Day 5 – Wednesday: Traveling to Greece (Continued) The flight to Thessaloniki Greece and drive to the hotel was uneventful. Right when we arrived at the hotel, Lily also arrived and gave everyone a big hug. It was great to see her. We checked into the hotel and then went Continue Reading
Italy
Day 0 – Thursday/Friday: Getting to Cortona The morning of our trip we found out that our MSP to Paris leg was delayed, leaving us only 50 minutes to get through Charles De Gaulle Airport and customs. Fearing that was too tight and that it could get delayed further, Belinda Continue Reading
Safari
7/8/24 – The “journey” begins We had an early breakfast with everyone, before meeting up with our Safari guides and saying goodbye to James and Ari, who were not joining us on the Safari. Our drivers were Juma and Idona. The first day was a drive to Lake Manyara, where Continue Reading
Kilimanjaro
Our African adventure was during the summer after Lily’s senior year. Melanie had just returned from the Orlando volleyball tournament 2 days before we were to leave. Matt, Lily and Melanie met James, Aaron, and Ari at MSP and flew 9hrs to Amsterdam where we met up with Moody and Continue Reading
Day 7- Cherry Blossoms!
Our dream came true and we were in Washington DC for the peak of cherry blossoms. In just 24 hours they had burst out and every tree was full of white and pink blossoms. We started the day by walking to the National Zoo. Most animals were still inside, but Continue Reading
Day 6: Capital and Bike Tour
Today started with a pretty early tour of the Capital. We were out the door by 8:45 and started off at the US Capital Visitor’s Center. We were in a pretty long line after a large tour group, so we were a little worried about making our 9:30 tour start, Continue Reading
Day 5: White House, Mint and Monuments
The day started with Matt taking off early to get tickets for a tour of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (aka the Money Factory) while Charlie and I replenished our supplies at the grocery store a few blocks away. The girls got to sleep in a little bit. We Continue Reading
Central Park, Intrepid, and Philadelphia
Today we packed up our stuff from our wonderful hotel(Garden Suites by Affinia) on the Upper East side. We were thinking about doing a bike tour in Central Park, but it was a pretty cold morning(about 35F) and we didn’t get out the door quite fast enough. So instead we Continue Reading
Lady Liberty, Hamilton and The Prom
The morning started about the same as yesterday, Matt and Charlie out exploring early while the rest of us woke up. We met in Times Square to hop on the Big Bus that was included in our New York Pass. We went through Midtown to Downtown Manhattan ending up at Continue Reading
Day 2: The Rock, Radio City and The Ride
A 3 year who likes to get up at dawn and 2 tween girls who like to sleep in means compromise. Matt and Charlie left early to get our timed tickets to Top of the Rock (Rockefeller Center). They also spent some time exploring Central Park, which is only a few Continue Reading