Made a trip to Milan. Again. (check out the previous time here) And again, I decided to overdress for Italy’s fashion capital in a brand new pair of sneakers. Speaking of being a fashion capital, the likes of New York, Paris and Tokyo, Milan is home to Prada, Versace, and Armani. But I’d never know…
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A question I get a lot: Where do you want to go next? It’s always hard to answer. But I know I definitely want to get back to Japan. I got to spend 36 hours in Tokyo, and it was not enough! Scroll down for a taste of my mini visit. Tokyo was known as…
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After Barcelona and Sitges, our next stop was Vienna, the City of Music! I was about 6 months pregnant during this trip, so the baby definitely heard all the classical music we heard at the opera. The view from the rooftop of the Ritz. For Austria, Vienna is a huge city. It’s home to 25%…
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From Barcelona, we took a short train ride to the quaint beach town, Sitges. Known for art and culture, perched on the Mediterranean Sea, is home to historical sites and nightlife. Iglesia de San Bartolomé y Santa Tecla The baroque temple on the edge of the sea in the middle of town dates back to…
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Our second stop after Munich: a week in Barcelona. Talk about a city I loved spending an extended amount of time in. It was so much fun to explore with a little more time to settle in. We stayed in Old Town (aka Ciutat Vella), which was perfectly charming and wonderfully historic. Our hotel was…
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2 of the 12 giant guardians protecting the temple: Maiyarap and Wirunchambang Welcome to Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha in English)–the most sacred Buddhist temple in all of Thailand. Construction began in the late 1700s. Since it’s creation, future dynasties and kings continued to work on this incredible structure, to gain religious…
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Amer Fort, perched atop the hilltops of Amer, Rajasthan, sits one of the most striking places I visited in India. When I went to the Taj Mahal, I knew it’d be great. But this old palace was such an unexpected surprise. In the valley below the old walls sits Maota Lake, reflecting the yellow structure.…
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Years have felt less year-like. In the time warp following 2020, there’s just pre-pandemic and post-pandemic. Dates seem to drip, flowing without delineation into a blur. That’s why it took be so long to pull this year in review together. It’s a tradition I’ve kept since 2012 that usually brings me a lot of joy…
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And now, the final stop on my tour of the South of France: Èze. But first I’d like to mention what a pleasure driving has been. The country roads are just as fun as exploring the towns along the way: from vineyards to lavender fields to intensely blue waters. Èze, referred to as the eagle’s…
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For about 12 rainy hours, I enjoyed one of Europe’s favorite summer getaways. But it wasn’t summer and it wasn’t sunny. However, in no way did that prevent me from enjoying the beautiful beach town of Nice, France. The soaking wet streets reminded me of Paris. Sure, it looks wonderfully old and quaint. But Nice…
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