by Kristin Rempala | Aug 11, 2018 | Cinque Terre, Countries, Daily Log, Italy
It’s trips like our visit to Cinque Terre that condone my bad travel planning behaviors. Let me start from the beginning. I probably didn’t do as much research prior to booking our trip to the famed Five Lands as I should have. In fact, here’s what I...
by Stephen Rempala | Aug 6, 2018 | Countries, Daily Log, Italy
Home Alone 2? I have never boarded the wrong flight before. I figured this was something extremely difficult to achieve. Everything has to line up perfectly… or imperfectly. Your ticket is verified at security, checked at the terminal entrance, and then scanned...
by Kristin Rempala | Aug 2, 2018 | Countries, Daily Log, Portugal
The day we planned to leave for Lisbon, Portugal was scheduled to play Iran in a World Cup game. We left Porto by train and made it with just enough time to get to our Airbnb, change, and head to the main square, Terreiro do Paço, to watch the match. Boy does Lisbon...
by Stephen Rempala | Jul 18, 2018 | Countries, Daily Log, Portugal
Yes, yes. I realize we are almost on day 50 in real time. Don’t you worry, we plan to get caught up this week (unless we go to the beach for 6 days straight instead). Plane => Train => Bus => Beach Our plane lands in Porto, Portugal and we take a tram...
by Kristin Rempala | Jul 7, 2018 | Countries, Daily Log, France
Welcome to our next installment: France! France is very familiar to Stephen – he’s studied here several different times and lived in Paris for awhile, and I have visited once before. This trip, I want to visit Normandy and spend a few days in Paris to meet...
by Stephen Rempala | Jun 13, 2018 | Countries, Daily Log, The Netherlands
American credit and debit cards don’t work at Dutch grocery stores (Somebody fix this) Foodhallen and Red Light District on a Sunday Marijuana is “illegal” in Amsterdam Bitterballens Boat accident on the canals are okay if you have Rosé How to cook a...
by Kristin Rempala | Jun 9, 2018 | Belgium, Countries, Daily Log
Highlights of this installment: First meal of the trip….free and at the airport AirBNB – great location, sketchy host Life before wifi? The Rempalas Karaoke Kristin feels self-conscious about her fashion choices A romantic castle tour takes a torturous...
by admin | May 10, 2018 | Preparation
Sometime during the middle of March, Stephen told his boss he was leaving his job. He’s been a project manager at Ericsson for seven years, and he needed plenty of time to help transition his work to his replacement. To our friends and family, this wasn’t...
