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Departing CDG on way to MSP! ✈️

Porto 2026 — Day 2

9:00 a.m. Coffee for Jamie at C’alma Coffee Room 10:30 a.m. Brunch at CA Downtown 11:30 a.m. Alice Escape Room at Cubus Escape. We escape in 48:31 with no clues whatsoever! Go us. 12:30 p.m. Walk around Porto and do a little shopping, including visiting Mazie’s favorite store from the last time she was here :) Jamie tries on some shorts from Lacoste. 2:15 p.m. Get a Coke and a pastel…

Porto 2026 — Day 1

Land in AMS at 11:30 a.m. Brunch and explore the airport. Fly AMS to OPO on DL 9338. Sleeping is the main event on this flight. Land about 3:30 p.m. Metro to Airbnb Taste our first pastel de nata at Manteigaria! Settle into Airbnb Stop by Lost Inn Porto (Mazie’s hostel when she was here with Natalie on study abroad) and commemorate the visit with pictures. Walk to dinner at Pregar Baixa for…

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Porto at night. View from our Airbnb.

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Pasteis de Nata.

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Arrived in Porto, Portugal! 🇵🇹

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On layover in AMS on way to Porto!

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On our way to Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹 by way of Amsterdam. ✈️

Porto 2026 — Day 0

5:40p Lyft to airport Dinner at Shake Shack in MSP Airport Flight delayed 1 hour Take off 8:55 p.m. on DL 162 from MSP to AMS

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Excited for Noah Kahan at Target Field tonight!

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Printed these post caps. Perfect fit. PETG for outside and water use.

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Tammy and I celebrated our 24th anniversary with a wonderful dinner at Bûcheron tonight.

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I made this fun slab as a commemoration of the POAP KINGS , our Clash Royale clan, reaching 50 members for the first time recently. I love how well it turned out!

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From The Economist’s World in Brief today: OpenAI said that GPT‑5.6 Sol, a frontier model, and another unreleased model hacked into a software company’s system without being told to do so. The lab said the models escaped its testing environment, went online and stole login credentials for Hugging Face, an AI platform. Hugging Face said that it used a Chinese model to defend itself…

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Waiting for the doors to open for Semisonic with Humbird opening.

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Mazie sent this photo from Wilderness Canoe Base where she’s been guiding trips this summer. She is likely to be evacuated soon. The forest fires are just a few miles away. She said it was “raining ash”.

Seattle World Cup — Wednesday (Day 4)

Up early and checked out of Airbnb 7:45a Lyft to breakfast 8:00a 5 Spot in Queen Anne for breakfast 9:00a Running a bit early, so walk to Kerry Park for overlook 9:15a Check out the great view of Seattle 9:30a For fun take Lime scooters with luggage hanging off the side back to 5 Spot Val drives us to Sea-Tac DL 941 back to Minneapolis Lyft ride back home!

Seattle World Cup — Tuesday (Day 3)

Pastries from Le Panier 8:05a Lyft to Boeing Factory Tour; Meet Val 9:00a Boeing Future of Flight factory tour. Cool to see the largest building (by volume) in the world. 11:10a Val drives us back to the city Pokémon stop at Tabletop Village Walk to Gloom Coffee for a delightful Cortado and pour over Macron stop at ??? Walk to Airbnb, drop stuff off Lunch at Mr Waffle , Tyler wanted a return trip…

Seattle World Cup — Monday (Day 2)

Walk a block and return to Airbnb to tend to Jamie’s shoe problems Explore Pike Place for breakfast but still just opening First Mochi Waffles at Mr Waffle for breakfast. Tyler is a big fan. Coffee stop at Fonte Coffee Bill Speidel’s Underground Tour of Seattle. Cool history and funny delivery from the guide. Lunch at Serious Pie Get pastries for tomorrow at La Panier , and Macrons for…

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Iconic Seattle scene.

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Wonderful cortado at Gloom Coffee .

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POAP 7593072 at I passed through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) in 2026 .

Seattle World Cup — Sunday (Day 1)

DL 881 to Seattle Collect Seattle Airport POAP Lyft to Airbnb, water street steps Walk to FIFA store First Macron stop FIFA Store massively sold Walk to dinner through a not so great area up a giant hill Smash burgers at Secret Burger Kitchen . Good! Walk to The Spheres while exploring downtown Walk back to the Airbnb, noted Serious Pie

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The Norway v Brazil World Cup match is popular on this flight. ⚽️😂 Go Norway! 🇳🇴

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