2023 – Europe

The first day of a Europe trip is typically the most boring and a little bit stressful. It’s essentially getting to the airport and getting

Woke up on the plane thirty minutes from landing in Paris. They thankfully let us sleep through breakfast. We’re flying in from Newark, so

We’re up at 6:30, trying to convince ourselves that we’re feeling no jet lag. There’s coffee in the room, thankfully. As is the custom on the

Today we sleep in, maybe due to our late night, or too much wine and song. We both feel that we somehow avoided any jet lag coming this way.

We’re up at 6:30 per the plan. Scott’s fleece has not magically re-appeared overnight. We splash some water in our faces, scramble to finish

Today we slept in til 8:30. We got to bed late last night due to the music from the Pride Festival venue across the street so it’s probably

We wake. Karen didn’t sleep great. Out our window we see that they’ve made good progress at cleaning up the main city square where the Pride Festival

We awake right at 8:00. Well, Karen does anyway. She prods me to get up, reminding me we ordered breakfast be delivered to the room between

No time for messing around this morning. We’re in Stockholm today. The nation’s capital is at the heart/end of a huge archipelago. We’re docked

When we wake it’s not too bright outside. It’s 55º on our balcony and it feels wonderful. Yesterday we arrived in Stockholm, and today we are