Escape Room
This section chronicles our family’s love of escape rooms, from cracking a record 23 rooms in 2025 (82 total since 2016) to quirky trip logs detailing each puzzle, travel stop and post‑game reflection. It’s an ever‑growing diary of teamwork, hints and shared victories.
- 9:00a: Depart Airbnb
- Take L5 and L4
- 9:40a: Arrive at Paella Cooking class
- Go to market with cooking class
- Make Paella, Spanish Omelette, Roasted vegetables for lunch in class
- Jamie enjoys the red wine
- Wrap up class enjoying Chicken and Shrimp Paella
- Get Tyler a crepe (he wasn’t into paella)
- Make way to Nomad Coffee Bar for delicious espresso and cappuccino
- Tammy and Mazie explore shops a bit
- Tyler and Jamie go to Gemeria to be there when they re-open at 4:30p to see about Pokémon cards
- Gameria is a complete bust but Arco TCG across the street is amazing
- Pokémon exploring, reconnect with Tammy and Mazie
- Take 210 bus many stops into suburbs of Barcelona (note: 210 bus is blue and our cards don’t work but we are allowed on the bus)
- Do Londium Escape Room — #7 in the world!
- Try to return on 210 bus but driver notes our cards don’t work and no go
- Jamie calls Taxi via Uber to get back to city
- 8:15p: Attempt to arrive early to Ali Ocakbaşı for 9p reservation, no go.
- Tyler gets a muffin at bakery that Mazie goes to by internship
- Walk to LearnLife to see where Mazie is interning
- Mazie and Tyler return visit to bakery
- 8:50p We all write up our Londium experience for Escaping Things
- 9:00p Dinner at Ali Ocakbaşı
- Return to Airbnb via L5
- Jamie goes in, Tammy, Mazie and Tyler decide to get a stuffed churro at 10:30p
- Sadly, stuffed churro place is closed. Everyone returns to Airbnb.
- Mazie and Jamie get coffee, tea and baked goods before Mazie goes off to school.
- Tammy on morning run. Tyler relaxes at Airbnb.
- Delightful brunch at Billy Brunch.
- return to Airbnb to get Tammy’s metro pass that she forgot
- Take V21 and V19 buses to Park Güell
- 12:26p get tickets for Park Güell stuff
- Explore Park Güell
- Walk to L1 stop for train
- Stopped into Arte Vistas Gallery
- Go to Picasso Museum Barcelona
- Stopped into Brunells Patisserie for an amazing Croissant de Nata
- Explore Latin District and various shops
- Attempt to find another pastry at another shop but decided to return to Brunells and have another try there with a capuccino this time.
- Walk to our 2nd to last escape room on this trip
- Do Jurassic at Golden Pop! First escape room we’ve gotten dirty doing.
- Take L7 train from Plaza Catalunya to El Puxet
- Meet Christina and Natalie and visit Mazie’s home stay!
- Bring new suitcase loaded with stuff to return home from Mazie’s stay, and get Mazie packed up for Croatia trip with Tammy
- Return to Airbnb on L7 and L5.
- Tammy turns in for the night, Jamie, Mazie, and Tyler return to Pink Buda for a “Barcelona dinner” at 10p.
- Return to Airbnb along the Sagrada Família.
- 6:00a wake up
- 7:00a depart Airbnb
- M1 to Gare de Lyon
- 7:42a Valence TGV train from Paris to Barcelona
- Comfortable and long train ride to Barcelona
- 2:34p Arrived Barcelona
- Get 4 day transit tickets
- Take Metro L5 from Sants Estacio to Sant Pau
- Walk to Airbnb and check in
- Head to Pink Buda for smash burgers.
- Met Mazie outside of Sagrada Família
- Took tour of Sagrada Familia and went up to Nativity Tower. Jamie was plenty anxious about heights.
- In awe of the Sagrada Familia and the beauty of it all.
- Return to Airbnb.
- Walked to XURRERIA SAGRADA FAMILIA for incredible filled churros!
- Do The Brewery escape room at Enigmik.
- Return to Airbnb and sleep.
- Jamie up and playing around with Escaping Things website
- Tammy goes on a run
- 9:00a Depart for Escape Room
- 9:11a Miromesnil to Stalingrad
- The Taxidermist — amazing escape room
- 11:51a Metro from Stalingrad
- Incredible lunch at Ladurée
- Walk along the Champs-Elysee to Arc de Triomphe
- Explore Arc for a while
- Look for high-end coffee shop or good boulangerie and sadly didn’t find what we wanted
- Return to Airbnb to drop off things
- 4:31p Metro from Miromesnil to Eiffel Tower
- Explore Eiffel Tower area
- Tyler and Tammy get tickets to walk up stairs to first level
- Jamie realizes not enough time to take elevator and avoid fear of heights
- Tyler and Tammy come back down
- Bateaux Parisiens dinner cruise on the Seine. Very fancy!
- Take in the Eiffel Tower at night all lit up.
- 7:57p Metro from Trocadêro back to Airbnb
- Pack and prepare to leave for Barcelona tomorrow
- 9:45p Learn that Tyler was accepted to go Edina High School Japan trip in 2027!
- Rest a bit in the morning in the Airbnb.
- Walk to crêpe stand on Champs-Élysées for breakfast
- Stop at Cojean for cappuccino on way to Metro
- 10:16a M9 from Miromesnil to Puerte St Cloud
- Walk to Parc des Princes
- Stadium tour of Paris Saint-Germaine
- Shopping at PSG Store: Tyler Jersey, Tammy Sweatshirt, Jamie scarf.
- 1:08p Take M10 Boulogne — Jean Jaurès to Mobillion
- 1:35p Burgers for lunch at Specimen
- Walk around neighborhood exploring
- Visit Notre Dame during day
- Stop at Merveilleux
- Coffee at Strada
- 3:31p M10 Cardinal Lemoine to escape room
- Galactic Mission Escape Room
- Saw super cool race car simulator place
- Walk to Gem La Patisserie for Macarons, but sadly they had closed early
- 6:08p Quatre-Septembre
- Visit Le Coin Des Barons — Pokémon shop in Paris!
- Cookie at Ben’s Cookies
- 7:13p M1 Hôtel de Ville to Arc de Triomphe
- Return to Airbnb
- Tammy goes for run
- Jamie returns to Sango for delicious coffee
- 10:00a Pat’s Poffertjes for Dutch Pancakes.
- Hustle back to Hendrick’s Hotel to get luggage and checkout.
- Hustle to Amsterdam Central.
- 11:10a Eurostar train to Paris.
- 2:55p Arrive in Paris at Gare du Nord.
- Take M4 to Strasbourg — Saint-Denis then M9 to Miromesnil.
- 3:50p check into Airbnb.
- 4:35p CONNECT WITH MAZIE!
- Walked to dinner along the Siene.
- Delicious pizzas at Senza Nome.
- Explore and experience the Louvre at night.
- Macaron stop at Laduree.
- Walked to Notre Dame.
- Took the M4 to the escape room.
- Escaped from Revolt at Lock Academy.
- Took the M9 back to the Airbnb.
- 11:50p Return to Airbnb
- Tammy goes for run while Jamie showers and Tyler sleeps
- Sub-par and over-priced breakfast, but convenient location. Tyler and Tammy try Dutch pancakes that are similar to crepes.
- The Alchemist escape room.
- Walk around Central Amsterdam
- Visit Tony’s Chocolonely Super Store
- coffee at Sango
- Canal Cruise
- Return to Tony’s Chocolonely Super Store to pick up custom chocolates
- Walk around Central Amsterdam some more
- One final stop at Tony’s Chocolonely Super Store.
- Train to Hilversum
- Dinner at Mout Food Hall
- Zoltan Speaks escape room
- Train back to Amsterdam
- Return to hotel for showers for Tammy and Tyler and a Bailey’s in the hotel bar for Jamie
- 6:30a Alarm to start day to Brussels
- Walk to Amsterdam Central
- 7:22a M52 Zuid metro
- 8:04 Eurocity Direct to Brussels
- 10:08 Arrive in Brussels
- Walk to Grand-Place
- Brussels waffles at Maison Dandoy
- fancy waffle as Maison fancy
- Mok Studio
- Chocolate: ??, ??
- Get to escape room: M1 Stockel, M7 Vanderkinder
- 2:00p Botanist Manor escape room! Amazing. Ran long.
- Uber to next week event, no time.
- 4:30p Chocolate Making Workshup
- 6:30 speed walk to Pokémon card store
- 6:50 final minutes at Xx before they close
- Walk to bus to go to dinner
- Get on M89 bus going wrong way
- Recognize mistake, get of bus, request Uber
- Dinner at Wolf Food Hall. Tyler and I have smashburgers. Tammy has
- Uber to Brussels Zuid train station.
- Get last Leige waffles before leaving Brussels
- 8:49p Depart Eurocity train to Amsterdam Zuid
- 10:46p Arrive Amsterdam Zuid station
- taxi back to Hendricks Hotel
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Escape in Europe — Day 13
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Escape in Europe — Day 12
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Escape in Europe — Day 11
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Escape in Europe — Day 10
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Escape in Europe — Day 9
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We are just over half of our escape rooms done for our Escape in Europe trip. The Alchemist was my favorite so far. We’ve got some highly ranked TERPECA rooms coming up though.
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Escape in Europe — Day 6
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I’m very happy with how our Escaping Thjngs website has shaped up. It showcases our escape room history in fun ways, including special support for trips like our current Escape in Europe 12-room trip. More to come!
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Escape in Europe — Day 5
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