Travel No Jitters

Mon. April 8, 2019 - Thurs., April 11, 2019   Ahh! Our first experience in Panama. Up to this point I (MJ) had been many times to the airport, but had never been out of it. Anthony found these great flight deals, only catch was they were out of Miami. Well, we decided we’d make the drive from Orlando to Miami (about 4 hrs) and park our car down there. We found a Groupon for an offsite parking, and let’s just say, we said a little prayer as we left our car. It’s such a cool feeling landing somewhere new for the two of us. We had some ideas of things we wanted to do but focused on this being a relaxing trip. Here is the breakdown: Day 1 - Monday, April 8th: I walked into my very first Centurion Lounge. A monster was created in that one instance. Having traveled most of my life to that point I couldn’t believe I had been missing out on this luxury of traveling. Anthony had been holding out on me! To get in you have to have a certain American Express card. Let’s just say you walk i...

Thurs., Nov. 29, 2018 - Fri., Dec. 7, 2018 This is truly the trip that started it all! For this trip we left on a Thursday and l anded Friday. To get to our hotel we took the train from Gatwick to Paddington Station. From there we walked to our hotel: The Caesar . That was quite the adventure. We had quite a bit of luggage, we were sleepy and the walk was longer than expected. Surprised we survived that first little adventure. HA! Here is a bulleted list of our activities for that trip starting with the day we arrived: Anthony had made reservations at El&n Cafe . MJ had found them on Instagram as soon as flights were booked, and wanted to go. We took some adorable pics but the food was not as good as the decor. :) Then it was time to explore - we walked up and down Oxford Street, got some coffee, checked out a ton of stores, found a Starbucks for our collectible mug, and listened to Christmas in one of the metro stations. We also had the most epic meal at Gordon Ramsay’s Petrus....