As you may have seen, our Istanbul-to-Venice cruise started with a few days exploring Istanbul, Türkiye. When we travel, we always try to eat as much local food as possible. With just a few days in Istanbul and knowing the cruise ship would offer much more Western fare, we dove in headfirst. Here’s everything we ate…
We had four full days to explore Istanbul on our own before boarding the Norwegian Pearl for our cruise from Istanbul to Trieste, Italy, with stops in Greece, Croatia, Montenegro, and Slovenia. This adventure would be a marathon, not a sprint. We enjoyed leisurely breakfasts, didn’t rush to see everything, ate wonderful food, and took…
We always fly in a few days before our cruises or group tours because air travel has become so unpredictable. We also knew Istanbul had a lot to explore. So we arrived four days early to really dive into the city. Where We Chose To Stay We looked for a hotel close to major…
Now that we’ve finished our Spring 2025 blog series on our Tulip Time River Cruise and Disneyland Paris trip, it is time to move on to our Fall 2025 vacation. We choose many of our vacations to experience countries we haven’t traveled to before. So, this Eastern Mediterranean Cruise checked off quite a few new…
Finally, reporting on our April 2025 Gate 1 Travel, Tulip Time River Cruise with the addition of Paris, and the time we added to visit Disneyland Paris has come to an end. All that’s left to do is wrap up everything Disney. We love breaking things down into the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. …
If you’ve been following along with our Disneyland Paris adventure, we’ve covered the Disneyland Hotel, our time in Disneyland Park and Disney World of Adventure, and everything we ate during our trip. So, this blog post jumps into the “other stuff,” and what we discovered is that the one thing most of it had in…
Walt Disney Studios Park was rebranded as Disney Adventure World in March of 2026, after our visit. This coincided with the expansion of Adventure Way and World of Frozen. When we were there, there were many construction walls. The main entrance to Disney Studio 1 was still being transformed into World Premier Plaza, and we…
With just two parks to explore and staying at the Disneyland Hotel, right at Disneyland Park’s entrance, we were able to visit each park multiple times and really relax, stroll, and take it all in. The Lay of the Land The first thing you notice is that Disneyland Park has a Hub-and-Spoke layout with…
Bon Jour! In our previous blog post, we talked about getting to Disneyland Paris, the Disney Hotel options, and a bit about the parks there. In this blog, we’re jumping in with the hotel we chose, the Disneyland Hotel, as well as our room and the amenities. The Disneyland Hotel We knew from the…
If you’ve been following along on our journey, you know we spent the last three weeks in Amsterdam, took an incredible Tulip Time River Cruise with Gate 1 Travel, and wrapped up the tour package with a few days in Paris. However, we decided to tack on just a few more days to…