After a 9-month hiatus, we are back traveling the globe with our first vacation of 2023. But before we got today we should remember that this is a similar trip we had planned in 2020 that was of course canceled due to COVID. After a significant amount of planning, we are off for 10 days in Brazil and Argentina. We began the trip on Thursday, April 20th after a half day of work. I met Jenn back at our apartment where I dropped off Frasier to go to Far Fetched and we jumped into an Uber a little after 3 PM. I am not sure what was going on with our Uber driver but he decided to take the slowest route possible and we made it to JFK a little before 5 PM. A long drive.

It was only two months ago that we had to cancel our trip to Italy & Switzerland following my work trip when Jenn got COVID. The earliest sign that something was off for Jenn was a rash that spread from head to toe over a few days. Yesterday that same rash came back in a few small spots on her legs and unfortunately this morning it spread a bit more.

When I pictured Copenhagen in my head I pictured cold cloudy days with random showers. Luckily we hit it just right and got another perfect day. I’ll never forget opening the blinds in our stunning hotel room this morning looking out on crystal clear skies. We couldn’t have asked for a better day to go exploring.

This trip is all about early morning departures. Today we had our alarms set for 4 AM and by 4:30 AM we were out of the Hotel Excelsior and in a crazy taxi to take us to the Dubrovnik Airport. The Dubrovnik airport doesn’t open until 5 AM and we arrived a few minutes before then, dropped off our bags right when they opened and were at our gate a few minutes before we were supposed to board our 6:15 AM flight to Zagreb.

One thing I love about this trip specifically is that Jenn and I spent a lot more time thinking about how we wanted the days to flow to ensure we got to relax and enjoy these spectacular places. After an 8+ hour wine tour, we knew we’d want to keep it light today.

Over the last five years, Jenn and I have become more and more interested in wine. We’ve done several wine clubs and I tend to bother Jenn with interesting facts about the wines we drink. We also have found going on wine tours in different countries to be some of the best tours we’ve taken.