Pokémon
- 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.
- 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
- 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
Tyler and I opened our first batch of Chaos Rising Pokémon packs and I pulled the chase card — Mega Greninja Gold!
Pokémon afternoon at Minnesota Card Show!
Stop at Dashu for some Japanese Pokémon packs.
Escape in Europe — Day 13
Escape in Europe — Day 9
Escape in Europe — Day 4
It is time to officially celebrate Pokémon Day. Rip ‘em!
Miscut Perrserker
Tyler and I enjoy collecting Pokémon cards together and one of the cards I collect is Perrserker, the Viking Pokémon. In fact, I’ve collected all the English cards and am well on my way to having all the Japanese cards. Just today I discovered that Perrserker is now in Pokemon Pocket too.
We decided to go to Northfield today as an excuse to get some more driving time for Tyler, and also Tammy loves Content Bookstore there, Tyler and I both like Games n’ Geek, and if I’m in the area it only seems appropriate to stop at Little Joy Coffee for a delicious Flat White.
I had Perrserker on the brain because of this mornings Pocket discovery, and Tyler and I both knew that Games n Geek had a very unique card a few months ago — a miscut Perrserker. They were asking a lot for it back then and I was wondering if they still had it in the case. They did!
I gave the card a close inspection. I’ve never bought a miscut and this one is really cool. These are all 1-of-1 cards so the price is hard to figure out, but I felt good with where they were now. So now in addition to my full collection of Perrserker I have this cool miscut one. I’m debating sending it in to PSA to get it graded — thinking I will.
Pokémon Pocket Collection at 100 Days
In September I started playing with Pokémon Pocket as the First Anniversary celebration was coming up. Tyler had been collecting on Pocket since launch day. The anniversary celebration had a ton of promotions associated as well as the limited edition Deluxe Pack ex. I did some in-app purchasing to get Poke Gold and help catch up a bit, I’ve also subscribed to the Premium Pass. I’ve created a pretty complete collection in the first 100 days.
Tons of Pokémon cards in this kiosk at MSP Airport — and only 400% more expensive than it should be! 💸😬
