A week or so before my 30th birthday Jenn brought me a cup of coffee in a Starbucks mug we bought in Paris in 2014. She then proceeded to tell me as I spilled coffee on my lap that in only a couple of days we'd be taking a flight to Paris to celebrate my birthday. It's a moment in my life that I'll never forget. If anyone was ever to make a highlight video of my life, my 30th birthday trip would be in it.

Last year most of my siblings (outside of Ally) took a weekend trip to Catalina. It was such a hit that we decided to up the ante and go on a road trip over Memorial Day weekend. The genesis actually began as a gift for Jake (my younger brother) for his 26th birthday. One by one we all decided to tag along before there were six of us piled into a mini-van bright and early on Friday, May 26th. 

Jenn doesn't travel often for work, but when she does I try to tag along. We've been fortunate enough to go to some pretty incredible places like Seattle and Washington DC with these work trips. This year Jenn started a new job and sure enough a couple of months in and she was asked to go to a conference in Chicago a city we've never been to. We decided to take advantage of the opportunity and fly out a few days early and see what Chicago has to offer. 

The time has finally come. Jenn and I have decided on our big trip for 2017, and it's quite the adventure. As much as I wanted to make a return to Europe, we decided to continue exploring the world and spread our wings to new and interesting places in the world. So this November we will be departing LAX and going on a nearly month long adventure throughout Asia. 

For anyone hoping for a massive recap of our 25-day Europe adventure I'm sorry this post is not it, and quite frankly I'm not sure I could do any justice to what was easily the best trip we've ever taken. So instead this post is meant as a follow-up to our predictions post, where we guessed at what our favorite things from the trip would be. 

When I woke up this morning I'll admit I had a tough time coming to grips with the end of the trip. Being gone for nearly a month, I've just gotten accustomed to not having to work and take care of the stresses of day-to-day life. But like I did this morning, we will move past the tears for one more day, and enjoy our last full day in Nice.