Posts with the tag road-trip

We picked a dud

Written on October 3, 2017 in Spain

Barcelona – October 2nd & 3rd 2017 Time to hit the road to Barcelona. We had been in the city twice technically but had yet to see any of it, really. We were ready for our stay and couldn’t wait to explore. I had always heard great things about Barcelona. We stayed just out the...

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Small towns are where it’s at for us!

Written on October 1, 2017 in Spain

Valencia – September 29th – October 1st 2017 Our days spent outside of Valencia were relaxing and lazy for the most part. A quick walk to the beach was perfect. Only a block away and we arrived at a beautiful beach (apart from that there was no sand almost it was all rocks). The sea...

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No Go Coaster

Written on September 15, 2017 in Andorra

Andorra – September 15th We made a special trip all the way to Andorra for one sole thing: A mountain Coaster. Since not being able to try the Swiss coaster at Glacier 3000 because of white out conditions, we made the trip to Andorra. Lets back up a bit and explain where Andorra is. I...

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Speedos for the boys!

Written on September 14, 2017 in France

Vias – September 11th – 14th We woke up and the boys went in search of speedos! Lucas was not happy about this. My little creature of habit and comfort was going to be pushed outside his comfort zone. He knew and I knew it! Mark scouted out the store first and found his pair,...

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Please check your ego at the door Mr. Security

Written on September 10, 2017 in France

Vias – September 10th Something you should know about the way we have chosen to travel thus far: we have not been booking anything more than a week or so in advance. This was either going to help us or hurt us. In the end it kinda did both. Like in Amsterdam, we were left...

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Nice was nice!

Written on September 9, 2017 in Monaco

Nice – September 6th to 9th 2017 I especially had been looking forward to staying in Nice, France for a while. I was ready to leave Italy and get back to some familiar ground (at least knowing the language). Staying in Nice also meant our first stretch of down time. We booked here knowing that...

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No cars makes for a great day!

Written on September 5, 2017 in Italy

Cinque Terre – September 5th 2017 Our first real Italian village experience happened! We stayed in a remote (remote to me!) small village about 25 minutes from the train station that would take us to Cinque Terre. We had only one bedroom and a sleeper sofa. There ended up being no wifi although it was...

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Gelato makes everything better

Written on September 4, 2017 in Italy

Pisa – September 4th 2017 Next stop Pisa! Now, as much as I loved Venice, Italy was somewhat letting me down again. Between the drivers being crazy and Florence not being as lovable as I would have liked, I really wanted Pisa to blow me out the water with Italian fabulousness!! Parking and traffic were...

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Apparently mom wears short shorts!

Written on September 3, 2017 in Italy

Florence – September 3rd 2017 We arrived in Florence straight from Venice. We had a very late check in of 6pm for our airbnb and so we decided to drive straight into the city, park and explore for a while. Driving in an old city with narrow roads was a whole new level of crazy!...

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New experience: hanging laundry out the window

Written on September 2, 2017 in Italy

Venice – September 2nd 2017 Our plan for the day was to head back into Venice, but after we had a bit of a lazy morning and I had done some laundry and hung it out the window to dry, the weather had other plans for us. The most intense rain, wind and eventually hail...

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