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You can find the Vlog on YouTube!  Traveling during the holiday season is always a busy time of year, but the 2021-2022 holiday travel season felt like it was on another level of chaos this year. Thousands of flights were canceled per day (starting the week prior to Christmas, and affecting flights through the first week of January). Not only were there just more passengers traveling than usual, but flight crews were calling out sick due to Covid-19 exposures, and snow and ice created even more delays and cancellations in many parts of the country - including SeaTac!
Of course, flying home to see family is always worth the stress that can come with traveling. And flying in general (especially during the holiday season!), just requires you to prepare for the unexpected and to stay flexible. With that in mind, we also believe that exercising empathy was the key to us surviving a holiday travel season as chaotic as 2021’s, and we believe that our patience was rewarded with good karma this year – landing us our very first, first-class experience with Alaska Airlines! (Yes - even our cat, Sherbert, flew first class with us!)
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You can find our Greece Honeymoon series on YouTube!  August 15-August 21, 2021
Our Honeymoon in Santorini, Greece: What We Saw/What We Ate in Oia To hear about our first international trip to Europe as a married couple, quiet sunrises paired with cappuccinos, unbelievable sunsets paired with bubbly champagne, breathtaking views of white-washed buildings and blue domes, fresh greek yogurt with honey, and a week’s worth of relaxation and photos -- keep on reading! If you asked us three years ago, “Where is your dream honeymoon destination?” Santorini, Greece would’ve been at the very top of our list.  I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news… but I have to admit that it’s utterly impossible to explore the entirety of Boston all in one day. That said, the good news is that you can fit in a ton of Boston charm into one full day, because of how walkable the city is!
Maybe you have a Sunday free to drive to downtown, or maybe you’re on a New England road trip and can only spare 12-24 hours in America’s Walking City - based on places we've experienced for ourselves, here’s what I recommend you see and do while you’re visiting Boston, MA for a day!  We created the ULTIMATE New England Bucket List! Here’s a list of 50 things we want to see and do before our military contract in the Northeast comes to a close. Let us know if we have any Bucket List activities in common, if you’ve crossed any off of your list already, or if you have additional suggestions!
So far, we've completed 21 out of 50 (42% complete!). Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Non-State Specific *Disclaimer: Since we're based in Massachusetts, it's a little more MA-focused!*  It's all a bunch of HOCUS POCUS! ;) With Salem, Massachusetts less than an hour away, we decided to spend a witchy morning at 6 Hocus Pocus Filming Locations! This was our first experience in Salem, MA during the Halloween season so we didn’t know quite what to expect. To hear about our experience wandering around a city infused with Halloween spirit and tons of history -- keep on reading!
1. Allison's House - 318 Essex Street, Salem, MA 2. Town Hall (Halloween Party) - 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA 3. Max's High School - 61 S Washington Square, Salem, MA 4. Max and Dani's House - 4 Ocean Avenue, Salem, MA 5. Thackery Binx's House - 31 West Avenue, Salem, MA 6. Old Burial Hill Cemetery - Orne Street, Marblehead, MA You can find our New England Travel Vlog on YouTube!  Given that this is our very first time experiencing fall in New England, Lucas and I decided to go searching for some fall foliage! To hear about our adventure to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and the charming town of Woodstock, Vermont -- keep on reading!
You can find the Travel Vlog of our Road Trip on YouTube!  August 31-September 5, 2020
Our Cross-Country Road Trip from Seattle to Boston! (WE MOVED TO THE EAST COAST!) To hear about an adventure consisting of: 3500 newly acquired miles on our odometer, Sherbert’s car-ride experience, a scenic drive through Yellowstone, Chicago snacks, and all 13 state signs along the way -- keep on reading! (But buckle up -- it’s a long trip!!) Rather suddenly, Lucas received military orders for a permanent change of station in Boston, Massachusetts by early September. Given that our wedding occurred in early August, the new orders only allowed us for 1 month of preparation in-between before moving to the other side of the country. With the military’s assistance coordinating most of our belongings through a moving service, we decided to embrace the unique opportunity to drive coast-to-coast across the entire United States of America! Based on my research, most people recommended 1-2 weeks minimum when driving across the country. If we had the time to do so, we definitely would have taken more time to soak in more cities. Although we were excited to explore along the way, we were even more eager to settle into our temporary home. Therefore, we spent only six days total driving from Seattle to Boston.  November 14-17, 2019
I Bought My Plane Tickets 3 Hours Before My Flight Across the Country… Here’s Why! To hear about an adventure consisting of: military love, Uber-recommended agendas, the National Aquarium, Baltimore crab cakes, a train ride, Washington D.C. monuments and museums, and SPONTANEITY AT ITS FINEST -- keep on reading!  September 20-21, 2019
My Birthday Spent in Napa Valley, California! To hear about an adventure consisting of: my 24th birthday, a sunny weekend in the sunshine state, my high-volume/high energy Filipino family, an underground cave, the best grape juice, a gondola ride, and a castle -- keep on reading!  September 17-20, 2019
4 Days + 4 National Parks + 3 States = Part 1 of my Birthday Road Trip! To hear about an adventure consisting of: a road trip from Washington through Oregon to California, two awesome parents, a foggy day at Crater Lake, a rainy day at Redwood, a snowy day at Lassen Volcanic, and sunny days at Yosemite -- keep on reading! |
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