Antarctica
It’s hard for me to even begin to describe my experience with Antarctica. One, I couldn’t believe that actually believe I was there. The air. The light. The sounds. The wind and the silence at the same time. Just to say it was surreal doesn’t do it justice. I could...
Vienna, Austria
July 20-25, 2019 Hilton Vienna Danube Waterfront Our Hilton was right on the Danube River but not within the city center. Our room overlooks the river. When we first arrived by train, we took an Uber to get to our hotel. We would eventually find the metro stop nearby...
Japan
September 16 Monday Air Canada 8109 Denver to Vancouver ANA 115 Vancouver to Haneda September 17 Tuesday Arrived in Tokyo crossing the international dateline Uber’d to Hilton Tokyo Great food and service. Toto toilets. Ramen for breakfast. Eggs cooked to order using...
Amsterdam
August 22-29, 2019 Hilton Amsterdam Spent the last night at the Hilton by the airport. We arrived at our hotel before 11 am as we had left Paris by train at 630 am. They held on to our bags while had a drink at the outdoor patio before walking across one of the...
Lisbon, Portugal
June 12-16, 2019 I must admit when David and I first flew into Lisbon, we were tired and dragging our wagon. We’d lost our bags in NYC over two days earlier from our flight from Denver. We made a last minute scramble to REI and CVS to regroup some semblance of what we...
Budapest Nick
Mom and Dad, David and I were in Budapest, Hungary last week (July 25 -29, 2019) and we had a cool experience I’ve been meaning to share with you from a very personal but historical stand point. We did a 3 hour tour of Budapest that we scheduled through the Hilton...
2019 World Travels
As David and I are starting to outline our world trip, we’re finding ourselves in lengthy (sometimes heated) discussions about what we want to do where and how to accomplish that. Turns out the simple statement of “we’re taking time off to travel” is becoming a major...
Cheese Head For Life
I have been a Green Bay Packers for as long as I can remember. Well, at least since I was a young kid with a large extended family that were Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears, and Detroit Lions fan. I think a big part of my becoming a Packers fan was more to do with...
Cuban Adventures
David and I traveled to Cuba for just under two weeks in the spring of 2019. We spent the first five nights in Havana before heading to Vinales for five nights. We ended with two nights back in Havana. We flew directly between Cuba and the US. Traditionally Americans...