drockw1

We just got conditionally approved for Global Entry/NEXUS and looking for guidance with the interview process.

We depart for Calgary en route to Banff next Thursday, so I doubt this will even happen before that (gov't shutdown delayed our application a good bit) but has anyone gone through this before?

Any help is appreciated :cheers:

I think you're better off going from Lake Bled to Salzburg and skipping the Venice stop.

Bled>Salzburg is a 2 hr 45 min drive or perhaps upwards of 4-4.5 hours via public transit.

On one of our trips we went from Hallstatt, Austria to Venice and it was a long, hectic travel day...I think 8+ hours (In addition, it's going from somewhat serenity to a bit of chaos on the island...I'd probably save that for an Italy-specific trip)

Can't speak to getting around in Croatia but there's an easy train from Salzburg>Munich. I'd say 2 days/nights in Salzburg and 3 in Munich would be sufficient if you can make the itinerary work with that.

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It was standing room only at Finn’s today.

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Even as a Bayern fan it was a great atmosphere, better team won and Neuer was drunker than I was…best of luck to y’all the rest of the way and hoping we are on opposite sides of the bracket in the spring :cheers:

FBD is Lunch for two after some ribs in Memphis

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Would you fly into Miami and then rent a car and drive through the keys

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Went last January and few into EYW and then drove to MIA for the flight back to MSY...was sort of the best of both worlds.

Flying into Key West is super easy and is a nice way to hit the ground running. Cab/shuttle downtown is about 15 mins, so you'll be checked in and onto your plans within the hour.

Flying out of MIA allows the gorgeous drive up Hwy 1. We stopped in Islamorada for lunch at Morada Bay (the Netflix series Bloodline was filmed on site here). There was a little anxiety to make sure the rental didn't get into a fender bender once into Miami on the way to the airport but it was still a nice drive.

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Also how many days would be enough? 3? 4?

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I think 3 nights are enough for typical downtown stuff but an extra day for an excursion/boat day would be nice. (NOLA snowstorm cut our trip to Mile O Fest down to 2 nights and it certainly felt rushed...but now we have a reason to go back!)

The 19-20 squad that won during Covid was almost as good as 12-13, and all 3 teams under Pep were world class as well. I think this one is somehow still getting its legs in a few ways, but potential is there if they avoid injuries.

Lucho goes top shelf to make it 3 after a Kane sitter

I’ll be checking into this thread…

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XI:
Neuer © - Laimer, Upamecano, Tah, Guerreiro - Kimmich, Pavlovic - Karl, Olise, Díaz - Kane

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17 years old and starting in the CL…save some frauen for the rest of us, Lennart

MSY was a walk right up in the normal line at 8:15am today…I think the TSA Pre line was longer than ours.

I do think grounds crew challenges are a bigger issue. Sat on the tarmac for like 30 mins after landing at ORD because the gate still had a departing plane there

Bumping this thread since we are doing a similar trip for the Notre Dame-USC game this weekend with two kids (8 & 5)...we have friends in nearby Mishawaka who are hosting us.

Flying into ORD Friday morning and taking CTA downtown. Plan to take the South Shore Line 4pm train from Millennium Station to South Bend airport Friday afternoon. Can we buy these tickets now and then validate/activate on Friday before we hop on? Also, will they sell out and how far ahead of time should we get to the station?

Taking SSL train Sunday morning back to Chicago (looks like kids are free on that leg since it's weekend and non-peak hours). Will try to find a lunch spot the kids will enjoy somewhere in River North area. Not flying out til Monday morning.

Any help is appreciated :cheers: