Paris is one of those cities that has a million things to do and see and often first time travelers to the City of Light get stressed out about all the things they feel they should see while there. It’s easy to go overboard planning all the attractions and monuments… Read more
We’re home from our quick weekend escape and work trip in Honolulu and back getting on track here at home again. I’ve been wanting to do this post for a while and today seems like the perfect day to do it while I get all our Hawaii photos gathered for… Read more
As I mentioned yesterday, we’re heading back to my favorite city in the world, Paris, in just a few months and I can’t get my mind off our upcoming trip lately! So today, we’re reveling in France just a little bit more. I loved doing my post a couple weeks… Read more
It’s no secret on this blog that I adore Paris and France in general and miss it dearly in between visits. Three months from today I’ll be back roaming the streets of my beloved Paris and as I’m getting anxious for our next visit to the City of Light, I… Read more
There are some places in the world that you just have to experience with your own eyes, that pictures don’t do them justice and that the feeling of being there is more amazing than anything you can imagine. Certain monuments throughout the globe offer those life changing experiences and in… Read more
When life gets busy, it’s often easy to forget to make time for spending time with your partner and as Nick and I have traveled around the world, there are definitely spots that feel more romantic than others. Generally the places that make you slow down and just spend quality… Read more
It’s October, my favorite month of the year! Partially due to the fact that my birthday is this month, but also because I love this time of the year, the colors are changing, the rain is falling and my coats are out in full swing. So for a number of… Read more
I’ve been wanting to post this article for a couple weeks now and wrote most of it when I first got home from my solo trip to Europe earlier this month. But the more I thought about it, I really wanted to let my feelings on the topic of solo… Read more
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
Hotel Le Notre Dame – Paris, France See more Reviews! This hotel has become our “regular” hotel in Paris if you will. We’ve stayed here for several of our trips to Paris and will continue to stay here for many years to come I’m sure. This hotel, while small, offers… 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
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