Getaway in Europe
In and around Europe
Since I get a two week spring vacation, we decided to use every single day to get the most out of our adventure. Our planning began with the goal of seeing my brother in Florence and our dear friend Chris Irwin in London. Nick is studying abroad for the school year and Chris is working for the Lehman Brothers. The rest of the itinerary fell into place based on the cheapest airfares, and Chris not wanting to hang out in London. So this Saturday we're off on our longest trip yet. I'm sure we'll have a blast, and we'll keep you posted on every detail you may, or may not, feel the need to read about.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Sean n Giselle
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LAX
Even though we can see the air traffic control tower from our apartment, we still need to take a $10 cab ride to the international terminal at LAX...... Continue reading » -
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Milan... Time for some R&R
Let's hope we can successfully navigate from MXP to central station to our hotel, for some sleep! Again... my obsessive planning came in handy. We h... Continue reading » -
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LHR
Airplane Switcheroo... this went smoothly since our bags were checked all the way to Milan. Sean even had time to have a beer! But as soon as they p... Continue reading » -
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Morning in Milan... Evening in Florence
After Sean's night of no sleep, he wanted to get up as early as I would allow, so I opened the drapes at 7am. We went down to the breakfast, which... Continue reading »
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Walking around in Florence
This morning I woke up to go take pictures of Nick rowing on the Arno river. I took a few pictures, but then the battery died and I ran back to get... Continue reading »
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Gardens... Southern part of the city
Sean and I started the day in search of breakfast further south of the city. We found a nice pastry shop with some great croissants, zeppole, et... Continue reading » -
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Fiesole... Duomo... etc
The three of us met for breakfast and the goal to see the David statue and the top of the Duomo. The Duomo didn't open on time, so we walked to the G... Continue reading » -
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Rainy Day in Florence
Today I got some pictures of Nick rowing on the Arno. Sean and I went back to sleep for a much needed nap. We all planned to go back to Fiesole, but... Continue reading » -
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Lots of Travelling
50 minute bus to MXP 2 hour flight to LHR 30 minute train to Paddington Stations 30 minute tube extravaganza in London 15 minute walk to C... Continue reading » -
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Day In London
So far it has been a very mellow day, with little rush see all of the sights, since we have both been here before. Continue reading » -
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Eurostar to Brussels @ night
We all ended up at Waterloo station with plenty of time to spare. We even rearranged our seats so that the 3 of us could sit together. When we arriv... Continue reading » -
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WOW... Brugge is beautiful
Today we discovered that our Eurostar tickets cover a train ride to anywhere else in Belgium within 24 hours of arriving at the Midi Station. We got... Continue reading » -
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Off on the Beer Adventure
This morning the boys discovered their bible for our trip entitled "Around Brugge in 80 Beers". They mistakingly thought they'd be able to accomplish... Continue reading » -
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Last day in Bruges
The boys decided that they needed haircuts before going back to work, so they ventured into the cheapest salon we could find. They were quite busy Continue reading »
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