![]() Well, as soon as we got back from Italy, the park seems to be overrun with people. There's a park just a few houses down where we take the dogs at least 5 times a day on walks. Since we've been living here for 7 months, it's been fairly quiet in our neighborhood. The pictures don't do it justice but I just had to share some of these with you.Īnd because I can't ever just have a blog post with some pictures in it, I'm going to tell you a quick story about life abroad. I grabbed my camera and my bike and we headed outside to capture some of this beauty. Little did we know we'd come back to this… We left 11 days earlier to head to Italy and the weather was rainy and cold. We got back from Italy mid day on a Sunday. The flowers are in full bloom everywhere and I think the dreary cold was worth it to see the flowers. But as soon as Spring hit, Heidelberg turned a new leaf- literally. Sometimes I would take the dogs out in leggings and a sweatshirt and I quickly realized that just wasn't going to work. So wearing gloves, on purpose, every day was a whole new challenge. Really, if it snowed (a whole inch or two) or just for the fun of it. ![]() Growing up in Dallas I wore gloves maybe a couple times a year. But then the cold hit and I didn't know what to do with myself. Being from Texas I was in awe of the pleasant temperatures outside. When we moved here last year it was September and the flowers were still out, the weather was lovely, and the castle was gleaming. But Heidelberg has totally changed it's tune with some of the most beautiful colors I've ever seen for Spring. Each room was unique from the others, and all are memorable in one way or another.I know I've complained a bit about the cold. None of the rooms with similar themes felt the same though, which was very nice. Not to call anyone out, but some of us were more scared than they’d like to admit.Ī few of the rooms we played did end up having similar themes, which was to be expected with the sheer quantity we were playing. One of the companies also runs a haunted house around Halloween time and they took us on a tour through it. We played rooms that took us on a ship into the ocean, rooms set in a castle, a near perfect replica of a bank, a realistic forest inside a building, and several rooms with surprising (and sometimes terrifying) twists. Without name dropping any places, some of our favorites had amazing sets, immersive sound design, and thrilling ambiance. With a grand total of 18 different games spanning 3 days, we experienced some of the best that Seattle has to offer, some of which are still over a year later, incredibly memorable. We went to Seattle with the intent of playing as many rooms as possible, and that we did. ![]() By the end we were closer friends, and had a better understanding of each other. ![]() It was definitely a learning experience, but it brought us closer together. Every night we would gather in the common area and talk through the rooms we’d played that day, eat, and get ready for another full day of games the next morning. We learned a lot about each other on that trip, like who snores, who’s difficult to wake up, who has different dietary restrictions, who’s willing and, more importantly, who’s unwilling to wash dishes. At the Airbnb we dropped our luggage off and headed out for days filled with as many escape rooms as we could possibly fit. It was a first train trip for some people, and we were in high spirits when we arrived at King Street Station. On the ride up we entertained ourselves with paper telephone, word games, and Mario Kart. We rented an Airbnb and in mid May we all piled into a train and set off. However, we were hardly prepared for the 3 days ahead of us. At Hour to Midnight we are no strangers to spending a large amount of time with the same few people, as on our busiest days we might be stuck in the control room with our coworkers for anywhere between 6-12 hours. ![]()
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