Dropping Mira off with my parents
22 luglio 2017, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
Drove up to Marinette with Mira to hand her off to my parents while I'm travelling. Will miss her tons. Bet she'll be huge when I get back.
When I was a kid, I made a game out of finding vans withLeggi altro
Flight to Rome
23 luglio 2017, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
All packed up, and ready to fly. Got to ORD with plenty of time to spare. Never been able to sleep on a plane. Laura drugged me up, so here's hoping I zonk out on the way over. A quick stop inLeggi altro
Night in Rome
24 luglio 2017, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Made it to Rome. Got absolutely zero sleep on the plane to Copenhagen, and Laura and Caty were pretty tired during the three hour layover. Got into Rome on time, and once we checked in to the room weLeggi altro
Walking around Rome
25 luglio 2017, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
Woke up feeling 100x better after some much needed rest. We had breakfast at a little cafe, then set a brisk pace to see some of the relatively close landmarks to us. The Pantheon was impressive, andLeggi altro
Florence
26 luglio 2017, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Florence is beautiful. The place we're staying in is a building erected in the 12th century, and has a lot of character. While the hostess explained how to run the A/C and operate the locks (inLeggi altro
Florence pt 2
26 luglio 2017, Italia ⋅ 🌙 73 °F
Went to the market in the early afternoon, and had my first beer of the trip -- Chris seemed to be getting antsy that I wasn't recording anything in my beer tracker. We had lunch there at the End, butLeggi altro
Journey to Cinque Terre
27 luglio 2017, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Left Florence this morning via train, which ended up running a little late, causing us to miss our connection in Pisa. Wasn't too long a wait, and we ended up making it to Riomaggiore relatively earlyLeggi altro
Hiking trails in Cinque Terre
28 luglio 2017, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Slept in until 9:30 this morning, which was wonderful. Once we dragged ourselves out of bed, we walked down to town and had an espresso and cornettos, and bought some focaccia/meat/cheese to pack forLeggi altro
Dinner in Riomaggiore
28 luglio 2017, Italia ⋅ 🌙 73 °F
Ate dinner at a little restaurant right by the water. The food was fresh, clean, and yummy. A couple men played live music on a nearby balcony, and we enjoyed people-watching as we dined.
AfterLeggi altro
Last night in Riomaggiore
29 luglio 2017, Italia ⋅ 🌙 73 °F
Could definitely spend another week in Cinque Terre. Tomorrow we travel to Nice, but I thought about switching our train schedule so we could get another hike in in the morning.
We putzed around aLeggi altro
Train ride to Nice
30 luglio 2017, Francia ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Woke up early for one last swim (I let Laura keep sleeping) before we packed up and checked out. A series of delayed trains made our ride into France take a little longer than planned, but we made itLeggi altro
First Night/Dinner in Nice
30 luglio 2017, Francia ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
After checking in, we headed over to old town to stretch our legs after sitting still most of the day. Before we made it down there, we climbed up to the city's observation point to get a good view ofLeggi altro
Driving in the French Alpes-Maritimes
31 luglio 2017, Francia ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
We had booked a canyoning trip that required us to get up at 6am to get a rental car to drive three hours to the rendezvous point, but when 6am rolled around we both decided to consider theLeggi altro
2nd night in Nice
31 luglio 2017, Francia ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Since we failed in our quest to find a place to swim up in the mountains, we desperately wanted to hit one of the beaches Nice has to offer. The water was fantastic, and the surf made for a greatLeggi altro
Heading to Avignon
1 agosto 2017, Francia ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F
Our time in Nice was over all too soon, and we started to pack up to hit the road. Before hopping in the car, we realized we hadn't yet had a single crepe in France, and headed back into old town toLeggi altro
Night in Avignon
1 agosto 2017, Francia ⋅ ⛅ 90 °F
Avignon is definitely one of our favorite places we've been to on the trip, and was worth enduring the traffic jam. The place we stayed at was impressive, and you never would have known looking fromLeggi altro
Palais de Papes
2 agosto 2017, Francia ⋅ ⛅ 93 °F
Before leaving Avignon, we hit the Palace of the Popes, which was one of the coolest places we've gone in on the trip. The history of its construction, it's inhabitants, and the sieges laid against itLeggi altro
Biking around Bordeaux
3 agosto 2017, Francia ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Spent our first day in Bordeaux leveraging the City bikes to get around and see the various points of interest, stopping here and there for lunch or a glass of wine.
We managed to find that littleLeggi altro
Second dinner in Bordeaux
3 agosto 2017, Francia ⋅ 🌙 72 °F
After having eating roughly half the baguettes in France over the past few days, I was dying for a lower-carb, higher-protein meal, so we booked a reservation at 'La Tupina'.
When we walked in andLeggi altro
Bordeaux wine tour
4 agosto 2017, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F
We had time to kill before we needed to board the van that would take us out to the vineyards, so we hopped back on the bikes and rode up to a lake on the north end of Bordeaux and had lunch.
Once itLeggi altro
Paris
5 agosto 2017, Francia ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Headed to Paris as the finale for Laura's leg of the trip. We got in too early to check in, so we dropped our bags at the hotel and started walking. We were only a few blocks from the iron lady, so weLeggi altro
Arrival in Bruxelles
6 agosto 2017, Belgio ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Laura made her way to the airport, and I made my way to the train station. The theme of the morning for both of us was "Security Lines". Laura spent an eternity trying to get on her first flight dueLeggi altro
Bruxelles 2
7 agosto 2017, Belgio ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
When I woke from my hibernation, I was immediately ready for breakfast, so I set out to get an authentic Belgian waffle. It was hot, and accidentally placed in a little bit of chocolate, which was theLeggi altro
Don't let the rain hold you back
8 agosto 2017, Belgio ⋅ 🌧 59 °F
Forecast called for a rainy day, so I figured it was a perfect day to spend inside some of Brussels' many museums. Went to the Musée Old Masters Museum, the Musée Modern Museum, tge Musée MagritteLeggi altro
Happy Meyboom!
9 agosto 2017, Belgio ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Today is the day of the Mayboom planting, a delightfully odd tradition born from a dispute over the taxation of beer in the 13th century. Each year, a parade of giants, marching bands, ceremonialLeggi altro



























































































































































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