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.
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.
Escape in Europe — Day 6
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 …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Escape in Europe — Day 6I’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!
Escape in Europe — Day 5
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 …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Escape in Europe — Day 5Escape in Europe — Day 4
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 …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Escape in Europe — Day 4Escape in Europe — Day 3
9:50a Jamie up, enhancing Escaping Things site 10:25a Time to be up 11:30a Leave hotel to Central Station 11:44a Intercity Heerlen line to Utrecht 12:45p escape room! Amazing. Stroopwaffels warm and fresh first time. Plus a sugar waffle. Exploring Utrecht. Magical experience at …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Escape in Europe — Day 3Escape in Europe — Day 2
8:30a: Arrive in AMS. Not much sleep. Cleared passport control and collect baggage. Store luggage at airport. 9:46am: Dordrecht intercity train to Delft Breakfast and coffee at Kek. Explore Delft. 12:28p: Sprinter train to Haag Central Station. Sadly Escher museum is closed …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Escape in Europe — Day 2Escape in Europe — Days -1, 0, 1
Day -1 (March 13) 4:30p: Flight cancelled. 😞 Reschedule first escape room. Realize we will not be able to see Anne Frank museum now. Day 0 (March 14) Tyler drove to Ultimate Collectibles on his own. First solo drive! Recognize π day! Lunch at Yum! with pie. FaceTime with Mazie! …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Escape in Europe — Days -1, 0, 1I’ve been working on this new site, Escaping Things, that is the full index of all of our escape room history. It is one of my automatic programming projects. I’ve had Codex and Claude Code engaged on it. I just moved the data backend to Airtable too. Check it out! 🧩
Tyler wanted to do an escape room on his birthday so we went to Lock & Key Escape and completed the Quest for Excalibur! It was a fun room, not too challenging, with some delightful surprises along the way! Room 87!
