{"id":46270,"date":"2026-06-11T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=46270"},"modified":"2026-06-05T19:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:29:56","slug":"create-like-a-kid-bulgaria-living-costs-summer-flight-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/create-like-a-kid-bulgaria-living-costs-summer-flight-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Like a Kid\/Bulgaria Living Costs\/Summer Flight Deals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><strong><em>Don\u2019t Call It Art!<\/em>\u00a0Book<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I got especially excited about a package that arrived this week because I was finally able to read my preorder of the new book from Austin Kleon:&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/436327ba-ba9a-419b-a4a0-7dfc199ac17f?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Don\u2019t Call It Art!<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;The subtitle is&nbsp;<em>10 ways to create like a kid again<\/em>&nbsp;and it lives up to that promise. The core idea is to let your inner child loose and make things with joy, as a form of play instead of something you\u2019ll be judged on. As always with his titles, the hardback is full of fun illustrations. This time they\u2019re joined by drawings from his two young sons, which brings the whole message home. It is a fun read and would be a great gift for someone who is stuck in a rut creatively or just starting a new job or business. The author of&nbsp;<em>Show Your Work<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/567425c1-e495-4108-bcb2-d5c78e1fc22e?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on Substack<\/a>&nbsp;as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Where Americans are Moving<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time since the Great Depression 90 years ago, more people moved out of the USA last year than moved in. That was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/bfbf37df-00b8-41a7-9c1e-45cc5744f356?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">widely reported<\/a>&nbsp;around the world, but if you\u2019re wondering where they ended up, most studies I\u2019ve seen peg Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, and Colombia in the top 5, though sometimes the order is a bit different after the clear winner south of the border. This site lists&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/2e5b4795-4a1d-4623-85da-8102c54b1f04?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10 countries and a reason for each<\/a>, like a truly useful digital nomad visa in Thailand and Italy\u2019s remote worker visa. I expect #10 Bali to drop off after recent actions. (See the previous issue.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Living in Bulgaria, Post-euro<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bulgaria has gone from unknown to undeniable hotspot in the past 15 years, thanks in part to great conditions for nomads in Bansko and a cost of living advantage that\u2019s hard to beat in Europe. They adopted the euro and became part of the Schengen Zone recently though, so I tapped native Bulgarian Maria Stoynova from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/394feb24-d585-4024-bf50-2847e5df29a0?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sofia Expats<\/a>&nbsp;to give me a rundown on how things stand now with prices. See the current results here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/8d3f4928-d0f2-475d-8b43-2a2dfd5b140f?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Cost of Living in Bulgaria<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Where the Summer Flight Bargains Are<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dollar Flight Club crunched some data and named the destinations that are still a good deal this summer for flights. In general, the most popular cities are up 15-20% over last year, but others have barely budged. In Europe,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/40c73f32-0cc4-429d-9e7f-cd7942208569?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they point to 10 destinations<\/a>&nbsp;going for $570 or less round-trip from U.S. gateways. The ten ranged from expensive (Stockholm and Bergen) to bargains (Krakow and Budapest), but in general were secondary cities except for Dublin.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/73ffec45-5e78-4260-9e54-d1e05a0df8a8?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heading south<\/a>, check Guatemala, Costa Rica, and a few different spots in Mexico and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/cbjyU?utm_campaign=Nomadico&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Better Life for Half the Price<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The World\u2019s Cheapest Destinations<\/em>. See\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nomadico.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">past editions here,<\/a>\u00a0where your like-minded friends can subscribe and join you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nomadico issue #210<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47588,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2385],"tags":[2386],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46270"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46272,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46270\/revisions\/46272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}