Posts tagged as "Travels"

Posted by Lauren on 22nd April 2010

San Francisco, Part 2

When we went to San Francisco the first time, we purposely skipped Alcatraz. Although we were obviously tourists, it just seemed too touristy. However, this time we read up, and Alcatraz was said to be worth it, even on the “Top 10 Things Not to Do in San Francisco” list. It was a good tour. [...]

Posted by Lauren on 21st April 2010

San Francisco, Part 1

Almost 5 years ago, we went to San Francisco and Yosemite National Park on our honeymoon. We loved both of course. This week, Joel has a work conference in San Francisco. I had a free plane ticket, so it looked like a fun, but short, weekend was necessary. Here’s the rundown on our Saturday. We [...]

Posted by Lauren on 25th March 2010

Pics

Here are a few pictures from when I was in Orlando. All but the last two are from the day we went to Epcot.

Posted by Lauren on 28th January 2010

Steamboat

Two weekends ago, we skiing at Steamboat Springs. A few college friends were coming in town, and we were able to stay with our friends Gabe and Nina. This was my first time at a “real” ski resort. Fancy place, fancy people. The slopes were great for me, as they have a number of runs [...]

Posted by Lauren on 5th January 2010

Christmas Post

We have returned from our former home to our new home. The break was long and quite nice, almost the perfect number of days. We spent a lot of time with family and a little time with a lot of friends. Here are a few highlights (starting with a non-highlight) from our trip. 1. We [...]

Posted by Lauren on 12th December 2009

Thanksgiving

We originally planned on staying in Denver for Thanksgiving. When Matt & Erin invited us to Texas, and the flight down there wasn’t expensive, we decided to go for it! We had a lovely time, and we had a wonderful meal, almost exclusively prepared by Matt. Along with Matt & Erin, we got to spend [...]

Posted by Lauren on 19th October 2009

The Drive

Since we’ve been here 2 weeks, it’s about time I posted! Here are a few pics from our drive here…more posts to come this week… What is this, Bonnaroo?? Nope, just a good ol’ race at the Kansas Motor Speedway.

Posted by Lauren on 5th July 2009

Beaune, France

The next stop on our European adventure was Beaune, France, a small city in the Burgundy region. We arrived quite late due to train troubles, but our lovely hosts (couchsurfing again) were kind and picked us up at the train station. We enjoyed getting to know them while we were there, and they were very [...]

Posted by Lauren on 17th June 2009

¡Barca Barca Barca!

Regarding our accommodations, we are happy to say that Barcelona was the only place we paid to stay – 3 nights of the whole trip! I’ll tell a little more about where we stayed below. In Barcelona, we hit the major Gaudí sites, like Parc Guëll, Casa Milá, and La Sagrada Família. Gaudí had quite [...]

Posted by Lauren on 12th June 2009

Why do I have to have a title? This is about Madrid.

I should start by explaining Couchsurfing, as it comes up twice on our trip. Our friends Joshua and Tiffany introduced us to the concept, and now we’re semi-pro. Really. Anyway, couchsurfing is a hospitality network where you can ask to stay with people while you’re traveling, and people can ask to stay with you while [...]