I spent Sunday wandering around Paris and checking out a few things I haven’t seen before in my previous trips there. I started my day with my Parisian ritual: a croissant and Orangina in the park behind Notre Dame. Them I headed to the Luxembourg Garden, a place I can’t… Read more
I began the second day of my trip with a morning walk in London. My train to Paris left at noon so I took advantage of being up early (from lovely jetlag) and wandered down to Buckingham palace and around the Royal Quarter. After heading back to my hotel and… Read more
I am home from my long weekend trip to London and Paris and I’m going to start my Day by Day posts from the trip. While this trip was for work, I also got a chance to explore both Paris and London a bit more, if only for a short… Read more
To start the week and end my day by day posts from our trip, I leave you with our last day in beautiful Paris. Our final day in Paris is always a sad one for me and every time I’m in the city it gets harder and harder to leave!… Read more
We returned to Paris at the end of our trip for a day and a half. The evening we returned from Nice to Paris, we took Nick’s family to one of our favorite restaurants in Paris, St. Regis on the Ile St. Louis. It’s a picturesque little French bistro with… Read more
On our last day in New York, we had to leave our hotel around 2pm to head to the airport, so we stayed close to our Midtown hotel on Park Avenue. We started our day with New York bagels at Daniel’s Bagels, toasted bagels with mounds of whipped cream cheese…. Read more
Our third day in New York, we woke up very sore from walking so much and started our day slowly with a trip to Midtown for Nick to check out B&H Photo (a huge photo superstore) and I had coffee with a friend of mine that lives in New York…. Read more
Our first day in New York City began around 4pm when we arrived at our hotel after traveling. I had booked our hotel so long ago, I had sort of forgotten where exactly it was located and what sort of decor it would be, but when we arrived, I remembered… Read more
Our last day in Paris came way too soon and this trip was the first that I really wasn’t ready to head home. For some reason this time, whether it was the gorgeous Spring weather or the need for more rest, more inspiration, I had a really hard time leaving…. Read more
Paris in the springtime is unlike any other time of year and there was almost an air of freshness, in the people, in the trees, in the whole feeling of the city. We happened to spend a few days in Paris as great warm weather rolled in and everybody was… Read more
It’s no secret that I love Paris, no secret that it’s Nick and my’s favorite place to go, no secret that it’s a gorgeous place. So when we’re ever in the area, we always make a stop in Paris and it’s becoming quite a nice tradition we have. In October… Read more
Our second day in London was even better than the first, as we slept in and woke up to a beautiful blue sky sunny day. London comes alive when it’s nice weather and everyone was really enjoying the Spring day. We got up, got ready and grabbed a cab and… Read more
Nick and I had been through London before on our honeymoon a year and a half ago and stayed there for a week. We really enjoyed the city and as I had started looking a few months ago to book our next trip, I wanted to try the direct Seattle… Read more