For all of the boasting I did the day before about conquering jetlag, I was still dealing with a few minor side effects. I wasn’t feeling quite the obvious punch Stephanie was. I just…wasn’t able to sleep. So the 7:30 am wake up that came ahead of our day tour on our second day in Read more
How did we get here? I feel like that’s been the mantra running through my head for the two weeks leading up to this, as I’ve prepared for a big, splashy Europe trip that somehow feels like an extension of last year’s trip (…which somehow feels like yesterday and not an entire YEAR ago!). Through Read more
Mornings that begin before 7:00 am are pretty awful. Mornings that begin before 7:00 am and you have to debark a cruise ship? They’re downright miserable. The cruise portion of our trip had slowly ticked by and then passed us in a rush all at once. Sometimes, it felt like we’d been away for the Read more
On days where our trip moves from hotel to cruise ship, we’re usually up with the sun. If the early bird gets the worm, the early cruiser gets no lines. In line with just about everything else about this trip, though, there wasn’t much that followed our usual cruise routine – Stephanie was the only Read more
The sunlight was beaming into our room brightly, waking us up for our first full day in Spain. Even though the sun set late, the sunrise was nice and early, which worked out well for us because we had a tour to get ready for. We’d packed some packaged snacks in our luggage, so we Read more
