Day 12 – Saturday, June 20 – Rome to Amalfi Coast Another early morning; this time to catch the train to Naples, then to Pompeii and our hotel on the Amafli Coast. We checked out, walked the 500m-ish to the train station, and then got a quick breakfast at one of the coffee shops while we waited for the platform for our train to be announced, then down the platform, on board and on our way. We’ve got the train…
Day 9 – June 17, Florence to Rome Last breakfast on the balcony overlooking the city, we will miss the breakfast and service at this hotel! Seriously, the staff at this hotel was excellent – nothing but wonderful things to say about them as well as the accommodations. They booked us a taxi to the train station – but OOPS, the taxi only had room for 4 people, so Zoe got to sit on Sarah’s lap. (There was no way…
Day 6 – Sunday, June 14 – Munich, Germany to Florence, Italy The day started again at the breakfast buffet, with our table having the reserved sign on it again, but they quickly put it away and brought coffees with them (starting to feel like regulars here now). Filled up on another delicious breakfast, and then started to get ready to go. We cannot overstate how amazing the breakfast was. The pastries, juices, fruits, meats…. Never seen anything like this…
Day 1/2 – Tuesday/Wednesday, June 9/10, 2026 (it all blended into one looong day) – Waupaca, WI, USA to Munich, Germany Yes, you read it right! The Durst-Kolinski clan is heading to…. Europe!?!? Well, blog readers, to no one’s surprise, Noah graduated from high school this year, and this is the last chance we get to force him on a fun family vacation. As for the others, well, tough news for them, they have a few more years. We wanted…
Day 9 – July 2, 2024 – Badger, CA So we wretched ourselves out of bed and left our place at about 7:15 am to hit up Sequoia National Park! It was about 45-60 minutes away from us, and the unfortunateness is that we picked this remote cabin because it was close to both Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, which are both remote and weirdly next to each other, but tricky to travel to. WELL, turns out the major…
Day 5 – June 28, 2024 – Santa Monica, CA to El Portal, CA We are on the move today! Due to a scheduled tour activity in the evening tonight, Matt whipped all of us up into a frenzy to make sure that we made it out of bed on time – he even had Sarah worried we wouldn’t make it to Yosemite in time. “The tram waits for no one,” he kept saying (Matt sourced this from sad reviews…
Day 1 – June 24, 2024 – Waupaca, WI to Santa Monica, CA Yes, ’tis true. We are going to the fabled home of Walley World – California! No, this is not some epic car trip. We are tired and frankly, getting away for that long gets trickier every year around family and work commitments. So we are cheating and flying. Earlier this year, we tossed around ideas about where to go. Matt really wanted to hit up Acadia National…
Day 5 – Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Washington, D.C. This is it, guys! The piece de resistance! When we hatched this plan a couple months ago, all Sarah wanted to snag was a White House tour – she had been here a few times in the past but never done that. In order to get a tour, you have to submit a form to your state’s senator, and their office submits your information on your behalf. THEN, you get another…
Day 1 – Friday, March 1, 2024Waupaca, WI to South Bend, IN Hello internet trolls and stalkers and family – after taking a break for a year and a half from road trips, we are back! (Well, we are not counting the trip to the Dells and the Driftless Area from last summer – we will not ever speak of that motel in Dodgeville ever again, eep (plus if you don’t leave the state, is it really a road trip?))…
Day 4 – February 20, 2023, Monday (President’s Day) So a lot of what happens on the islands revolves around the typical work week – as in, on the weekends, and holidays like today, the beaches will be crowded with locals and more shops in smaller towns will be closed. Knowing this, we had decided to drive the Highway to Hana today – save the beaches for the less crowded days! We woke up at 5:30 am – sounds…