Another month of checking in on our Mom’s portfolio. My mom decided NOT travel in August but she has a trip planned in September. More about that next month… In August one article from Alison Banney in Australia caught my attention. Three years ago only one in three retirees in Australia expected to outlive their […]
Summer vacation in Italy is over and we enjoyed a great family vacation. A blogpost about this vacation follows in the coming weeks with the highlights of our trip. So life picked up to normal pace. On Sunday mornings I love to start the morning with the Global and Australian Market Update of Garry Davis […]
Summer vacations for the kids have started and we are counting days for our yearly summer vacation. In June my mom also travelled to the beautiful region Carinthia Carinthia is a southern Austrian region in the eastern Alps that encompasses Austria’s highest mountain, Grossglockner. It’s characterized by alpine lakes and mountains, as well as medieval […]
May 2018 is behind us and my mom did travel again last month. She went this time to the Alsace region in France. Alsace is a historical region in northeastern France on the Rhine River plain. Bordering Germany and Switzerland, it has alternated between German and French control over the centuries and reflects a mix […]
May 2018 with lovely spring weather has arrived in Belgium but my mom decided to travel again. This time she picked the Italian riviera as her final destination. The featured picture for this blog post comes from the town Imperia in Italy. Imperia is a lovely coastal city on the Liguria coast between the French […]
April started great with a 2 week april Easter vacation for the kids and Mrs Dividencake and her son finally arriving in Belgium. This time for a new life as family. Easter is also the day where my mom gave the kids a treat with chocolate bunnies. Which one do you like most ? White, […]
February is already behind us and my mom spend a great time in Dubai. I have been to Dubai several times too for business travel but she has seen more in 10 days that I have seen during my 5 past business travel trips. She did a desert safari and had dinners in very […]
January is already behind us and also the first week of February. Time flies… My mom started executing her travel plans for 2018. She arrived today in….Dubai. I have been there several times during the past years and it is a fast evolving country and growing economy. Did you know that Burj Dubai hotel changes […]
First week of December is already behind us and the first snow kicked in giving our garden and the country a beautiful snow carpet. It’s time to plan the last activities of the year 2017. Past week I did work mainly on my last Financial Education class for the kids. Before the year end 2017, […]
Here’s our October Dividend Income Report for my mom’s portfolio. Did my mom travel in October ? No, she did not…I guess she spend enough money travelling. That doesn’t stop her from going out with friends and continue to help out in social volunteer work. Did you see the headline of 4th November Financial Newspaper […]