After four wonderful days exploring Madrid, I boarded an overnight train to Lisbon, eager to get to the city I fell in love with from a travel show. Arriving in Portugal, I was tired but energized, anxious to soak up another new location and culture for four days before heading back to Madrid and ...
Four Days in Madrid
When you book a ticket to Europe on a whim at a dirt cheap price, rest assured that the travel included in said tickets is not glamorous. I did my best to prepare for the elongated, exhausting trip to get me there: a 6a flight to Washington, DC then a whole day to hang out until my 6p red-eye flight ...
Paris Part Sept (Marché Mouffetard, Jardin du Luxembourg and Home)
This is the final post in a seven-part series about my trip to Paris. Read the other posts here. My last day in Paris had finally arrived, much as I willed it not to. I was still pretending like the cold I was coming down with didn't exist, and I was determined to make the most of one last ...
Paris Part Six (The Louvre)
This is part six of a seven-part series on my trip to Paris. Read the other parts here. When I first moved to New York, one of my early adventures was spending an entire day at the Met. I walked every nook and cranny until my legs ached, soaking up gallery after gallery. On my first trip to ...
Paris Part Cinq (Place des Vosges, Le Marais…)
This is part five of a seven-part series on my trip to Paris. Read the other parts here. For those of you paying attention at home, by this point in Paris I've enjoyed quite a bit of food but - somehow - not a single croissant! That was quickly remedied on Friday morning when I walked just the ...