Jamie Thingelstad

Travel

Detailed travel logs and trip journals live here. Expect day‑by‑day itineraries (e.g., our Switzerland & Italy trip) with weather notes, meals and family anecdotes, plus posts on museum visits, road‑trips and cruises.

We went back to Mad Machines and completed the Time Machine room. This room is ranked 39th in the world and had incredible effects and awesome puzzles as well. Incredible job to the designers at Mad Machines! Room 52!

Four people in red Roman togas and grape-leaf crowns pose playfully with props in a teal escape room corridor.

Tyler and I were having fun watching the max speed of our train back to Milan. Hit 245 km/h or 152 miles/h. Felt fast! 🚄

We completed the Birth Machine room at Mad Machines in Milan, Italy! This is the 4th ranked escape room in the world and we had a great time. The subject of the room was fun and “unique”, and the puzzles were so well done! 🧩 Room 51!

Four people posing with a large teddy bear and soccer ball on foam alphabet floor tiles in a colorful escape room.

Having a cappuccino at Albergo La Soglina with the mountains, luggage ready, getting some tasks done before we start our travel to Milan.

  • 🚌 B 632 Bus to Promontogna
  • 🚌 B 4 Bus to Chiavenna
  • 🚊 R 10165 Train to Colico
  • 🚊R 2825 Train to Varenna
  • 🚊Train to Milan

With four heavy suitcases. 💪🧳

Laptop and cappuccino on an outdoor terrace table with luggage nearby, overlooking an Alpine village and dramatic mountain peaks.