Pre Flight-Drinks!
2024年5月27日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Arrived safe and sound at our first stay
2024年5月28日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Seine walk and Musée d’Orsay
2024年5月28日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Jet lag is a mindset!!! (Kidding, we are very tired but powered through). Such an exciting day getting to share my favourite museum and restaurant in Paris with Thomas. ❤️ A highlight for us todayもっと詳しく
Descending to the Land of the Dead
2024年5月29日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
This morning we took the metro south and did a tour through the French ossuary AKA the Catacombs. Learned about the underground limestone quarries, and the history of the millions of dead that liveもっと詳しく
Eiffel Tower afternoon and French dinner
2024年5月29日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
After a needed nap and some errand running to fix our blunder of bringing the wrong adapter (oops!), we went to the Eiffel Tower in the authentic Parisian gloom and rain…
We ate a lovely Frenchもっと詳しく
Montmartre and Sacré-Cœur morning
2024年5月30日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Got to share one of my favourite places in Paris with Thomas this morning! Stopped at a fromagerie and a few other stores for a yummy lunch at home.
Centre national d'art et de culture Geor
2024年5月30日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Modern art museum one minute from our Air BnB in the 4th arrondissement, near Les Halles. Neither Thomas nor I took a picture of the outside of the building, but it is worth looking up to see itsもっと詳しく
Waltz outside the Louvre
2024年5月31日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
On our way to Versailles this afternoon, but took a detour to walk through the Louvre Gardens on the way to our train station to see the "second most extravagant building in France". So many littleもっと詳しく
Tour - Private Apartments in Versailles
2024年5月31日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Here we got to visit the private apartments of the King (Louis 14, 15, 16) before Louis Phillipe turned the Chateau of Versailles into a museum.
Walk through Chateau of Versailles
2024年5月31日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
The rooms with marble covering the walls and painted ceilings were very typical of Louis the 14th before Louis the 15th changed to a more white wall aesthetic.
Gardens in Versailles and Petit Trianon
2024年5月31日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Some pictures I missed from Thomas’s phone of in the chateau as well. Swipe to the end to see a surprise guest appearance!
Out with friends in Paris
2024年5月31日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Lyon bike tour
2024年6月1日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Thomas bought a new leather belt! Our lovely guide Bruno took us around all the must sees in Lyon and organized a little wine and cheese tasting. We saw the Basilica of Notre Dame of Fourvière andもっと詳しく
Taylor Swift Eras Tour!!
2024年6月2日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
What a PERFORMANCE
Boys Night Out in Lyon!
2024年6月2日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
While the ladies went off to see Taylor Swift, Dad and I went for a delicious dinner in the culinary capital of France. We started at a bar recommended by our Parisian friends with a great view of theもっと詳しく
Old village in Lyon
2024年6月3日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We got to see silk worms hard at work! You can see a medieval open sewer in one of the photos with a plaque. Found a new sign I need in my French classroom…
Bonus pictures from our Lyon walk
2024年6月3日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Arrival to Rome and Colosseum
2024年6月3日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Bongiorno !
Wow… is the colosseum ever colossal… HUGE. Could apparently accommodate 50 000 to 80 000 people. I attached my notes from the tour at the end.
旅行者I forgot to mention in the notes that the ground that you see in the center is where they would keep the animals. Like a kennel (not much space at all). There was a floor over it that was the arena. You can see a small replica at the one side. It was covered in sand because a) it had more grip and b) it absorbed the blood well so was easy to clean. They would have slaves with bowls at the ready to collect parts of the animals that were severed and throw them out into the crowds. Imagine an elephant foot or a lion leg being thrown up towards you!!!
旅行者Glad to see you found the 🌞. Interesting to see the inner workings of the Colosseum
Roman Forum
2024年6月4日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
After the Colosseum, our lovely tour guide brought us up Palatine Hill to see the remains of the Emperor’s mansion which, miraculously, had integrated plumbing!? We then walked down the hill andもっと詳しく
Foodie afternoon!
2024年6月4日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
After the colosseum we were talked into the most delicious meat and cheese board at the local butcher to help us decide what kind of groceries we wanted to buy, and after a quick nap we headed off toもっと詳しく
Pantheon, Trevi Fountain & More!
2024年6月5日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
A slow morning lead to a busy afternoon in the Rome city center! We started at the Pantheon, a Pagan temple turned cathedral with an impressive domed roof. We took a short walk to the Trevi fountain,もっと詳しく
Picnic, parc and pretty clothes
2024年6月7日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Not a ton of pictures today, but we met up with Meghan and Rebecca for a lunch picnic before their colosseum. Lauren and I left to go explore Villa Borghese. Lots of beautiful sights and surprisesもっと詳しく
Train Day to South Italy
2024年6月7日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Travel day today! We took trains from Rome to Naples, and then from Naples to our new place in Meta (Near Sorento)
Path of the Gods
2024年6月8日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Today we learned a valuable lesson about the consistency of Italian public transit (or lack thereof…) and eventually made our way to a gorgeous hike along the Amalfi coast. The bus showed up oneもっと詳しく
Lemon Grove and Ruins Swimming
2024年6月9日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Our day started just outside of Sorrento touring a lemon grove and trying their artisanal Limoncello, distilled lemon, and extra virgin olive oil. We learned that they graft the lemon branches toもっと詳しく
旅行者Thought that might have been the breakfast of champions!