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Nice dinner at Chez Rémy Bistro at Disneyland Paris.
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We’ve got our backpacks with a change of clothes and heading to the Metro to go to Disneyland Paris!
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Escape in Europe — Day 6
- Tammy goes for run
- Jamie returns to Sango for delicious coffee
- 10:00a Pat’s Poffertjes for Dutch Pancakes.
- Hustle back to Hendrick’s Hotel to get luggage and checkout.
- Hustle to Amsterdam Central.
- 11:10a Eurostar train to Paris.
- 2:55p Arrive in Paris at Gare du Nord.
- Take M4 to Strasbourg — Saint-Denis then M9 to Miromesnil.
- 3:50p check into Airbnb.
- 4:35p CONNECT WITH MAZIE!
- Walked to dinner along the Siene.
- Delicious pizzas at Senza Nome.
- Explore and experience the Louvre at night.
- Macaron stop at Laduree.
- Walked to Notre Dame.
- Took the M4 to the escape room.
- Escaped from Revolt at Lock Academy.
- Took the M9 back to the Airbnb.
- 11:50p Return to Airbnb
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Arrived in Paris! 🇫🇷
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I’m very happy with how our Escaping Thjngs website has shaped up. It showcases our escape room history in fun ways, including special support for trips like our current Escape in Europe 12-room trip. More to come!
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Return visit to Sango in Amsterdam for a special espresso and capuccino. Train to Paris in a couple hours.
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Escape in Europe — Day 5
- Tammy goes for run while Jamie showers and Tyler sleeps
- Sub-par and over-priced breakfast, but convenient location. Tyler and Tammy try Dutch pancakes that are similar to crepes.
- The Alchemist escape room.
- Walk around Central Amsterdam
- Visit Tony’s Chocolonely Super Store
- coffee at Sango
- Canal Cruise
- Return to Tony’s Chocolonely Super Store to pick up custom chocolates
- Walk around Central Amsterdam some more
- One final stop at Tony’s Chocolonely Super Store.
- Train to Hilversum
- Dinner at Mout Food Hall
- Zoltan Speaks escape room
- Train back to Amsterdam
- Return to hotel for showers for Tammy and Tyler and a Bailey’s in the hotel bar for Jamie
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We met Charlie and Isaac, visiting from the UK, who were making the most of their unlimited beers on the canal tour today. Charlie’s goal was to “not be able to walk off the boat.”
“I’m going to make so many bad decisions tonight.” — Charlie
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Escape in Europe — Day 4
- 6:30a Alarm to start day to Brussels
- Walk to Amsterdam Central
- 7:22a M52 Zuid metro
- 8:04 Eurocity Direct to Brussels
- 10:08 Arrive in Brussels
- Walk to Grand-Place
- Brussels waffles at Maison Dandoy
- fancy waffle as Maison fancy
- Mok Studio
- Chocolate: ??, ??
- Get to escape room: M1 Stockel, M7 Vanderkinder
- 2:00p Botanist Manor escape room! Amazing. Ran long.
- Uber to next week event, no time.
- 4:30p Chocolate Making Workshup
- 6:30 speed walk to Pokémon card store
- 6:50 final minutes at Xx before they close
- Walk to bus to go to dinner
- Get on M89 bus going wrong way
- Recognize mistake, get of bus, request Uber
- Dinner at Wolf Food Hall. Tyler and I have smashburgers. Tammy has
- Uber to Brussels Zuid train station.
- Get last Leige waffles before leaving Brussels
- 8:49p Depart Eurocity train to Amsterdam Zuid
- 10:46p Arrive Amsterdam Zuid station
- taxi back to Hendricks Hotel
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Good morning from Brussels, Belgium. 🇧🇪
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Escape in Europe — Day 3
- 9:50a Jamie up, enhancing Escaping Things site
- 10:25a Time to be up
- 11:30a Leave hotel to Central Station
- 11:44a Intercity Heerlen line to Utrecht
- 12:45p escape room! Amazing.
- Stroopwaffels warm and fresh first time. Plus a sugar waffle.
- Exploring Utrecht.
- Magical experience at Keen Coffee.
- music box museum
- 4:00p Tammy steps out to get Brandi Carlile tickets!
- impromptu Macaron stop
- stopped at Belgisch Biercafé Olivier Utrecht
- Dinner at Casa Damstraat
- 6:00p Escape Room again. We liked it so much we decided to do another room!
- Train back to Amsterdam, Walk back to hotel
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Escape in Europe — Day 2
- 8:30a: Arrive in AMS. Not much sleep.
- Cleared passport control and collect baggage.
- Store luggage at airport.
- 9:46am: Dordrecht intercity train to Delft
- Breakfast and coffee at Kek.
- Explore Delft.
- 12:28p: Sprinter train to Haag Central Station.
- Sadly Escher museum is closed today. :-(
- Walk to a mile
- Stop at Barista Cafe for another cappuccino.
- Walk another mile.
- Visit Madurodam in Den Haag.
- 4:30pm: Tram 9 to Kalvermarket-Stadhius.
- fan searching:TK Maxx, HEMA, Media market, K
- Find dinner plan: EZ SMASH. They are closed.
- Figure out Plan B: Bonobo. They are hosting a fundraiser dinner so we squeeze in before that event starts.
- Depart dinner and everyone is cold and we haven’t a gap in schedule. Decide to go to Starbucks to warm up a bit before escape room.
- Cannot find tram planned to take so call Uber to get us to escape room.
- 7:50 Stqrt a Molly Game
- 9:50 Finish Molly’s Game
- Get Uber to AMS
- 10:45p Pick up luggage from storage in AMS
- 10:52p train to Amsterdam Central
- 11:10p leave central station in foot
- 11:27p Check-in to Hendrick’s Hotel
- 11:45p Finally to sleep — over 33 hours since we woke up on Sunday.
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Escape in Europe — Days -1, 0, 1
Day -1 (March 13)
- 4:30p: Flight cancelled. 😞
- Reschedule first escape room.
- Realize we will not be able to see Anne Frank museum now.
Day 0 (March 14)
- Tyler drove to Ultimate Collectibles on his own. First solo drive!
- Recognize π day!
- Lunch at Yum! with pie.
- FaceTime with Mazie!
- 6:50p: Should have been flying. It seemed fine. Hear airplanes flying overhead while having frozen pizza for dinner.
- Watch Anaconda at home.
Day 1 (March 15)
- Prepare house for floor refinishing while away.
- Plenty of time to pack.
- 4:30p: Lyft to MSP.
- 6:50p: Flight DL162 to AMS
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Delicious breakfast and coffee at Kek in Delft.
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Sticker spotting.
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Delft, Netherlands.
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Catching train to Delft for the day! This was supposed to be day two so tiredness will be real.
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Fun running into former colleagues Sam and Andy on our flight to AMS.