all of the things I needed to juggle in order to have a smooth experience moving around the globe every month.
But because all good things must end, TripCase is sunsetting and closing its app on April 1, 2025, so it’s time to say goodbye to the most helpful app I use that’s also been in my life the longest. You will be missed TripCase. Continue reading “TripIt: The Best Travel App (To Replace TripCase)”