Dropping Mira off with my parents
22 июля 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 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 withЧитать далее
Flight to Rome
23 июля 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 inЧитать далее
Night in Rome
24 июля 2017 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 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 weЧитать далее
Walking around Rome
25 июля 2017 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 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, andЧитать далее
Florence
26 июля 2017 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 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 (inЧитать далее
Florence pt 2
26 июля 2017 г., Италия ⋅ 🌙 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, butЧитать далее
Journey to Cinque Terre
27 июля 2017 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 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 earlyЧитать далее
Hiking trails in Cinque Terre
28 июля 2017 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 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 forЧитать далее
Dinner in Riomaggiore
28 июля 2017 г., Италия ⋅ 🌙 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.
AfterЧитать далее
Last night in Riomaggiore
29 июля 2017 г., Италия ⋅ 🌙 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 aЧитать далее
Train ride to Nice
30 июля 2017 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 itЧитать далее
First Night/Dinner in Nice
30 июля 2017 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 ofЧитать далее
Driving in the French Alpes-Maritimes
31 июля 2017 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
2nd night in Nice
31 июля 2017 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 greatЧитать далее
Heading to Avignon
1 августа 2017 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 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 toЧитать далее
Night in Avignon
1 августа 2017 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 fromЧитать далее
Palais de Papes
2 августа 2017 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 itЧитать далее
Biking around Bordeaux
3 августа 2017 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 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 littleЧитать далее
Second dinner in Bordeaux
3 августа 2017 г., Франция ⋅ 🌙 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 andЧитать далее
Bordeaux wine tour
4 августа 2017 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 itЧитать далее
Paris
5 августа 2017 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 weЧитать далее
Arrival in Bruxelles
6 августа 2017 г., Бельгия ⋅ ⛅ 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 dueЧитать далее
Bruxelles 2
7 августа 2017 г., Бельгия ⋅ ⛅ 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 theЧитать далее
Don't let the rain hold you back
8 августа 2017 г., Бельгия ⋅ 🌧 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 MagritteЧитать далее
Happy Meyboom!
9 августа 2017 г., Бельгия ⋅ ⛅ 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, ceremonialЧитать далее



























































































































































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