Travel Log

Travel Log: Europe 2024 Pyrenees and San Sebastian

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Pyrenees

This has been on my bucket list for so long! Ironically it rained during most of our stay but we made the best of it. We stayed in the most cozy yurt, and found that a fun rainy activity was exploring the caves. The Pyrenees is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to, I can’t believe people live in this paradise!

We stayed in this little yurt, which was essentially 10/10 glamping. Despite the treacherous road to get here, we would come back in a heartbeat

San Sebastian

We crossed over to Spain arriving in San Sebastian.

Influenced by Anthony Bourdain (he has said there is no better place to eat in Europe!) we went on a mission to eat all the pintxos and basque cheesecake we could find.

This unbelievably beautiful city has it all. The natural beauty with beaches and hills with car free Parte Vieja (Old Town) nestled in, it was truly a delight to wander around and get lost.

It was my first time exploring Basque Country. I did try learning some basic phrases in Euskara: Kaixo! Zer moduz? but I found it was best to just struggle with Spanish lol.

Amazing meal at Arzak which I had been fantasizing about since seeing Anthony Bourdain’s A Cooks Tour. It is an exquisite modern take on Basque cuisine and we even got to meet Elena Arzak whom I admire. Definitely one for the books!

Travel Log: Europe 2024 Loire Valley and Bordeaux

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Loire Valley

Exploring more of France, now venturing out to Loire Valley. We visited Chateaus, went wine tasting, and even had a spa day.

Sitting in Café Corbon, enjoying an amazing meal, we told our waiter Antoine how special everything felt here. He shrugged with a grin, saying, 'This? This is everyday! It should not be only for special times..'

Love it! Thank you for the reminder Antoine!

We loved our stay at Auberge du bon Laboreur and enjoyed a lovely dinner there. Worth a visit!

Bordeaux

One of my 2024 goals was to learn all about wine. Not sure if I’ve gotten very far with this goal lol, but hoping my visit to Bordeaux somewhat makes up for months of slacking.

With how extensive the Cite du Vin is, we did learn so much!

My favorite were the smelling tubes (if these have a different name please let me know!) There was one with literal animal scents and this poor unsuspecting lady went up to it, smelled it and went “Bleck!” very loudly. She and I had a good laugh about it but my morbid curiosity went right up in that after her. Gotta love that animal or wet dog aromas which you might find with certain reds or aged wines. (I’m not quite sure I love it just yet lol)

Travel Log: Europe 2024 Paris and London

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Paris, France

My love for this city runs fierce. I’ve been fortunate to spend a lot of time here and I continue to visit every year. Despite my abhorent french (working on that) and some tough times that I’ve faced in this city (more on that someday, perhaps), I always make a point to keep returning.

There is lots of great food in France but wanted to highlight this amazing meal at Restaurant Kozo!

London, UK

I am less familiar with London, but love visiting nonetheless. It is an amazing city and in a way reminds me of visiting a city like New York for the first time. How everything is already so familiar because you recognize it all from films and books. (My favorite is Paddington Bear lol)

However I’m slowly carving out my own stories and adventures in London. I’m actually starting to find myself daydreaming of living here someday!

Travel Log- Europe 2023 Photo Dump

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Paris

London

Vienna

Switzerland