I rarely cry-laugh at memes, but the “titta” absolutely cracked me as a scandinavian. Had to share with my gf, who promtly choked on her sparkling water.

It was honestly quite nice. We could communicate decently enough, and I believe it was her kids who handled the booking. Was down by Vila Nova de Milfontes, super nice and calm place, would definitely want to go back one day.

Portugal was in 2019 and this years is just a 5 hour drive from where I live. The Norwegian krone (NOK) is pretty weak right now, so we decides to not go abroad this year and save money for an upcoming mortgage. I’m doing well, but we’re by no means in a financial position to do multiple vacations a year 😅

The last few times I’ve used AirBNB it’s been a pretty much like borrowing someones home.

For one we were travelling in Portugal and stayed in this old portugese lady’s home in a small village along the coast. Really sweet lady, but a bit of a language barrier as she struggled with both english and spanish.

Next weekend me and some friends are renting a whole 4 bedroom summer house in southern Norway to use as a base for a weekend of diving.

But in general I’ve grown tired of the concept, and the scarcity it brings to the housing market in some cities is predatory.

Honestly a lot of the fun in ironman skilling is figuring out how you want to collect and use resources. Every account and progression plan is unique, but as a general rule the wiki is your friend. Check which iron friendly methods are available to you and plan from there.

For mining and smithing the ores I got from afking MLM fed nicely into Giants Foundry. I was poor and wanted fletching levels, so chopping yews and making bows for agility alchs worked out great. These were some of my paths, yours might differ completely.