by Kristin Rempala | Sep 11, 2018 | Austria, Countries, Daily Log, Slovakia, Slovenia
Our bus to Ljubljana (pronounced lube-li-ana) brings us back into the Schengen Zone. It sounds like Stephen wanted to give you some dramatic story about how I was detained at passport control and held up the entire Flixbus. My passport does seem to get examined a...
by Stephen Rempala | Aug 14, 2018 | Countries, Croatia, Daily Log
Stepping off the ferry (Aurelia operated by SNAV), I ask Kristin what day it is. Days of the week mean less when you don’t have a job. I float through the week not paying attention to whether it is a Tuesday or a Saturday. The 5-day work-week is still a bit...
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,Ā Terreiro do PaƧo, 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...
