I haven’t fully solidified my travel schedule for this year, however, I am consistent in the fact that I don’t find joy in traveling in January or February. With Minnesota winters, they can interrupt scheduled vacations. With that being the case, I like planning smaller trips throughout the first few months of the year. A few weekends ago, me and my husband went to stay with one of his friends from high school. They bought a house outside of Green Bay and I thought it would be fun to stay with them for the weekend.

I had only been to Green Bay once before which funnily enough was for this friend’s wedding back in 2021. We didn’t have time to fully explore downtown Green Bay. One of the first things we did was go to a local coffee shop which is fitting because I love coffee. After that, we went to Lambeau Field. I have done the stadium tour before, but I didn’t get to see the Hall of Fame. It was interesting! Lambeau Field carries so much in sports history. I mean the Lombardi trophy is named after Vince Lombardi, the Packer’s head coach in the 1960s. While I am still a Minnesota Vikings fan, I found myself torn to rooting for the Packers. It’s funny, we were in town the same weekend the Packers were playing in the playoffs. I figured that by me being in town, they would obviously win against the 49ers. This was not the case which was a huge bummer.

After touring Lambeau, we ended up brewery hopping for most of the day. One of my favorite breweries was Copper State Brewing Co. which is in downtown Green Bay. They had a good tap list and the cheese curds! Going to Wisconsin, you can’t not eat cheese curds, I mean c’mon. The cheese curds were so good. Curds and beer are a good combo.

It was a blast to be able to see our friends that we hadn’t seen in way too long. It reminds me how refreshing it is to take a mini-vacation, especially in January and February which are tough months in the Midwest to begin with.