Travel Log: Europe 2024 Loire Valley and Bordeaux

September 01, 2024 in Travel Log

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!

our buddy K roaming around Chenonceau with us. There were lots of beautiful trails around the forest

We booked the sauna at our Auberge and made a day of it, I wish I could go back!

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)

“Wine not?” I’m so sorry for the dad joke

Cite du Vin

One of my favorite exhibits at Cite du Vin, The Dinner Party

My partner is a sauterne lover, so we did a tasting at Chateau Guiraud

Mornings at our lodging. With the most wonderful host Nicole. Her place was so beautiful and well designed. She is such a sweet, incredible human, I have decided I want to be her when I grow up :)

Travel Log: Europe 2024 Paris and London

August 22, 2024 in Travel Log

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.

The Seine at sunset

Louvre at night

Sacre Coeur

Musee de Monmartre, one of my favorites

Le Samaritan

Lol some of the randomness at Samaritan

remnants of the Olympics

Pastry break!

traveling with only a backpack means a lot of black outfits

Musee Rodin

Tea time at Wistaria Paris

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!