MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Ireland Trip Day 1 – September 16 2018 The 6 of us landed in Ireland on a Sunday at 5AM! As the sun had not yet risen and the idea of Mike having to drive for the first time in Europe in the dark sounded awful, we grabbed some coffee […]
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Ireland Trip About our trip to Ireland Ireland had been high on our travel bucket list since we had met. Both of Mike’s parents had retired around the same time and had also dreamed of visiting the Emerald Isle. Turns out, Mike’s brother and sister-in law had also been interested
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MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Belgium Trip Day 7 – December 8 2017 We started our last morning in Ghent with one of the more memorable brunches we have had the pleasure of experiencing. At the restaurant, we took a look at the fixed menu, showing the numerous courses and included beverages and said, “Two,
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Belgium Trip Day 6 – December 7 2017 We had some other day trip options such as Lille and Antwerp, but we enjoyed Ghent so much the day before, we decided to spend one more day in the home-base city. We began our day at Soepbar Sordo, where we sipped
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Belgium Trip Day 5 – December 6 2017 During our long walk back to the train station in Liege, we decided to take our fourth day easy and spend it exploring Ghent. After sleeping in late, we decided upon Ramen for brunch at Eetramen. We got to slurp our warm
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Belgium Trip Day 4 – December 5 2017 For our third day in Belgium, we decided to head out to Liege, home of the liege waffle (the more dense, cakey sister of what we know as the airy Belgian waffle). It’s a very long, narrow city following the Meuse river
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Belgium Trip Day 3 – December 4 2017 We started the morning off with a perfectly European breakfast at Gust. The food was quite memorable and we had a laugh as I was nervous to walk down the stairs from the bathroom because the steps were so steep! We decided
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Belgium Trip Day 2 – December 3 2017 We landed in Belgium at 8AM and took the train directly to Ghent to check in to our Airbnb. It was a wonderful flat, plenty of space, comfortable, and had a nice host that spoke English very well. The location also couldn’t
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Belgium Trip Day 1 – December 2 2017 We had a full day layover in Denver before flying out to Belgium. Thankfully, we have awesome friends that live in downtown Denver that were available to get together for the day. After dropping our bags at the hotel, we took the
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Belgium Trip About our trip to Belgium Browsing flight deals often, Mike saw flights to Belgium from the East coast for only $350. We had just over a week of vacation time, so decided to book this spontaneous trip. Our previous trip to Europe, Germany and Austria, had us moving
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