February In Paris: A Brief Photo Tour.

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I spent Valentine’s Day weekend in Paris, France this year, sadly without Dan (SORRY DAN)! It was a girl’s weekend, and we had the best time. I will be posting more about what we did, where we ate, how Paris is in February (spoiler alert, it was amazing and 60 degrees and sunny!), and how you can recreate our itinerary, but for now, here is a snippet of some of my favorite pictures!

First up, la tour Eiffel at sunset. Valentine’s color schemed.

Macarons at Laduree.

60 degrees at la tour Eiffel actually on Valentine’s Day.

Pretty rugs on a private tour at Versailles.

Le Louvre.

Truffle cheese, french bread, and wine.

The little hens on the trip. On top of Galleries Lafayette at the Ice Cube Bar.

O’Paris Pub in Versailles. A great post-Versailles break with outdoor seating.

The group at dinner at 58 Tour Eiffel.

Winged Victory.

Parisian fried chicken.

Swoon.

Les Jardins de Versailles.

Love an old French advert.

Cute restaurant that was there when I lived in the 11th!

Pretty Parisian buildings.

Another pretty restaurant.

Le Tabac.

Notre Dame de Paris.

View from the top of le Centre Pompidou.

Midnight at la tour Eiffel. Post dinner, drinks, and a visit to the top!

The Greatest Beerfest In All Of The World – My Take On Oktoberfest

15/09/201614/09/2016wareontheglobe 5 Comments

Just in time for Dan and my third Oktoberfest, here is my take on the greatest beerfest in all of the world! We will be there the second week and are also attending the Cannstatter Volksfest in Stuttgart! Prost!

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My Day In St. Emilion Without a Tour Company!

01/09/201601/09/2016wareontheglobe 5 Comments

As you may know from reading my Wine Cruising to Sauternes post, there are, to many tourists surprise, no vineyards or wine châteaux in the city of Bordeaux! All of the châteaux that make the famous “Bordeaux wine” are located in designated areas around Bordeaux. St. Émilion is one of those areas and in my opinion, is the easiest and best Bordeaux wine region to visit on your own (i.e. without joining a tour) from Bordeaux!

St. Emilion vineyards

St. Émilion is world renowned for its full-bodied red wines. But St. Émilion is also an extremely well preserved medieval town that is complete with a unique system underground passageways, wine cellars and even an underground church! As you can imagine, St. Émilion is a very popular day trip from Bordeaux and all of the tour companies offer day trips to St. Émilion from Bordeaux, starting €80,00/person and going up from there. However, St. Émilion is easily accessible from Bordeaux by train on your own, so that is what we did. St. Émilion was my favorite day trip out of Bordeaux and a “must do” for anyone in the area!

Medieval St. Emilion

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A Weekend Retreat in La Rochelle, France

19/07/201620/07/2016wareontheglobe 3 Comments

La Rochelle is a beautiful French seaside town located on the mid-Atlantic coast in the Charente-Maritime province of France, and I just got back from spending a long weekend there! La Rochelle is known to be popular with French vacationers, particularly Parisians. However, it is not very well-known in the US, and I probably would never have visited La Rochelle except my college (yay University of Richmond!) had a study abroad program there (I opted for Paris) – and I have a “map of France” t-shirt from Anthropologie that features La Rochelle… In addition to being featured on an Anthropologie shirt, La Rochelle is quite historical, as it has been around since antiquity, and is the port from which French settlers left for the new world (i.e. Quebec!).

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Club S.E.A., Sala Pergolesi, Malpensa Airport, Milan: Airport Lounge Review

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Malpensa Airpot is a huge airport about an hour outside of Milan. Malpensa handles a lot of international flights, while Milan’s other airport, Linate, handles domestic and regional flights. If you are flying into or out of Italy, there is a good change that you will go thorough Malpensa. Here are some pictures of Milan, which as a side note, warrants at least day to see the sites (Milan is home to my favorite duomo)!