http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home daily 1.0 2018-02-14 http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/bringing-bebe-part-3-plane monthly 0.5 2018-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1517421227235-VTI5P2IZIUPLZJE39XDE/Car+seat+on+plane Home - Bringing Bébé: Part 3, Babies on a Plane Everyone had their own seat and space on the long flight to Europe, which made a huge difference! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1517421596506-KKNX9M25E4TSV66N1KS7/Serious+baby+on+plane Home - Bringing Bébé: Part 3, Babies on a Plane Playtime is serious business! I should note the muslin blanket seen here - this is a great thing to have for nap time. We draped it over the carseat to block out visual distractions to help J settle down. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/bringing-bebe-part-2-sleeping monthly 0.5 2018-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1517417047261-YTQNY791ZAAGGKWXZOV1/St+James+Park Home - Bringing Bébé: Part 2, SLEEPING (or not?!) Our apartment in London was very central - we could walk to St. James's Park (above), Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, the British Museum, and lots more very easily! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1517417204460-BE4UXA39X3KMKZS4OPV5/Sleep+at+Pompidou+Center Home - Bringing Bébé: Part 2, SLEEPING (or not?!) I snapped a photo to remind baby J later on that night of what we saw at the Pompidou Center in Paris... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1517417296571-5PHEJON97IMCLNTRQNBJ/julien+at+3am.jpg Home - Bringing Bébé: Part 2, SLEEPING (or not?!) Pardon the grainy iPhone pic...I was a little groggy at 3am when this playtime took place! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1517417380056-C5AE7CF4Q5RYUJGQQMXD/J+sleeping+in+Paris Home - Bringing Bébé: Part 2, SLEEPING (or not?!) It was easy for J to conk out when we were on the go but nighttime was a whole different story! Though I will add that it seems best to let the baby nap during the day when needed (as long as it's not like hours on end) - otherwise you'll just have a perpetually tired, cranky tot. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/bringing-bebe-part-one-packing monthly 0.5 2018-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1515681920531-EHESCWAK91AW7IZLVPRA/M+with+carry+ons.jpeg Home - Bringing Bébé: Part One, PACKING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1515681932496-CU4O463S0NFWEL8U3MJ3/IMG_20171214_055750.jpg Home - Bringing Bébé: Part One, PACKING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1516140351309-86Y25SUDOMG52D6SJ8E6/J+in+travel+high+chair Home - Bringing Bébé: Part One, PACKING Dinner in our Paris apartment - first time trying falafel from L'As du Fallafel! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1516140413219-0Y7BMHEUIYOUPLJXT9AM/American+vs+European+stroller Home - Bringing Bébé: Part One, PACKING Size comparison: Julien's napping in his American monster of a stroller is on the right and his French friend on the left is sporting the compact Parisian fav, the YOYO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1516804655328-Y6V2INPQUPSSF5UUB0X2/Wine+in+stroller+cup+holder Home - Bringing Bébé: Part One, PACKING ...our favorite wine festival, Salon des Vins! Then a cupholder comes in handy (and you know that stroller was hauling more than just the baby)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1516140537091-Y2R75DBIOOOM20S34AUO/Carrier+in+Pompidou+Center Home - Bringing Bébé: Part One, PACKING Another benefit - when J was in the carrier, he was happy to help out and push his stuff through the museums! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1516804796179-LZZFIO3EH5TR279580QQ/Infant+car+seat Home - Bringing Bébé: Part One, PACKING The car seat also came in handy on the Eurostar train when we traveled from London to Paris - I'm not sure we would have gotten J to make himself comfortable for a nap without his own space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1516804971281-VCOULK7V14L89N109SXM/Toys+in+Paris+apt Home - Bringing Bébé: Part One, PACKING There's the toy of choice, the empty water bottle, in action...and at his feet is the whale night light (described below). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1516140593032-5MDHU8COR30ORY830T8G/Snack+tower+at+Septime Home - Bringing Bébé: Part One, PACKING Here's J lunching at Septime, one of Paris' hot restaurants that is difficult to secure a reservation. His stack of puffs kept him happy while we enjoyed a fancy meal out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1516805100936-CI4VQOTWWR85NM57J83H/Wine+in+diaper Home - Bringing Bébé: Part One, PACKING The process involves wrapping the wine bottle in diapers (pictured bottle is only halfway wrapped) and then securing the bottle in plastic bags. Anyone interested in a full blog post on Michael's packing tricks for bringing wine home? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1516805348480-0IIP5OJOCFFYXD30L47A/IMG_8261.jpg Home - Bringing Bébé: Part One, PACKING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1516805357127-Q1D3WKIEPZ264GEHLY7S/IMG_7699.jpg Home - Bringing Bébé: Part One, PACKING http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/ringing-in-2018 monthly 0.5 2018-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1515203991928-03VASNMPGDADLL2YTQFY/Sara+Julien+Eiffel+Tower Home - Ringing in 2018 http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/paris-versary monthly 0.5 2016-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456523708582-FOAVR8GO2PA00IP2DHIC/Our+apartment Home - Bon Paris-versaire A look at our living room in our one-bedroom apartment // One thing that made our apartment unique was that our landlady owned a few modern art galleries, and decorated her rental in that style. Though not everything was to my taste, I did appreciate that our apartment was far from an Ikea cookie-cutter sterile space. After all, who doesn't love a fertility chair and golf-ball table? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456523733789-3L1B64PKFI01O0K6AF3X/House+warming+set+up Home - Bon Paris-versaire Exhibit A: I had no idea what one should serve to munch on at a housewarming party. Looking back, my table seems very américaine - chips, sliced apples, some cut up fruit with hummus, supermarket cookies... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456523777632-MTUFFK0WBET6Z3F2OZL4/Housewarming+cheese Home - Bon Paris-versaire Exhibit B: This though, may be the best indication of my early days in France. My cheese plate looks like it is sufficient for one French person. We did have more on hand, but we couldn't imagine going through all the cheese on the plate in one night so we held off before replenishing the supply. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456524170961-K9DS6UC3IUATR7FX31ZH/1+year+Paris-versary+party Home - Bon Paris-versaire As you can see, I think this spread is an improvement from our crémaillère - and you can see our progress in acclimating by comparing the cheese plate to the previous year's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456524202214-OCJIRJ5C6EEWDX8MH1BH/Homemade+macarons Home - Bon Paris-versaire Perhaps the most difficult thing about pulling off macarons in my Parisian pad was baking the outer cookies. When we looked for our apartment, I told the broker that I wanted to have an oven, and she laughed it off, telling me that of course French apartments had ovens. And then I fell in love with an apartment that only had a stove top and microwave. We bought a glorified toaster oven (you can catch a glimpse in the next photo) that got us through our time in Paris, but baking half a sheet of macaron shells at a time was quite tedious! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456524232159-POXG5J8A0WM5X835HRR0/Party+prep Home - Bon Paris-versaire The kitchen was one of most important features I considered when I was choosing an apartment because I knew I would log some serious time in that room! Even without a proper oven, I loved my cuisine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456524458404-XGOHYRZAWC89RMEAV9TX/The+table+year+2 Home - Bon Paris-versaire You know the drill by now - focus in on the cheese SLATE to see our progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456524486451-GFNEX8CC0R8R1YSRE8JR/Birds-eye+table+year+2 Home - Bon Paris-versaire No potato chips needed on this table :-) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456524763223-1OSCZ6JCHIDD884WY157/Macarons+with+liquor+fillings Home - Bon Paris-versaire I still couldn't get perfect looking shells (now I know why pastry shops can charge so much per piece!) but in terms of flavor, they rocked! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456525743111-EJPWKV8WZMSV2P5GWLGS/Drinks+in+Fridge Home - Bon Paris-versaire We did have drinks covered! Featured here are lots of bottles of our favorite sparkling wine - crémant - from one of our favorite independent winemakers in France, Poulet et Fils. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456525772057-B2KQII9FCX20B13MIB7B/Going+away+table+spread Home - Bon Paris-versaire The beginnings of our growing pot-luck spread. We were a bit preoccupied and didn't take many photos, but I know cheese definitely made an appearance at some point! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456525799844-OX1U7SZDDCNBU1UJ1736/IMG_0166.jpg Home - Bon Paris-versaire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456525808105-FTXEZ6HLLGO2DAJ1TI6H/IMG_0178.jpg Home - Bon Paris-versaire http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/parc-andre-citron monthly 0.5 2016-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456498570651-TMZD14O37WV7IIS5PHRQ/Entrance+Parc+Andre+Citroen Home - Park it in Paris: Parc André Citroën Entrance to Parc Andre Citroen, Paris, France 75015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456498603083-IK9T85WE9OXXY4WNTNH7/Lawn+of+Parc+Andre+Citroen Home - Park it in Paris: Parc André Citroën Blue skies and sun on an afternoon in late May at Parc André-Citroën https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456498789323-K9DVDT7US9ESZ708A0H1/Balloon+de+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Parc André Citroën https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456499208164-EXL7FVRS14UC15LKLVM4/Glass+building+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Parc André Citroën Modern building of Parc Andre Citroen, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456499105242-TPVPMQ4Z35Z6D9WYFA49/IMG_3190.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc André Citroën https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456499112003-979YPVGAE4XBQX4UHHM6/IMG_3192.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc André Citroën https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456499478439-4IJJXJY3MZYWHDWPQMLD/Pathway+of+Parc+Andre+Citroen Home - Park it in Paris: Parc André Citroën There's a good amount of ground to cover in this park - though my favorite area was the big lawn with the hot air balloon. These concrete sections were modern but lacked that sophistication and elegance that I enjoy in Paris' more stately parks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1456498821680-HUSHH9WFUP69871CCYUE/People+enjoying+Parc+Andre+Citroen Home - Park it in Paris: Parc André Citroën Lawn of Parc Andre Citroen, Paris, France, Ballon de Paris http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/salon-de-lagriculture monthly 0.5 2016-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454693808665-9ZL2YPMYUL3JDJ3936QQ/Talking+sheep Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture Talking sheep at Salon International de l’Agriculture (International Agricultural Show) Paris France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454693850836-52R2GYHDG2IQ1CXXSVKG/Two+sheep Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture Two sheep Salon International de l’Agriculture (International Agricultural Show) Paris France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454693883304-I4GBT30UQ1TJHLHATMBT/Baby+Lamb Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture Lamb at Salon International de l’Agriculture (International Agricultural Show) Paris France Porte de Versailles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454693909988-GXQKXHR5RJWPTS7ZT8GO/Shepherd+competition Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture There are competitions taking place as well. Here's a flock getting ready to be guided through a course by their shepherd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454693948481-SLTCNI2JMV9HN5NU5L1W/Goat+eating+with+friends Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture Goats eating at Salon International de l’Agriculture (International Agricultural Show) Paris France Porte de Versailles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454693974988-2N4V1MY85NOYX2VDZ6JU/Munching+goat Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture Goat eating hay, Salon International de l’Agriculture (International Agricultural Show) Paris France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454708664678-MIL298M3XKB5HY45WXXI/Two+cows Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture Two cows laying down at Salon International de l’Agriculture (International Agricultural Show) Paris France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454708060700-WZ2J36OCDKMXKYEZUU5W/Purple+cow Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture This cow is a bit skinny for my tastes - but he was one of many types of vache represented. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454709729881-PAJGQLC2JH71U5DWQ0Z8/Herd+of+cows Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture Many cows at the Salon International de l’Agriculture (International Agricultural Show) from Savoie, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454712406322-2UKPGGKU3BDV9BS6JL9F/IMG_7790.jpg Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454712411322-4HSUW5UUBWMW5THQ7AWH/IMG_7843.jpg Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454712469367-F2EMWOJVGCV24Q5NBLVH/Sausage+stand Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture One of those "only in France" moments, when you walk by stalls displaying pigs from all over the country to find a pork stand at the end of the aisle. The French certainly have a realistic and honest approach when it comes to food and its origins... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454712505966-AF1G2HRJR192UHBONCX9/Alpacas Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture The alpacas were a little shy, but as cute as ever! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454712655457-KJZNPDSXEXGXHAKBGGSN/Sleepy+dog Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture There's even a section for dogs at the Salon! Though we swung by late in the afternoon when energy levels were low. I would pick the types of animals you most want to see and visit them earliest in the day when they are less overwhelmed by the crowds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454713476207-FN9P2J50DAFOG9UNCBQH/Colors+of+rose Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture One display of many in the crops and plants pavilion - of course we found the wine section :-) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454712545531-0JEMUSG8LG297HKCQ0W8/Breton+musicians Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture The Breton fishermen stole the show in the food pavilion, making the Bretagne (Brittany) corner the most boisterous and hopping region of France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454713404407-B8HET7JFM12U9TCBNCOP/Breton+galettes Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture When in doubt, la complète is a solid choice of galette filling. (It's a standard way of making a galette.) They spread some ham and cheese over the customary buckwheat crêpe, crack an egg, and voila! Lunch is served. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454713547574-SV2A4HJV0ZG90QLDZO6U/IMG_7859.jpg Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454713539889-NA1OCHZ0OTKV7I5CYQKW/IMG_5745.jpg Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454712617085-GLWN1TFRC1ETH4PRUE70/Sara+and+sheep Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture This seems like an appropriate time to give my hubby a shout-out for taking all of the photos featured in this post! I was way too distracted chatting away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1454712584582-LHF3F6UF368KMPNC01DA/Ram+with+horns Home - Sheep in the Big City // Salon de l’Agriculture Ram or sheep with curved horns Salon International de l’Agriculture [Paris International Agricultural Show ] Paris France http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/square-des-batignolles monthly 0.5 2016-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453571679134-BGCXBZHXEZ3UYRANA5WJ/Square+des+Batignolles+yellow+tree Home - Park it in Paris: Square des Batignolles Square des Batignolles, Paris, France in Deecember https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453571776768-RKULGIES99FKJW3LS3RL/Square+des+Batignolles+flower+beds Home - Park it in Paris: Square des Batignolles Green lawn of Square des Batignolles, Paris, France in winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453571822476-9PYVII0XBLXZHR438XFM/Square+des+Batignolles+pathway Home - Park it in Paris: Square des Batignolles Square des Batignolles is steps away from train tracks leading to the bustling Gare Saint-Lazare, though you'd never realize it once within the park's grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453571882649-KHIEGD5YRRSW03BHN25N/Square+des+Batignolles+green+house Home - Park it in Paris: Square des Batignolles Square des Batignolles even has a small cascade feeding into the stream that runs through the center of the grounds, into a pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453571918976-74K4B4V5RHPVB8KNB9CA/Square+des+Batignolles+bridge Home - Park it in Paris: Square des Batignolles Bridge in Square des Batignolles, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453571961077-ONEMDM3OL0T4QXVI3N6L/Square+des+Batignolles+cool+tree Home - Park it in Paris: Square des Batignolles Come on, you're impressed by that massive branch, non? I'm not sure if that belongs to one of the four old timers, but one of the trees in question is located to the right of the branch and the trees with yellow leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453572015042-GV54D3F1GE0HTTMQ37DM/Square+des+Batignolles+duck Home - Park it in Paris: Square des Batignolles Ducks in Square des Batignolles, Paris, France, 17 arrondissement http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/winter-paris-part-deux monthly 0.5 2016-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453601220504-JJTSMXGI3VWZ1T9E6F0U/Eiffel+Tower+winter Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux Quiet Sunday morning by the Eiffel Tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453602201575-G1GHX38ILKH6HQ1AGXS1/IMG_4942.jpg Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453602211334-8ZR5BMKA358Z24VD1HR5/IMG_5131.jpg Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453601344461-OVP47BVXOKGB4GL613RQ/Seine+in+winter Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux Winter along the Seine Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453601660746-S5MVZEQS1NA6XD8AWWKV/Paris+yellow+tree Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux Along the sculpture garden at Jardin Tino-Rossi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453601701741-HTMAS6O8U6DC74XO9L7Z/Latin+Quarter Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux Place Jussieu, Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453602157081-Y4SRJVZRDK47PFBUNAD8/Trees+and+Eiffel+Tower Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux The stripped-down version of Paris - bare trees and iron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453601765681-7VQGNBM3NJNNUKMSP9ZH/Seine+with+Eiffel+Tower Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux Winter in Paris with Eiffel Tower and Seine, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453601835459-TUYOOIZLEY08AMLUGKH5/IMG_4803.jpg Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453601850411-0YC7VL4B69BJBP6H8I3A/IMG_5997.jpg Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453602064130-XSAXHFQC2MPA18O3VUE8/Tulieries+in+hiver Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux Tuileries Garden, Paris, France at winter with Grande Roue de Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453602010832-ZAASJB9EV3L9QIHN0ZGK/Apero Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux I love that Parisians sit outside all year long. Even as the weather cools off, you can enjoy apero people-watching under a heat lamp. (Just be warned that you'll most likely be joined by smokers so if that bothers you, you might want to head indoors.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453601943047-1T8TADZ82O9YM1I6LWHU/French+tricolor+chairs Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux Tricolor flag chairs French flag cafe Montmartre Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453602106484-OPYHLDGTG517D6SNO4ZV/Top+of+Eiffel+Tower Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux Another bonus - apparently the Eiffel Tower is almost completely empty on a winter evening. Dress for some wind and enjoy the (almost) private view! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453602396041-CF3F6MKWWZBLFQTGHJQC/Montmartre Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux Catching a glimpse of the Iron Lady from Montmartre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1453601907012-6JLSLCUCTVPRCK1Y0CSI/Nightfall+Notre+Dame Home - Natural Beauty: Winter in Paris, Part Deux Winter twilight by the Seine in Paris with Notre Dame, France http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/2015-year-of-wander monthly 0.5 2016-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1451858036721-G69Q34DUCNVR9NL6BNHC/Lyon+view Home - 2015: A Year of Wander Thankfully the food capital of France is a bit hilly, makes exploring and exercise go hand-in-hand! [Lyon, France] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1451856817416-DK2ZD6IUSTDEEG99GLM7/IMG_5586.jpg Home - 2015: A Year of Wander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1451856823750-YG8N6CW56ULDGBFP0VTX/IMG_5621.jpg Home - 2015: A Year of Wander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1451857145319-IXUVV7Q90OGV07WUBHJ4/IMG_4336.jpg Home - 2015: A Year of Wander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1451857149688-W0M5O5XDEVIBK58ZQFVU/IMG_4340.jpg Home - 2015: A Year of Wander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452024903427-H5816P8GOYUAHTCTUX3X/Sara%2C+Dawn%2C+Michael+London+Eye Home - 2015: A Year of Wander Dawn's week visit to London created the opportunity for us to get in some last minute sightseeing, like a ride in the London Eye! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452024941763-B0MRQVXX3O5E8G1XGILJ/Cliffs+of+Dover Home - 2015: A Year of Wander We also got out to see the iconic white cliffs of Dover for a day, an easily do-able excursion from London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452017947778-ULF6C6VEPDIG653GRXIM/IMG_4687.jpg Home - 2015: A Year of Wander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452017952074-KZARDAUZXGO0VFR2Q8N0/IMG_9843.jpg Home - 2015: A Year of Wander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452025503208-ZYCRA3R2FUET3LKE6AS6/Going+away+party Home - 2015: A Year of Wander Don’t take my word for it - Marina agrees that the bottle was the weight of a small child! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452025541668-ULG822CTN0YJF4Y92EDO/Last+look+at+our+apt Home - 2015: A Year of Wander A look back at our living room in the final hour before closing the door for the last time... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452025569199-6A7D1ZEOFFLTEI8RFXXC/Pictours+Paris+shoot+at+apt Home - 2015: A Year of Wander I love this photo of us looking out of our Parisian flat from our morning with Pictour Paris - here's the full post with more pictures from that day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452025728053-VTKDD3AQZ7IWWRS5NDEK/Collioure%2C+France Home - 2015: A Year of Wander One of our day trips included exploring the beautiful town of Collioure in southern France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452025799200-0YLJS8JIAS5JQVI74SQ4/Michael+and+Sara+St.+Jean+de+Luz Home - 2015: A Year of Wander You know you’re in the right country with the right person when you don’t tire of either after a month on the go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452025946686-UNP1U701FR86K5D0M3F6/Brooklyn+Bridge Home - 2015: A Year of Wander This isn’t to say our time in NYC was bad - I loved rolling out of bed for brunch, catching up easily with friends and my brother in the city, and having time to check off some things I’ve always wanted to do - like walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452026388413-M3L8SOCLZJHL6EOQDYAI/Bagels+and+French+Cheese Home - 2015: A Year of Wander We brought some fresh New York bagels with us, and had a bagel-and-French-cheese pairing at our picnic! [Pro-tip that I learned the hard way - packing onion or everything bagels in your carry-on will REEK! And make your bag linger with an onion/garlic scent for weeks. And repel your fellow plane-mates from you. But is so worth it.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452026419682-EN8YBDFPUPL60WZACP9R/Sunset+by+Notre+Dame Home - 2015: A Year of Wander On our first night back in Paris, we were treated to this stunner of a sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452026660067-QZ4U4GL9QZPX4UJMVH59/Michael%27s+30th Home - 2015: A Year of Wander We're not afraid of a facing a new decade - they only seem to be getting better! (But don't get any ideas - I'm not in the 3-0 club yet yet...) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452027205384-VWQTMOVMR4CJPUR638OD/Our+house Home - 2015: A Year of Wander We were having such a nice chat with the former owners learning the history of our street and all that the seller almost walked off after the closing with the keys in hand (and we were in such shock that we forgot to ask)! Here's our first moment back at the house, trying to comprehend that we and the bank own this piece of property :-) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452027354508-RM67XJ6155RKGGLU1QSL/Champagne+on+Eiffel+Tower Home - 2015: A Year of Wander How many times can you say that your Thanksgiving ended with a flute of champagne at the top of the Eiffel Tower? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452027453822-NR5XXF3ZUGD1E0UTWQ3N/Galeries+Lafayette+tree+2015 Home - 2015: A Year of Wander I even got to swing by Galaries Lafayette to see the tree, one of my favorite pre-Christmas in Paris traditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452028093723-33NADNVSQYWTGEU31NDG/IMG_6078.jpg Home - 2015: A Year of Wander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452028099893-YPO5GC6WF53K993X3H63/IMG_5473.jpg Home - 2015: A Year of Wander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1452028226326-DHKTOW8EOIAUWJMN7RRR/Stockholm+sunset Home - 2015: A Year of Wander The Christmas tree in Stockholm that served as my beacon towards my hotel. You should know that this photo was taken before 3pm. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/a-new-persepctive-on-thanksgiving monthly 0.5 2015-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1448331138744-4G0CHHK30K2KHRWM4OWR/Autumn+by+Bastille%2C+Paris Home - A New Perspective on Thanksgiving Not to say that autumn is all bad in Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1448331187493-IGKM002QDTF30XOWZ1BZ/Thanksgiving+2014+at+Joe+Allen Home - A New Perspective on Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thursday 2014 at Joe Allen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1448331356197-I96GEP437ROQPGQLZ67X/IMG_2525.jpg Home - A New Perspective on Thanksgiving Dessert table, circa 2014 - once again proving my friends can bake! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1448331271490-ETCQY27RJJQLJQP6IGFO/The+gathering+2014 Home - A New Perspective on Thanksgiving Last year's scene in our living room http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/the-peach-and-the-pit-tour-de-france-in-numbers-and-superlatives monthly 0.5 2015-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1445630862478-BNUL7GHUZV32TKLAVBY6/Beach+San+Sebasti%C3%A1n%2C+Spain Home - The Peach and the Pit: Tour de France in Numbers and Superlatives San Sebastián, Spain // Its beach was one we were unprepared for - I'm not sure what we were expected, but it certainly wasn't this, as we did not pack swim suits, towels, nor even sunscreen for the day trip! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1445633689271-S5QXXBRF7LP9K6NN9S2I/IMG_2205.jpg Home - The Peach and the Pit: Tour de France in Numbers and Superlatives The stone quarry may seem like an odd addition to the list - but the Carrières de Lumières exhibition in the town of Les Baux-de-Provence gives a twist to walking around some mines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1445631313948-5NSY17C3YQMMYNAIU3EP/Carcassonne Home - The Peach and the Pit: Tour de France in Numbers and Superlatives Most notable of the fortresses visited has to be iconic Carcassonne. It's as if those medieval builders subscribed to the good 'ole American "supersize me" mentality, and its UNESCO status and grand stature make it one of France's top tourist attractions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1445642078418-INUOPEDWVMYFOD9GE0N1/Market+in+Annecy Home - The Peach and the Pit: Tour de France in Numbers and Superlatives Markets draw in crowds, but factor in one that takes place on the weekend, and in an adorable old town like Annecy, and expect to find the streets looking like this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1445641344013-WONTUR3PLEILOZEXKTVV/The+Calanques Home - The Peach and the Pit: Tour de France in Numbers and Superlatives More than half of this hike was done despite great hunger (we were holding out to eat our picnic lunch on the third of the Calanques, named En Vau) - and even though it was hard to push on, with views like this, it still easily was the top on our list out all ALL the sightseeing we did in a month! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1445641477923-L8SJY5V856T0I3G1ZNYK/Les+Orgues Home - The Peach and the Pit: Tour de France in Numbers and Superlatives Can you believe this exists in France? It looks a bit like Utah's Bryce Canyon, but this is Les Orgues d'Ille-sur-Têt, over in Languedoc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1445641526148-AOBZV01GHBSP3YFW333C/Pink+picnic+in+Annecy Home - The Peach and the Pit: Tour de France in Numbers and Superlatives Honestly, we didn't realize we had selected all pink-colored edibles until we placed the strawberries, cherries, and rosé wine from the market in Annecy onto our red picnic blanket! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1445646425100-DGRQPI6C05RTECRQRZYD/Vineyard+dog Home - The Peach and the Pit: Tour de France in Numbers and Superlatives Though Carol does most of the work at her vineyard herself, there are of course a few more helping hands - and paws - with this friendly guy watching over daily operations. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/tour-de-france-accommodations monthly 0.5 2015-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444160043933-WBN9WNHDY7A14ZMVBYB2/Geese+of+Dordogne Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations We learned that geese can make an incredibly hostile-sounding hiss (as Michael captured in action above). When we commented about this to a friend from Dordogne now living in Paris, his reply was, "Yeah, geese are rude, but nothing compared to the average Parisian!!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444160073486-30ZZ6D47POOWN0LDK4GT/Dordogne+Farmhouse Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations Part of the French farm we stayed on in Dordogne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444162364750-TIUDWC0J5129QY1OR6QY/Goats+cheese+in+St+Jean+de+Luz Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations One of the spoils from the St. Jean-de-Luz market - goat's cheese coated in some of the Basque region's famous piment d'Espelette, a spicy pepper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444162398317-ESYEGILGZ4I4GEW8PQGN/Watching+a+Basque+Sunset Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations Just a ten minute walk or so from our apartment got us sea-side along the Atlantic Ocean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444181816077-7M5JJPZ0M3R8ENO5LMG9/Coyote+Burger Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations Our host did not approve of our burger-eating tendencies in Toulouse. While the burgers were good (they even had a raclette burger - see how French it was?!), his intervention on the last night led to one of the best meals of the trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444163238172-OC0LN8IL3Q3R0VK52RQG/Bedroom+in+Port+la+Nouvelle Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations One of two bedrooms - the one we decided to use during our stay in Languedoc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444163267317-RERPWIN5WR3NGTIX96SD/Screened+porch+Port+la+Nouvelle Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations The huge enclosed patio, complete with two futons, a table seating 6-8 people, and a view of the Mediterranean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444163296757-0P5X6794F5T4FA1KN9G5/Dinner+Port+la+Nouvelle Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations Continuing the trend from Toulouse, our last dinner in Port-la-Nouvelle was one to remember. Our hosts Alexandre and Nhung, from Laos and Vietnam, used to own and operate a restaurant in the area. The food was fantastic, and for 25 euros per person including a bottle of wine, “room service” doesn’t get better than this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444163947839-C3H5J3632991ES8S121A/St+Remy+de+Provence Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations The backyard of our Airbnb in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, with the entrance to our room through the doors on the left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444164393573-HHNYOVENG9YW1H0YRMWS/IMG_2176.jpg Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444164398414-8132SBY177X0MUUUPSEU/IMG_2182.jpg Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444164614602-DQUKFDHTPJFMT0K03HQH/Calanques Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations Seriously, what aspect of an apartment can compete with this, aside from the bonus of being able to walk here? (It was a long walk, but still!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444165035920-Q8BEQ4K1QYWK78NI08JH/Hotel+Grillons Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations Hotel Grillons near Annecy, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444165072851-23XZMFTV9OA300XKLB8B/Pool+at+Hotel+Grillons Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations It was a little chilly to swim in May, but the pool area looked like it would be fun in the height of summer, surrounded by lush green mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444165095248-HWDKGPE68U496OYK7E3U/Dinner+at+Hotel+Grillons Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations The appetizer to start off a dinner - this is what a half-board is! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444165308691-OZMA2IGTVJKLPJDLAUJ8/Sunset+Besancon Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations The back door of our room led out onto the patio that had a pool and overlooked the mountains. It made for the perfect spot to watch the sun go down on another day of #TourDepazFrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444165610383-CFVX28UDYCLRZXQDY9W1/Room+in+Colmar Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations Inside our room in Colmar - the only one that we booked while we were on the road, about a week before we arrived (which is so not like me - I am a major planner!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444165636792-IGDK7IOA6U065F41UU2R/View+of+Colmar+from+room Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations The view from our window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444181859228-KHHIPT5A7N7A0OSLXBGV/Manoir+des+Charmes Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations The outside of the gorgeous Manoir des Charmes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444166103503-SKZG29GHPDSC8GL32ITF/IMG_3122.jpg Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444166107170-DUJ335GNJ4ZMXM4KELBZ/IMG_3126.jpg Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1444182286761-KFKUYSGPC0OLEOZG30OQ/Fountain+Epernay Home - Home on the Road: Our Tour de France in Accommodations Just another perfect detail from the property http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/life-lately-and-a-liebster monthly 0.5 2015-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1442332741256-BV8SPMGXXHPZR9ZJQQ2X/Sunset+over+Ile+de+la+Cite Home - Life Lately and a Liebster Michael and I can't pass up a sunset. This photo is from our visit back to Paris in August - just out of the frame are our 2 friends who were eager to move on from our picnic to the next activity, but we had to snap a few shots because the beauty of the moment demanded us to stop right in our tracks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1442334592574-KSHQ0EMG0H9CIERRY24W/New+York+City+from+the+Whitney+Museum Home - Life Lately and a Liebster If we all were more considerate of others, there would be no need for my "superpower" // NYC as seen this summer from the Whitney Musuem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1442354270100-E4JFSF1N9T0RF1UXUCJD/Books+at+the+Morgan+Library%2C+NYC Home - Life Lately and a Liebster "I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1442363227647-IX3X53YHMFU681ICELN1/Afternoon+tea+at+the+Goring%2C+London Home - Life Lately and a Liebster Afternoon tea can be a game-changer for the staunchest of coffee-lovers...and besides, there are other beverage options if you do it right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1442364351962-1V62OIL0WZY7L1Q7ZTR6/Pizza+in+Antibes Home - Life Lately and a Liebster Michael has gone as far as to declare the pizza in Antibes, France the best he's ever had - a statement that really sets off my fist-pumping home state in a fit of anger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1442365121199-ZJBVXSA4V9D5BE0Y42H9/Mountains+of+Pays+Basque Home - Life Lately and a Liebster Pays Basque (Basque Country) in France has such varied landscapes - you can admire the grandeur of its mountains and minutes later be at the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1442366427285-5L7TPQSVHQL6VTG7Z9T5/Gardens+at+Villandry Home - Life Lately and a Liebster With the countryside dotted by château after château in the Loire Valley, how can one not start a love affair with France? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1442367324899-N7D82TLKL5Q7CB1E1OTS/Desert+of+Morocco Home - Life Lately and a Liebster It feels crazy, looking at this photo, to suggest that climbing these sand dunes at night offered even more breathtaking scenes to behold... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1442367717960-DHOA583WTHQ8S27CWLZR/Champagne+at+the+Met Home - Life Lately and a Liebster We still enjoyed our New York City summer days! Champagne on the rooftop at the Met isn't a bad addition to a weekend :-) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/shoreditch-street-art-tour monthly 0.5 2015-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438803428527-HEPPVTLZGC9W4P7KV8WX/Street+art+stencil Home - Shoreditch Street Art Tour with Alternative London An example of a stenciled piece of street art in Shoreditch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438803883847-38GRFG2POUVIRT8P8MIV/Street+art+by+Stik Home - Shoreditch Street Art Tour with Alternative London One of Stik's works in Shoreditch, London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438803936415-XOPT85XX1LTSHDU49R6A/Street+art+Roa Home - Shoreditch Street Art Tour with Alternative London ROA crane street art, Shoreditch, London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438804117204-PY8UWDEFH84VUNKTO2Z9/Porcupine+by+Roa Home - Shoreditch Street Art Tour with Alternative London After the tour, I was able to easily spot ROA's signature around Shoreditch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438804287543-BHTVKPYAPDBKQ3TJXFCZ/IMG_8964.jpg Home - Shoreditch Street Art Tour with Alternative London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438804299349-MQ3KLZJEEITXG797V20H/IMG_9019.jpg Home - Shoreditch Street Art Tour with Alternative London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438804555763-ZJCLKNBZX144WU5ZIK6L/Street+art+sculpture Home - Shoreditch Street Art Tour with Alternative London Jonesy street art statue in Shoreditch, London, England https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438804803225-QHFYQZ1PT0XZBA5CIZPF/Close+up+street+art+sculpture Home - Shoreditch Street Art Tour with Alternative London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438805291582-0JJE4C29MGXCNX4P9SIO/Space+invader+Star+Wars Home - Shoreditch Street Art Tour with Alternative London Space Invader strikes again in London! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438805329804-0WYZ62T4GC8ZN2G5VVQD/Shoreditch+street+art Home - Shoreditch Street Art Tour with Alternative London Street art in Shoreditch, London, England, birds and jump rope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438805455002-ZQATC7SNBEBJ6MBSXYLQ/IMG_8973.jpg Home - Shoreditch Street Art Tour with Alternative London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438805471706-WKWHCZ0JSEQJP8QNN3SQ/IMG_8975.jpg Home - Shoreditch Street Art Tour with Alternative London http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/high-tea-goring-london monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438801549388-4I2R7RLKK8TYZSF83R3Y/Champagne+toast+at+the+Goring Home - Afternoon Tea fit for a Queen: Goring Hotel, London If you're going to go all-out, why not throw in some champagne as well?! Cheers to the start of an afternoon tea of epic proportions... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438801595951-VLFATDMLBXY66ZG4H2V0/Starter+at+the+Goring Home - Afternoon Tea fit for a Queen: Goring Hotel, London A little pre-afternoon tea prep for our palates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438801636225-NQWG20BIRM58P7KQX1X5/Pouring+the+tea Home - Afternoon Tea fit for a Queen: Goring Hotel, London This is the first of countless, countless refills of hot tea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438801850261-Z7EBA4EG839QTPWN1JB9/IMG_4513.jpg Home - Afternoon Tea fit for a Queen: Goring Hotel, London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438802011217-YUZKMRYRMFB17FIA3XHN/IMG_4517.jpg Home - Afternoon Tea fit for a Queen: Goring Hotel, London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438802095232-ZLQJTKWKKM2NAW1NWSJO/Cheers+at+tea Home - Afternoon Tea fit for a Queen: Goring Hotel, London Afternoon tea for a bit of English luxury https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438802444734-OWTVZN49R06K632OE0MB/IMG_4525.jpg Home - Afternoon Tea fit for a Queen: Goring Hotel, London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1438802455006-YAWO3YU44TXC6CT5D1TZ/IMG_4526.jpg Home - Afternoon Tea fit for a Queen: Goring Hotel, London http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/intro-to-london monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437148272160-4KVQAL34UJSRBL6O7CV6/Cloudy+day+with+the+Shard Home - Breaking the ice with London As I started pointing out London landmarks like the Shard, I started realizing just all the quirky nicknames that the English call their buildings by. The "cheesegrater," the "walkie talkie" - so many funny gems line the skyline! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437148310134-J9HD6J12LPJKSZ0M3IR8/Boats+and+Tower+Bridge Home - Breaking the ice with London Walking along the Thames is an essential thing to do in London. Be sure to catch a glimpse of the beautiful Tower Bridge while at the river! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437148348311-F6O2E5I0PT42D4JG0IAO/Borough+Market Home - Breaking the ice with London Although there were clearly a bunch of people at the market, if you’re familiar with the crowds Borough Market pulls in, you know this is nothing. We were there at the beginning of the week - Mondays and Tuesdays are open for lunch, but the full market with all the vendors comes later in the week. It makes for a less crowded experience - we were easily able to find seats each time we had food in hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437149390951-5ZKD04ZOL6S30V54DUS7/Pieminster+at+Borough+Market Home - Breaking the ice with London Pieminster stand at Borough Market, London, England https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437148750786-77ATOQ4SFKOG09QXD4PL/Millennium+Bridge%2C+London Home - Breaking the ice with London Crossing over the Millennium Bridge, which connects the new Tate Modern (behind me in this shot) and the old St. Paul's Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437150120186-OXHBTEX506RS8ZGRH1ID/IMG_8625.jpg Home - Breaking the ice with London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437150130263-7A81K63RNVCPGNNUNODR/IMG_8627.jpg Home - Breaking the ice with London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437149349328-3Z6KCNNQTMIC8DZEFUCR/Trafalgar+Square Home - Breaking the ice with London Trafalgar Square with Big Ben in the distance // Yes, I know that Big Ben is the name of the actual bell and not the entire tower (which is the Elizabeth Tower) but who really calls it by its proper name? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437149261142-02M6E55BWNTLKF6EMH42/unknown.jpg Home - Breaking the ice with London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437149540886-SJH5DSE9V8GUHDA4QHEP/IMG_8648.jpg Home - Breaking the ice with London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437149851875-T4X9DYX80SCQTLXPSY4V/Parliament Home - Breaking the ice with London Don't get so caught up looking at Big Ben that you miss the rest of the building! England's Parliament is such a delicate looking monument. If you have time, you can even go on a guided tour to get inside and learn more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437148378236-4BUYCI5UMOJYBUW3GP22/Pub+time+with+David Home - Breaking the ice with London Pub time at the Harp - I have my limits of embarrassing my little bro, so please excuse the lower quality phone camera shot - I wasn't going to bring out the big guns for this photo :-) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/airbnb monthly 0.5 2018-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436196137179-6J52AQN8SG32YPJ365ZV/Colorful+streets+of+Shoreditch+London Home - My Method on How to Select the Perfect Airbnb Accomodations I'm drawn to Shoreditch's vibrant street art so it's the area I wanted to stay in during my last visit to London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436196765389-EAM0MM1CU0JZ3L3IYIN5/Bedroom+in+Airbnb+Shoreditch Home - My Method on How to Select the Perfect Airbnb Accomodations We were looking for a two-bedroom apartment minimum and ended up finding a spacious three-bedroom rental in our price range! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436223092088-32SBOTVEKAN3CKTI00HT/View+of+Shoreditch+with+some+street+art Home - My Method on How to Select the Perfect Airbnb Accomodations Prior reviews of the apartment I settled on kept raving about the "spectacular views" (the view from one window, above). A common theme was also that Luke, the owner, was a great host - he "did an exemplary job of checking me in and showing me around the apartment," said one reviewer, and others said things along the lines of he was "helpful, friendly and accommodating throughout the entire booking process and stay." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436196533616-XPSN3SJCYD5P615DWXYZ/Close+up+of+flowers+in+Airbnb Home - My Method on How to Select the Perfect Airbnb Accomodations If there were photos like this included in the listing, I would immediately be suspicious - and would immediately have closed the tab if photos of the room as a whole was not featured as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436196709923-NJP9K871BPSW7U9TAVRL/Living+room+in+Shoreditch+Airbnb Home - My Method on How to Select the Perfect Airbnb Accomodations You want photos like this of a listing - ones that give you an idea of how large the space it, the type of furniture, and the surrounding area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436221840892-8ABRFY5CACSOLF6VDWJQ/View+from+Shoreditch+highrise Home - My Method on How to Select the Perfect Airbnb Accomodations The listing had a bunch of photos of this view, but unlike my rant before, these photos were relevant. This is what we saw right from the terrace - the 14th floor offered stunning views looking south of Shoreditch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436223994878-CPKSRUGN3HQE3SRKL1U6/Terrace+of+Shoreditch+Airbnb Home - My Method on How to Select the Perfect Airbnb Accomodations Last night of our stay this April in London - we didn't want to leave! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/gateway-to-europe monthly 0.5 2015-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437168924341-7DWKVAKSI9N6YFDMEF42/Heart+in+London Home - London: My Gateway to Europe Oh London, how I <3 you... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437519135739-AEBZEKCS3K81VQ00Y07A/Michael+Millennium+Bridge+2009 Home - London: My Gateway to Europe First time in London - here's Michael back in 2009 at the Millennium Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437520190160-0TS4RE7NAD1A91PKOS9I/Michael+by+Millennium+bridge Home - London: My Gateway to Europe And 6 years later - many things have changed in our lives, but our love of London still remains! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437519247008-1YFN1TP16NOB837G4I6Z/IMG_8733.jpg Home - London: My Gateway to Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437519262081-MMPA4OKIHOCJM63G52GT/IMG_8692.jpg Home - London: My Gateway to Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437596060082-X1SL0MTPQIZ3WE19Y9DN/Horses+out+in+London Home - London: My Gateway to Europe Walking around London by myself always feels like an adventure where anything can happen - like this time I ran into the cavalry training. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437169023267-O439DWO147JHEJ3HXUNM/IMG_9201.jpg Home - London: My Gateway to Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437169035353-K8RFHRZL17EDPWD83HFK/IMG_8903.jpg Home - London: My Gateway to Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437519178083-98VIPV7VNJL3CU3L3MKJ/St+James%27+Park+in+April Home - London: My Gateway to Europe April in St. James's Park, London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437519982778-Z3JHZJZ9MFEPJA1CTJW1/Sheep+by+St+Paul%27s Home - London: My Gateway to Europe Did I mention I was in London during an art exhibit featuring sheep all over the city?! As I've hinted at before, any city that has sheep of some sort gets bonus points in my book! [This expo moved to Bristol, England where you can see Shaun the Sheep until the end of August 2015!] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1437168971708-VSM31PNSOJZPDGQ9J9Y6/View+from+the+London+Eye Home - London: My Gateway to Europe The view from the London Eye...and all through August, I'll be showing London through my eyes! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/simply-sara-eats-with-the-little-bro monthly 0.5 2015-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436457283420-WLD7GOIFJO9A75OT506T/IMG_4555.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: With the Little Bro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436457297094-4PJRRABLHV0FO0DLIS57/IMG_4556.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: With the Little Bro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436457235570-3C3YG1S5JTUTE13SYHJL/Michael+with+pastry+at+Canal Home - Simply Sara Eats: With the Little Bro Michael was sadly at work and unable to join us - but on our very last day before we moved back to the US, I was able to share the buttery goodness of this bakery with him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436473515056-9QV4YMTYRC6URZ5ODL2N/Lunch+at+Septime Home - Simply Sara Eats: With the Little Bro Lunch at Septime, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436473612380-ZHO9VRBCCN0QR51CO8E6/Dessert+at+Septime Home - Simply Sara Eats: With the Little Bro The guys opted for the cheese plate at the end, and the girls finished the meal with this dessert. It was so good - almost like a thick strawberry soup, topped with soft meringue and nuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436473715022-KUF1PTW0Q9VQ1AE2VCTG/Fish+at+Au+Passage Home - Simply Sara Eats: With the Little Bro One of our many small plates - a fish dish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436473761897-PY9MHR1MBU5K3U78YC4S/Beef+at+Au+Passage Home - Simply Sara Eats: With the Little Bro David's last minute add-on - no one complained about trying this beef plate! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436473361799-JHX14H9KIIKM3XQYBYRB/Oysters+at+Spring Home - Simply Sara Eats: With the Little Bro The best oysters I have ever eaten, right here at Spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436473407570-XFMCFVB10YBFDXYENKKM/Pastry+chef+at+Spring Home - Simply Sara Eats: With the Little Bro Watching the dessert station was a large part of my dining entertainment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436473672789-T0E3P5GEAV3MSBF3XQN9/Dessert+at+Spring Home - Simply Sara Eats: With the Little Bro There was so much that came before this that I don't know how we plowed through three desserts - it was that good! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/the-ultimate-paris-picnic monthly 0.5 2015-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436983723195-XQWP6MY658E8Q6IHH2Q9/Easter+picnic+with+Eiffel+Tower Home - 7 Steps to the Ultimate Paris Picnic The scene of our first Paris picnic, on Easter Sunday 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436984030639-GL16WJHJBSV25A9RFI61/Michael+and+guitarists+at+park+Hotel+de+Ville Home - 7 Steps to the Ultimate Paris Picnic Here's Michael on a bench at our Hôtel de Ville spot, enjoying the music! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436990004066-YXG45W6NGR8YEOF7BF2Q/Wine+at+Canal+St+Martin Home - 7 Steps to the Ultimate Paris Picnic Our wine glasses out on their first picnic debut, along the Canal St. Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436990499747-GSE4AFDS3LO0PH3J56CO/Dogs+at+Parc+des+Buttes-Chaumont Home - 7 Steps to the Ultimate Paris Picnic There are always adorable furry friends to watch in Parc des Buttes-Chaumont! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436990708838-6K20NATTTHFF7D5O2YNV/Dessert+picnic+at+Place+des+Vosges Home - 7 Steps to the Ultimate Paris Picnic Time for a dessert picnic! Carette (who made this pastry pictured above) and Café Pouchkine are right on Place des Vosges, making them an ideal stop for some take-away sweets on the square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436991417801-DSX996YU6JLESO5M8LG4/Bastille+Day+picnic Home - 7 Steps to the Ultimate Paris Picnic The mother of all Paris picnic - Bastille Day! This will forever be one of my favorite picnics, ever! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436991867612-96350BJDVNVDX281E8L2/IMG_4885.jpg Home - 7 Steps to the Ultimate Paris Picnic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436991878181-35N1GJ8GWKWM0AAK5UTJ/IMG_0859.jpg Home - 7 Steps to the Ultimate Paris Picnic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436992192956-PKKW6K9PLSRB36OH6H0E/Tomatoes+at+French+market Home - 7 Steps to the Ultimate Paris Picnic Don't forget your veggies! Stock up at an outdoor market beforehand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436992397476-72ON5JCRAR2OEW05YIQ7/Picnic+table+in+Pays-Basque Home - 7 Steps to the Ultimate Paris Picnic All of the essentials are here - bread, cheese, and wine - and some charcuterie for a nice little finishing touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436992877756-HA05DMIVIN3KS3SPJ9TH/Picnic+along+the+Seine Home - 7 Steps to the Ultimate Paris Picnic Summer picnics are always a hit with guests visiting us - it's an easy and inexpensive meal to throw together with the best view! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436993305510-3S47PP5W9EK68IL084LS/Michael%27s+shoe+and+wine+trick Home - 7 Steps to the Ultimate Paris Picnic American sneakers get a little French-ified...in their contents, not style :-) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/discover-walks-marais-tour monthly 0.5 2015-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436795746587-PUDZ6A9BT3Z2FU8ZUPJ7/Church+by+Pompidou+Center Home - Discover Walks: Marais Walking Tour and Picasso Museum Our tour met right by the steps of Eglise Saint Merri, where we found our first piece of street art on the tour (art and self-expression was certainly a theme, as we ended the morning in front of the Picasso Museum). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436795952517-CA75PYHIKJW7GZCNC3X3/Salvador+Dali+mural+by+Pompidou+Center Home - Discover Walks: Marais Walking Tour and Picasso Museum Classic example of new meets old in the Marais - an old church and Salvador Dalí side by side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436795993671-GDXXDVP9XKS9KR0VWGJX/Pompidou+Center Home - Discover Walks: Marais Walking Tour and Picasso Museum I’ve looked at the controversial looking Centre Pompidou countless times, admiring its quirky appearance. (It created quite a stir when it was built - if you have noticed, it sticks out a bit from the rest of the city’s look.) I’ve passed by numerous times, but I never knew what the colors symbolized. We learned that the red tubes, which you can see here (it’s where the escalators are) are red to reference their role as the blood of the building - the people are the life flow. You'll have to go on the tour to find out what the rest of the colors mean though! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436796096647-UURP3R0SS7PU4P6BOI95/IMG_5094.jpg Home - Discover Walks: Marais Walking Tour and Picasso Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436796108034-WQNPRQ5U1E3031VKP3I5/IMG_5097.jpg Home - Discover Walks: Marais Walking Tour and Picasso Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436796049483-8KW3OV5ITYT13JMBO01G/Slanted+houses+in+Marais Home - Discover Walks: Marais Walking Tour and Picasso Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436796376661-HXLZPFSNBQTNAQ5MTM5B/National+Archives+Paris Home - Discover Walks: Marais Walking Tour and Picasso Museum Here we are at the National Archives. Just take a look at this courtyard (the building is behind me in this photo) - this was once a private residence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436796417395-WRZOUB4YQGPSQMGF8BFM/Rooftops+Marais+Paris Home - Discover Walks: Marais Walking Tour and Picasso Museum Typical Parisian rooftops as seen from the National Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436796575363-MO4YDQROQQWRY20U4TRA/IMG_5102.jpg Home - Discover Walks: Marais Walking Tour and Picasso Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436796586664-C6M2JG3FG73BPXZGILQV/IMG_5101.jpg Home - Discover Walks: Marais Walking Tour and Picasso Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436796706710-1ARMOCLWH8WSL3U7PDM5/Picasso+Space+Invader Home - Discover Walks: Marais Walking Tour and Picasso Museum When you see the Picasso street art, then you know you are close to the museum that houses his work in Paris... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1436797465119-HACADBPJ54A7BIJ0HNCM/Back+of+Picasso+Museum Home - Discover Walks: Marais Walking Tour and Picasso Museum The back of the Hôtel Salé in the Marais http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/jardin-dacclimatation monthly 0.5 2015-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1435598732727-OUD0O3LEW9H68UF5BJLS/Looking+down+on+Jardin+d%27Acclimatation Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation The Jardin d’Acclimation as seen from the terraces of Fondation Louis Vuitton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1435600354200-U4S1C9GNSDNL82VYQLM7/Bird+area+of+Jardin+d%27Acclimatation Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation Looking towards the Grande Volière where all kinds of various birds are kept https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1435600506226-5WDVPU35P2X1W2H51IS8/Colorful+bird+at+Jardin+d%27Acclimatation Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation Brightly colored bird in the Grande Volière of Jardin d’Acclimation, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1435600565643-HQ1P734D9PC358PA9O8N/IMG_6921.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1435600718951-D30MZL1VLE3YY9U3UTN7/IMG_4415.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1435600845599-9OM5E6D0HXT6F5NXPAAD/Peacock+perched+in+the+Jardin+d%27Acclimatation Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation Many of the birds are in cages, but the peacocks wander the grounds freely. Don't forget to look up to spot these vibrantly-colored birds! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1435600896314-8N6V8ARIZXZG6WGI1TWR/Peacock+squawking+in+Jardin+d%27Acclimatation Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation Just don't get them riled up :-) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1435600968099-Q2PMMY0T0BR8H1LL17FO/Gardens+of+Jardin+d%27Acclimatation Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation Gardens of Jardin d’Acclimation, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1435601043425-GX6ZZMQ0TT8AEZIWJ2CC/Lake+at+Jardin+d%27Acclimatation Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation Lake of Jardin d’Acclimation in Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1435601682301-7J8TF08OOL22OSRE2VR9/Lake+and+Tower+views+at+Jardin+d%27Acclimatation Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation It's possible to go for a boat ride in the Jardin d’Acclimation (though it was pretty quiet on this particular February day). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434571863763-IPDE1UHEBJPTH3ZDRSWW/Jardin+d%27Acclimation+alpaca Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation Alpaca at Jardin d’Acclimation, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1435601917532-T6V62VFIPEY8CHQS4Z8F/IMG_4428.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1435601906816-HUKJQIZ70W4KDHUINRLI/IMG_4427.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1435602316174-IQI9KWIZFM6PW55RTM10/Cows+at+Jardin+d%27Acclimatation Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation Seriously, this really looks like a farm far away from Paris, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1435602466712-U0UAQ5WKFHR3JHGE1FZF/Fondation+Louis+Vuitton+from+Jardin+d%27Acclimatation Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin d'Acclimatation The Fondation Louis Vuitton is just at the edge of the Jardin d’Acclimation http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/fondation-louis-vuitton monthly 0.5 2015-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434407676475-NSFSD7ZZRBCPRZGDBEIQ/Entrance+to+Fondation+Louis+Vuitton Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton No handbags on display here - though think of how many you could buy using the over €100 million euros it cost to bring this building to life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434406782908-MZNZHHVESW3TZAOBXCZN/La+Defense+through+Fondation+Louis+Vuitton Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton La Défense framed and on display from the terrace of the Fondation Louis Vuitton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434406846693-5RBE3F4QABICJQDMCT7Z/%22Sails%22+of+Fondation+Louis+Vuitton Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton The exposed ribbing of the building, likened in this Vanity Fair article to the vaulting of a cathedral or the industrial steel look of the Eiffel Tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434408187306-KISMWPZGNNSX7AQQO1SH/IMG_4293.jpg Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434408200486-GOVQ5A1C98771BTWVG5R/IMG_4301.jpg Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434407173118-5N63341MWZ4RZ1D2F6HT/La+Defense+to+the+right+of+Fondation+Louis+Vuitton Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton Jardin d'Acclimatation and the skyscrapers of La Defense as seen from Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434408342234-JEL0ITTT0B87LUQVH6U8/Sky+and+Fondation+Louis+Vuitton Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton Terrace of Fondation Louis Vuitton and blue skies with clouds in Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434408812876-OBS2TXC2B68PVQ2BHOXP/Fondation+Louis+Vuitton+and+Eiffel+Tower Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton Eiffel Tower from Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434417043214-9VHA90J2QLIHU2GB8CL4/View+of+Fondation+Louis+Vuitton+from+Jardin+d%27Acclimatation Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton I wanted you to get a feel for the elements of the building before showing you the big picture if you are unfamiliar with it. Here it is, the ship-like Fondation Louis Vuitton sailing at the edge of the Jardin d'Acclimatation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434409044210-DTRY7UZF106RPE5GS5OS/IMG_4331.jpg Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434409060432-I7E6M6ONSRIYQS23R0RX/IMG_4335.jpg Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434415835259-XC69ZYYBATY3Y9I6C4SY/Quote+from+Frank+Gehry+Fondation+Louis+Vuitton Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton "I dream / I dream of designing a magnificent vessel for Paris that symbolizes France's profound cultural vocation." - Frank Gehry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434416066041-766S8NWSCR3UYBCESJ4J/Model+of+Fondation+Louis+Vuitton Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton Here's some details from the model that reflects how the building looks today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434416278522-LBITGXFQIBUH33R7RM36/Contact+expo+at+Fondation+Louis+Vuitton Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton Michael and I took some artsy selfies in the Contact exhibit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434416705563-D955P43OI7WJHFFIZMQC/IMG_4369.jpg Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434416721444-MID40OGZ9B1QQIPB0C1W/IMG_4383.jpg Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434417122864-JUPCJWXR58LMB7HQDS0A/Fountain+and+Fondation+Louis+Vuitton Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton Front view of Fondation Louis Vuitton with fountain in Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434416801967-IS6RIIASK1O4N8574FDW/Sunset+at+Fondation+Louis+Vuitton Home - Paris' Newest Must-See Museum: Fondation Louis Vuitton Vibrant sunset at Jardin d'Acclimatation with Fondation Louis Vuitton in western Paris, France http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/classy-paris-picnic monthly 0.5 2015-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434398240148-QJJLAF3TQXW1F6VU3GTV/Wine+along+the+Seine Home - Keep it Classy - Your 5-step Guide to a Wonderfully Romantic Parisian Picnic Wine at a restaurant can be pricey, but bringing your own means you can have a fantastic bottle at a much lower price. Featured here is one of our favorite wines ever, a lovely Languedoc red from Domaine du Cerbier, sitting pretty along the Seine, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434398388271-990V0IYAZQ6GRAD2XOI2/Ducks+along+the+Seine+in+Paris Home - Keep it Classy - Your 5-step Guide to a Wonderfully Romantic Parisian Picnic Grab your honey and take to the Seine for a romantic date night! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434398581242-X9X8APDO7VLJPD70FT5I/IMG_4806.jpg Home - Keep it Classy - Your 5-step Guide to a Wonderfully Romantic Parisian Picnic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434398596550-Z8I5UTCN70SLUOZ09FJC/IMG_0109.jpg Home - Keep it Classy - Your 5-step Guide to a Wonderfully Romantic Parisian Picnic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434398913538-AK83REEL87LVEPQ7Y9XE/Sara+and+Michael+at+Candlelit+Picnic+in+Paris Home - Keep it Classy - Your 5-step Guide to a Wonderfully Romantic Parisian Picnic This picnic occurred in April of this year, hence the warmer jackets. Compliments to Michael for including “a candlelit picnic with real wine glasses” as an item on our Paris bucket-list to accomplish before our move Stateside! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434399153327-KPXYC0A26UK9IHPV6O0Z/IMG_4813.jpg Home - Keep it Classy - Your 5-step Guide to a Wonderfully Romantic Parisian Picnic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434399173035-XGV9FK1SI1UMUPA7LXR3/IMG_4815.jpg Home - Keep it Classy - Your 5-step Guide to a Wonderfully Romantic Parisian Picnic http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/summer-in-paris-2015 monthly 0.5 2015-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1434397233445-VGB1YBFA3I7OCN71HOV0/Volleyball+at+Hotel+de+Ville+Paris Home - Summer in Paris, 2015 The space in front of Paris' Hôtel de Ville always has something going on during the summer - check it out to see what's going on, like volleyball courts or free concerts! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/posing-with-pictours-paris monthly 0.5 2015-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433516391268-OSOBIJZQ3F5VM5PY7IJ1/Pictours+Paris+shoot+cherry+blossoms Home - Posing with Pictours Paris Cherry blossoms in full bloom in April, spring, near Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433516561184-S8W4UX7RE0EGBPTXM1G4/Sara+and+Michael-15.jpg Home - Posing with Pictours Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433516625086-CNOGSQGXNJK0C634NYBE/Sara+and+Michael-24.jpg Home - Posing with Pictours Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433516680212-9OLGTUVBBHU6PD87CIVE/Sara+and+Michael-24.jpg Home - Posing with Pictours Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433900253610-SMZ4PHTUJMIF5V0NULQG/Sara+and+Michael+along+Seine Home - Posing with Pictours Paris We've walked along this quai on so many evenings looking for a spot to set up a picnic - it's certainly much less crowded before 9am! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433966045981-TS91XXK2XIL90MWU3L4D/Michael+and+Sara+by+lamppost Home - Posing with Pictours Paris Pictours Paris photo shoot on the Île Saint-Louis, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433516806796-IV6MDVZU6IW513H6KWRA/Pictours+Paris+shoot+bridge Home - Posing with Pictours Paris Pictours Paris photo shoot on bridge in Paris, France, April https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433517036934-7FZNGDM3OK5I71F8UPWQ/Sara+and+Michael-46.jpg Home - Posing with Pictours Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433517155731-72S9SS2YK05EM3W6JWAQ/Sara+and+Michael-48.jpg Home - Posing with Pictours Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433517171677-91E6CPPU4K64T56RQR83/Sara+and+Michael-48.jpg Home - Posing with Pictours Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433517395743-K9KP3K5I7Q6H4OW1S7X7/Pictours+Paris+cafe+shot Home - Posing with Pictours Paris Espresso for two at Les Philosophes on rue Vieille du Temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433517539306-ZIHM0258GNQB6M1O8XYM/Sara+and+Michael-57.jpg Home - Posing with Pictours Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433517597832-UTDA8E531UKTF334PKJ5/Sara+and+Michael-56.jpg Home - Posing with Pictours Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433520705112-X5IRT5PBTED1WO602P40/Pictours+Paris+blue+door Home - Posing with Pictours Paris Kissing on rue de Thorigny with bright blue door, Marais, Paris, France, 75003 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433520581298-WHW7NDDRP1CZ5IJQWT71/Pictours+Paris+shoot+Thorigny Home - Posing with Pictours Paris The view of our street as seen from our very own apartment window! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433516933551-E9L4W6OH8HR1SVNEXO53/Pictours+Paris+window+shot Home - Posing with Pictours Paris I like to think that this photo of us at our apartment window captures us looking forward with anticipation to the next chapter in the US. Cheesy? Sorry, it is - but it speaks to me of how I tried to live those last weeks in Paris: hopeful for the future, while savoring the present. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/my-corner-of-the-marais monthly 0.5 2015-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1433874670082-U45EECFS6MI5BSKEI5VD/Rue+de+Thorigny+street+sign Home - My Corner of the Marais Introducing this week some of our favorite spots in Paris! 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More to come on our month-long adventure through France! Here we are, celebrating our 12 year dating anniversary in the adorable town of Gordes, France - a place I never dreamed we would be together 12 years prior! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/fermeture-exceptionnelle monthly 0.5 2015-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1430346546338-TFNEKVYW1O4ENJ7RSU1Y/Sara+at+the+wheel Home - Fermeture Exceptionnelle The scenery will be different than Iceland, but once again I'll be at the wheel for the month of May during our big adventure through France! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/my-souvenirs-of-france-part-3 monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429890941450-F502GLFGHEU6D6W1515L/Monet+painting+at+Etratat Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 3 The same view Monet painted in Étretat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429891074918-0PR3FMDOY2GMCP97SG3G/White+cliffs+of+Etratat Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 3 Those white cliffs of the Alabaster Coast! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429891236413-N6RG7PLM5WCCG3MWB1BG/Sara+at+Etratat Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 3 Walking along the cliffs on a warm July afternoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429891317489-1NRTB4LMRGZ2XMOHRCGS/Dinner+in+Beaune Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 3 Inside the beautiful Caveau des Arches restaurant in Beaune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429891486020-63KTXXDTB2OF8FL0VGL1/Escargot+in+Beaune Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 3 These snails might not have been the highlight of the night for our birthday guest, but that sauce they're served in is an universal crowd-pleaser! (Hint - lots of butter and garlic involved!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429892197531-QFL9WYQ6T4HP7NLZ4EDW/IMG_9484.jpg Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429892237490-RXVRWLQIOOE44VJKGOZA/IMG_9488.jpg Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429892121751-8PLJH14S4T2EI0YO9L64/Fermenting+grapes Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 3 We all got a chance to poke around the huge vats of fermenting grapes - here's what we saw from the top of the ladder! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1430349208642-207K18EB3300S01X98OJ/Pouring+wine+from+the+tap Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 3 A taste of new wine straight from the vat. None for Dad though! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1430350036928-9HYMAZHTAONV7H2ZAYD1/Cafe+des+federations%2C+Lyon Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 3 The start of a great Sunday lunch at Le Café Des Fédérations in Lyon. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/my-souvenirs-of-france-part-2 monthly 0.5 2015-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429719896630-QT13ZSPOM4QHIAUK9WVF/Michael+and+Sara+in+Strasbourg Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 2 I've seen A LOT of markets since my first Christmas market experience in Strasbourg. But in my Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up, it still manged to nab the title for "Most Decked-Out Halls" - no one decorates like Strasbourg! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429718379659-845Z7V0ZQDA21XL5715I/Omaha+Beach%2C+France Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 2 This is Omaha beach, one of the D-Day beaches. It was odd to us to think that people still sunbathe and swim here, but as our guide pointed out, there have been so many conflicts on European soil that it would be impossible to set aside land just because of its significance in a war. On a day like the one we had in June, only plaques, memorials, and our tour guide's stories reminded us of the grim past of this area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429718533097-UBGYJE59Z9L5IL4URG9I/American+Cemetery%2C+Normandy Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 2 The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial - our final stop of the tour. Entering into the cemetery solidified the events that we learned about earlier that day. Seeing each white cross and Star of David that represented a life lost gave a sense of the scale of this one operation during WWII, and brought me to tears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429718771970-WFM1U75GJH283D499B36/IMG_6373.jpg Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429718806858-5QMFQ2FQNRHHSF516FG4/IMG_6360.jpg Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 2 http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/my-souvenirs-of-france-part-1 monthly 0.5 2015-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429198052435-X3G2P29VMP0X5XIW7XOL/Mumm+flag Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 1 The G.H Mumm champagne caves are a good pick if you are visiting Reims without a car - you can easily walk there from the city center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429198292973-GWVFMQQ8CEYUS0JRRP0H/Champagne+tasting Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 1 Cheers to surviving week 1 of life in Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429282489770-XMDB0MOIQTR4LF6VH2EP/image-asset.jpeg Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 1 You never know when my brother has a surprise up his sleeve - I certainly never would have guessed a secret visit was in the works! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429198481405-V812BTKYD82OMNCJ6H6I/Group+picture+by+Loire+Valley+Chateau Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 1 One of the best weekends, and a gift that a trip was planned for me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429199124388-7P0CAUFUVUASUGYIW5GI/Antibes+orange+trees Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 1 My attempt to capture the moment of sitting at that café, underneath brilliant blue skies and a vibrant orange tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1429278176893-DUK05ZQOYHEWQ0ZT1YDB/Pizza+in+Antibes Home - My "Souvenirs" of France: Part 1 Seriously fantastic lunch in progress! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/sante-to-france monthly 0.5 2015-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427130516302-V65U5FBLP79XM2ZTZSJN/Michael+and+Sara+wine+tasting+Loire+Valley Home - Santé to France! The theme this week is story time throughout France - with a sub-theme of vineyard visits in France! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/discover-france-outside-of-paris monthly 0.5 2015-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426791527154-RIS5PRY03EEI2TU47YC9/IMG_1427.jpg Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427032435109-20AWBS8R4ECR7J8W2BF3/IMG_7071.jpg Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426791863921-ADI7N2NA048KP541GVC5/Honfleur Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426792180913-NDXV9ZOR5XS73YQ3YRSU/Pont+du+Hoc Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426792259355-SG0ANLRQDSDUU81ZSQ7P/American+Cemetery Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427033134686-924UYF0P1KU19J4HYH1G/IMG_3941.jpg Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427033172177-Y65H1AT0W50VBMG4X5UH/IMG_3923.jpg Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426793495864-YWI01RNGSTGZDG8OSLHZ/%C3%89tretat Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426792404409-J6R3BGE1YYPMT3FLFBQC/Mont+St+Michel Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426793578893-B3TX8QJNYY3QDGHKD2EQ/St.+Malo Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427036207106-DMN65XL9L0JB2LM2QITQ/Chartres+wondow Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427036810759-SXVA7XFN1KYCPWRHB57C/Chenonceaux Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427032167015-J72JMXFQOO7FP9PGDFK2/Strasbourg Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426792976868-TZ29Y7ZWEKZ0Y5TJ8XIF/Dijon Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427034886291-4LUPIFXALX0O7PF7TB0Q/Beaune Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427035050715-GJWRPOLZN7Y0QG3LOYK8/Abbey+of+Fontenay Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427037639824-955G2Q2EJDDQ49VTONE7/Wine+tasting+in+Bordeaux Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427037928958-MWWBPEN2Q2FESFX2NV83/Saint-%C3%89milion Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427038019593-UO9K0L5GTZ2O1BD15UPH/Arcachon Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427031888309-3FKLGWN7CY74CLTT1I1U/Beynac-et-Cazenac Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427040888757-46MOF641EG2R8XP6QXTJ/Lyon+Roman+ruins Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427039556876-3ULFJ9X3AWWGPRYBPR51/Avingnon Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427039618152-ROMK452W0TFI4E9VTN1A/Les+Baux-de-Provence Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1427039931378-XQIQAXVG32DIR7OCNZC1/Marseille Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426793173507-GKVYXZETLRB0IYI2MBWQ/Nice Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426793308437-T0PMJLG8JLIKYJE28FY0/Antibes Home - Discover France, Outside of Paris! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/calling-all-fellow-france-lovers monthly 0.5 2015-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426187560818-ZK7D0TBC981ZAJMMJXCB/Sunset+in+Marseille Home - Calling All Fellow France Lovers: I need your help! There's plenty of France to see outside of Paris - like catching stunning Mediterranean sunsets in Marseille http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/winter-in-paris monthly 0.5 2015-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425388371904-SPCOMSPHBX59DB3XA4GP/Bird+along+the+Seine Home - Winter in Paris Bird on the Seine river in Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425387129995-VN6AWOQVVGQR4MNPP5K5/Winter+blues+in+Paris Home - Winter in Paris Clear skies help combat the winter blues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425378730879-LBLXL5TIYXWKTDAI7K12/Medici+Fountain+in+Luxembourg+Garden Home - Winter in Paris February at the Medici Fountain in the Jardin du Luxembourg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425389138249-1I7OS4C03XG80D1VWELO/Ice+in+fountain+at+Saint+Sulprice Home - Winter in Paris Check out this ice in the fountain in front of Saint-Sulpice! I think the kids here wanted to see some snow too. We watched some children picking the ice out of the fountain and playing with it in Place St. Sulplice since it was the only cold thing they could play with in Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425378379616-D4QM2K10A3XSZN46O940/Eiffel+Tower+detail+with+clouds Home - Winter in Paris Seriously, the brightest blue skies in March, framed by the Eiffel Tower - first time I've been underneath the tower post-construction of the first floor! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425389429356-Y1GMIYSQTYI537FY6RVV/Invalides Home - Winter in Paris Passing by Invalides on a beautiful winter day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425390366293-BLSC61KXR23ZJDVBNIG9/Building+along+the+Seine Home - Winter in Paris Dusk along the Seine on the first day of March https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425387591286-BRZABX39VE7XVWCC7A8Q/Sunset+on+the+Seine Home - Winter in Paris Winter sunset at the Seine with a passing boat by the Louvre, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425387955120-YAXCVMYC65O8M34FOZIR/Louvre+pyramid+at+sunset Home - Winter in Paris Nothing better than emerging from the Louvre to find that the rain has stopped, and the sun is vibrantly setting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425387808025-5KBMOH5QGHNJWPRT1Z84/Tip+of+Eiffel+Tower+at+Sunset Home - Winter in Paris Sunset and the tip pf the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/back-to-paris monthly 0.5 2015-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425378028598-E3G5GQ6S5FBYV2ZR5D4I/Eiffel+Tower+with+French+flag Home - Back to Paris French flag with Eiffel Tower in background, Paris, France http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/poland-transportation-accomodations monthly 0.5 2015-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426154620586-8P6Q9OLDL8H1C7M2VRZN/Boat+in+Gdansk Home - Poland Wrap-up Part II: Transportation and Accomodations Boats were the major method of transportation not used to get around Poland, but don't worry - you can still ride some boats once you reach your destination! [Gdańsk, Poland] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426153955318-7C6NG3KC3ARD1BEKL1J9/View+from+Warsaw+balcony Home - Poland Wrap-up Part II: Transportation and Accomodations The view from our Warsaw apartment balcony! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426154860751-LHGPJN479BY5O0DAP5MU/Gnome+with+Suitcase Home - Poland Wrap-up Part II: Transportation and Accomodations Time to pack your bags and get to Poland! (Yup, these little gnomes can show up anywhere!) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/an-introduction-to-polish-cuisine monthly 0.5 2015-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935269426-A1C7NUNM9QZV5LZNASP8/image-asset.jpeg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Intro to Polish Cuisine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935320202-QTIQN7YWUOZSYOFWHI8T/image-asset.jpeg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Cold borscht soup (chlodnik) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935343365-F0NABBL6NLXX29I5EW41/image-asset.jpeg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Red borscht soup (barszcz czerwony) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935367866-QPMK0B8YF07RY0ZN1XS2/image-asset.jpeg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Sour rye soup (zur aka zurek) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935388808-7O4NPWJ024D0HB7OB0WO/image-asset.jpeg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Cucumber soup (zupa ogorkowa) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935453995-7OISRGJN0W59SM0M9REZ/06-pickled-herring.jpg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Pickled herring (sledzie) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935436838-LHI9Y1Z1N23H02TCZ9WB/image-asset.jpeg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Polish charcuterie plate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935485222-Z31AWWDBJ3OGUMRI50H5/image-asset.jpeg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Sauerkraut stew (bigos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935515841-75S06M0U95MLXSSHC0LO/image-asset.jpeg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Stuffed cabbage rolls (golabki) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935541695-QDJK9DP585B1BSQL4YO0/image-asset.jpeg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Jellied pork (galaretka) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935568933-JQBUM0R9ZCAG4P6XENY4/image-asset.jpeg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Potato pancakes (placki ziemniaczane) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935596432-BA4FG83TUR4VI37768GI/image-asset.jpeg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Poppy seed cake (makowiec) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935618508-HJQU8UZGZ16H0VNUXUU1/image-asset.jpeg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Pierogis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935641505-JO5HO7J4SBA84Y5ORL6U/image-asset.jpeg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Pierogis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426935664584-W2FPVWU03PLAT672YSGF/image-asset.jpeg Home - An Introduction to Polish Cuisine Chocolate Pierogis with Raspberry Filling http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/final-week-eating-and-traveling-well-in-poland monthly 0.5 2015-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1426775493837-FDQ8LQKLCSJZCPDRP3WO/Pierogi+in+Gdansk Home - Final Week: Eating and Traveling Well in Poland Best of both worlds - in Poland, we found that you could live like a king, dining at great restaurants at a fraction of the price we're accustomed to. These pierogi are from our "fancy" meal in Gdańsk. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/poland-itinerary monthly 0.5 2015-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425993606432-SKZMUXNTV0KOILQ68R1N/Torun+at+night Home - Poland Wrap-up Part I: Make Your Own Poland Itinerary Spend a night in Toruń to see the town at night when the day trippers have left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425994268725-U0BNZX5QYLDDCFOYSEQE/Krakow+head+sculpture Home - Poland Wrap-up Part I: Make Your Own Poland Itinerary Visiting Krakow is a no-brainer! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425995784247-G8B49HGSV2K1WQTOB2YC/Michael+and+Sara+at+Singer Home - Poland Wrap-up Part I: Make Your Own Poland Itinerary Date nights are the best in the cool bars of Krakow's Kazimierz district! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/wrap-up-poland monthly 0.5 2015-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425043143599-3LLEI9O804R5OMMB7VGM/Flowers+in+Wroclaw Home - Time to Wrap-up the Poland Series! At the Botanical Garden in Wroclaw http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/wroclaw-jewish-cemetery monthly 0.5 2015-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423688871666-4J83NQ8GY6CKLFURUWV5/An+overgrown+cemetery+in+Wroclaw Home - The Old Jewish Cemetery of Wroclaw, Poland The overgrown Old Jewish Cemetery in Wroclaw, Poland with trees and tombstones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423688661917-HBTX4FPBACQ06M9CIZ02/Tombstone+in+Wroclaw%27s+Jewish+cemetery Home - The Old Jewish Cemetery of Wroclaw, Poland This tombstone with the menorah marks the grave of famous rabbi Ferdinand Rosenthal and his wife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425918714012-IG43MK0MC5RPA4FX9RJ8/Hands+on+tombstone+Old+Jewish+Cemetery Home - The Old Jewish Cemetery of Wroclaw, Poland A set of hands on a tombstone indicates that person was a descendant of Aaron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423689036253-B48XP7F8XWF1X6E42AOA/Vertical+tombstone+with+%22the+eye%22 Home - The Old Jewish Cemetery of Wroclaw, Poland Our book didn't mention this symbol, so we're assuming this person was part of the Illuminati... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423688488515-10RXWV7VJU8J46GRM3MC/Jewish+cemetery+in+Wroclaw Home - The Old Jewish Cemetery of Wroclaw, Poland You can see in this grouping of tombstones a sculpture of a tree chopped off, leaving behind the trunk. It is a metaphor for a sudden death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423689253143-35UBYHQKKM1HROSGJ01Q/Tombstone+with+pitcher Home - The Old Jewish Cemetery of Wroclaw, Poland A jug of water indicates that person was a descendant of the Levites (because the Levites wash the hands of the priests). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423689424912-RZ0PAQPAKDZJWINPE90O/IMG_4142.jpg Home - The Old Jewish Cemetery of Wroclaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423689550662-5U8D1MVAU8BYW7RCL7X2/IMG_4145.jpg Home - The Old Jewish Cemetery of Wroclaw, Poland http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/gnome-hunt monthly 0.5 2015-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423514929616-COHWS3I1U2H4O12EHB69/Gnome+in+main+square Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland Well-wisher - the very first gnome I spotted! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423515178384-1ZGFHHKG6LRLWO7OGDTJ/IMG_4267.jpg Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423515233443-8G318LO0G3P66426FZFJ/IMG_4067.jpg Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423516397385-XINKQQA2T0HFG2OCV8J3/Book+gnome Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland The Professor, who stands near the University, naturally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423515725981-TW2ODUP2NR9CUSC03OAR/Happy+gnome Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland Gnome holding present in Wroclaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423515445631-BMQURH09CET30GXI6MZS/Sleeping+gnome Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland The Snorer, snoozing away outside a hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423515929676-VX4WH34DZR1XU04WS2XA/Gnome+with+umbrella Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland Gnome on street holding umbrella in Wroclaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423516137076-EBL4WHFU1Z3BOJAY13G6/Gnome+by+balls Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland The hard-working Sisyphers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423516274312-ZDHNMGWQ86OSRN88T8FD/Gnome+on+sign Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland Bricklayer, the gnome, perched up high https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423516564691-IAUKK943Q86NEN5QHQGB/Lightpost+Gnome Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland Look up to spot the Lamplighter on the Ostrów Tumski bridge! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423516758776-5N75O9K6PDL3GM73W3A6/Ice+cream+Gnome Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland Barton, who may even offer to share a cone from Barton Icecream Cafe, which he sits in front of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423516922336-DT93BKLZUWGXHBC8W93U/Gnome+against+red+building Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland One of the Street Polers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423517808803-JLUXQ2SOP8IXVAH1FMT9/Musician+gnomes Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland Musician gnomes in Wroclaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423518812915-3P6ULRH2Z5DQXKCWXJAO/Wine+gnome Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland Gnome in front of the Ok Wine Bar in Wroclaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423518208367-69R20WGODJ3JSXUAL2CN/Beer+hall+gnome Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland Bavarian, who feels right at home over the entrance to a beer hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423519192782-KGFSI23RPM3TNDHMF4QF/Farm+animal+statues+Wroclaw Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland Don't let the farm animal statues throw you off! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423518653389-37F682D033SMZNI0KJCL/Three+blind+gnomes Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland Three gnomes by Town Hall in Wroclaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423517955438-VK76DDXPZSV41G9EIBG3/Couch+gnome Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland Reclining gnome in front of TV in Wroclaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423517622456-S6RK67ZGVKT83L9DHBVG/Heart+Gnome Home - Gnome Hunt! Wroclaw, Poland You may just leave your heart in Wroclaw after having this much fun! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/searching-wroclaw monthly 0.5 2015-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423690276178-DKLUI6CLWUZFCQSYJBUH/Gnome+by+the+wall+in+Wroclaw Home - The Search in Wroclaw, Poland One of the many hidden gnomes of Wroclaw, Poland http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/wroclaw monthly 0.5 2015-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425401328550-LYQWTEJAMLZO4G8HSHPZ/IMG_4001.jpg Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425401365121-XH2UN2EC0WGWFGF8B0MG/IMG_4006.jpg Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425401743876-31YOQNNRLEQFS3RX9V31/Main+Square+of+Wroclaw Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw Wroclaw's Market Square (Rynek), the central square in the city. Only two cities in Poland have larger market squares (Krakow and Olecko). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425401821846-4NPM1JOVO3S9OA37W09W/Wroclaw%2C+Poland Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw The Tumski bridge that connects the Wyspa Piaskowa (Sand Island) to the "mainland." This area by the river was one of my favorites to walk around and explore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425404522449-SZHUJGV6BW6UOFJ9AKJF/Wroclaw+University Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw The Baroque Aula Leopoldina was gorgeous! It dates from the early 1700's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425404696685-BU5CQ8YCW4Q61I15ED44/View+from+top+of+Wroclaw+University Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw Don't miss the University's Mathematical Tower - it offers great views of Wroclaw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425404370990-5Y7XQQS1S999YQQ28F42/Outside+Art+Museum+of+Wroclaw Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw Outside Wroclaw's National Museum (Muzeum Narodowe) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425401975397-QS2K8XEH1YLF4YMCB7OG/IMG_4106.jpg Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425402009075-WN1U1TLLZTG8XSWP45HO/IMG_4109.jpg Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425402174713-CT017FCXUEEMWMA7OQ24/image-asset.jpeg Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw I loved the bright colors of the Japanese garden in Wroclaw, Ogród Japoński. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425402875200-RZ6ET3YM9Z0Q5YHG0XWG/IMG_4171.jpg Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425402907852-HXHLN58CWUDZAA8B8EH7/IMG_4162.jpg Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425403253140-4SJPTUNNNUYASJ0J95LS/Pergola+fountain+in+Wroclaw Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw The Wrocławska Fontanna with Centennial Hall in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425403956446-U4FZF6MHH0EAZJMXJVYE/Beer+at+the+fountain+in+Wroclaw Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw Waiting for the next fountain show involved having plenty of down time in between. First came a round of ice cream, followed by a beer break. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425403456797-ACYFDDBIFQFKK03MN7I5/Fountain+show+in+Wroclaw Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw What a beautiful day for a show! Sadly we didn't get to see the fountain at night, but I'm sure it would have been fun seeing the lightening component of the show too. Three was our limit for the day though! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425404035890-G3PZEE1FEGYFUDCZPPAP/Horse+and+carriage+in+Wroclaw%27s+square Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw Town Hall of Wroclaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425404122706-7HFYIHYCHD59W309VLEC/View+of+Main+Square+in+Wroclaw Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw Market Square (Rynek) of Wroclaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425404236656-YJZLYECNME6O74RENQ61/Blue+skies+in+Wroclaw%2C+Poland Home - Relaxing in Wroclaw Colorful buildings of Market Square (Rynek) of Wroclaw, Poland http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/an-insiders-guide-to-poland monthly 0.5 2015-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424963273684-WOK72C7CX9HK3895J3CY/Gdansk%2C+Poland Home - An Insider's Guide to Poland: Guest Post by Joanna of "Me and My Itchy Feet" Gdańsk, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424959154776-DJG0PI1OD7MYKCDZABDU/Gdynia%2C+Poland Home - An Insider's Guide to Poland: Guest Post by Joanna of "Me and My Itchy Feet" Gdynia, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424959478074-DXSC8PPXJEHYSKAAZ8CY/Sopot%2C+Poland Home - An Insider's Guide to Poland: Guest Post by Joanna of "Me and My Itchy Feet" Krzywy Domek, the "crooked little house" in Sopot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424882147958-S5I93121S7UGVT14OOMO/Hel%2C+Poland Home - An Insider's Guide to Poland: Guest Post by Joanna of "Me and My Itchy Feet" In Poland, if someone tells you to go to "Hel," it's not a bad thing... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424959687223-TAG74CRVY3VW5HK2A39S/Leba%2C+Poland Home - An Insider's Guide to Poland: Guest Post by Joanna of "Me and My Itchy Feet" The beaches of Leba, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424960572366-98BCMC9GO8YYMS7WE2J2/Szymbark%2C+Poland Home - An Insider's Guide to Poland: Guest Post by Joanna of "Me and My Itchy Feet" Szymbark, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424960767228-Y49DRYUD4SL7LQ6C7X6D/Torun%2C+Poland Home - An Insider's Guide to Poland: Guest Post by Joanna of "Me and My Itchy Feet" Inside the Muzeum Piernika, the Gingerbread Museum, in Torun, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424961385546-05A6U05FK9B0QK0ZXLXB/Gniezno%2C+Poland Home - An Insider's Guide to Poland: Guest Post by Joanna of "Me and My Itchy Feet" The Cathedral of Gniezno, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424961874531-IQ5Z52CFDVCEEXO9995N/Wdzydze+Kiszewskie Home - An Insider's Guide to Poland: Guest Post by Joanna of "Me and My Itchy Feet" The open-air museum of Wdzydze Kiszewskie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424962125626-38RKJ1IEDJWWEMSGVIDJ/Pieniny%2C+Poland Home - An Insider's Guide to Poland: Guest Post by Joanna of "Me and My Itchy Feet" The views are stunning from the Pieniny mountains in Poland! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/underrated-wrocaw-poland monthly 0.5 2015-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423503999714-HEGUMWRKC5G5AHSQA0QA/River+of+Wroc%C5%82aw%2C+Poland Home - Underrated Wrocław, Poland? Wroclaw, Poland http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/gdansk monthly 0.5 2015-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425044075991-0BPXIVA5BP2Q4E17WHVB/Boat+in+Gdansk Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland Pirate boat in Gdańsk, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425044810597-P2MWN7C429ARTRIAE78D/Neptune+Fountain Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland The Neptune Fountain, an appropriate figure for a maritime city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425045813472-3W40E9T7D5BSYSWOH93T/Details+from+Dluga+Street Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland Sculpture heads along Gdańsk's Royal Way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425046410218-GI4DCFEUTYHUJDFOWUKP/IMG_3623.jpg Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425046358944-GBEL8C3YP9EBACOQKSLK/IMG_3668.jpg Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425046199596-JIBOPEPEZTCTY4BQWX22/Looking+down+Dluga+Street+in+Gdansk Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland Royal Way of Gdańsk, featuring Town Hall on the right-hand side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425046792039-1M7RM9G0WY29S155MFBX/Buildings+on+the+Long+Street Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland The ornate buildings of the Royal Way in Gdańsk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425047080344-L5051AE9BXQ6MFGTLL2O/IMG_1968.jpg Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425047119776-Y9AHIOYBXR03SUSS52RY/IMG_1966.jpg Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425048012270-0CII79P8OBK7G2XX4R4W/Town+hall%2C+Gdansk Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland The ceiling in the Main Town Hall, Gdańsk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425048514504-FGOJ9B69PVV4N7NJL9RJ/IMG_3722.jpg Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425048563447-RMN6JWETI8LFU5J0KJGR/IMG_3727.jpg Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425048095877-LYC05T6UHNY6LIFF6W5O/Tiles+in+Artus+Court Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland This massive stove is one of the highlights of Artus Court. It dates back from the 1500's and has retained almost all its original tiles! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425048757048-FEYWKFD2E3L4D6WGESHG/Amber+Museum Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland Inspecting some trapped bugs at the Amber Museum in Gdańsk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425048928741-RWJ8IH7DHGE9V497GY24/Hans+Mealing+triptych Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland The painting that is "a real steal!" Hans Memling's the Last Judgement is one well-traveled piece of art! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425049480187-MJOLJDQLLB53KKH7KTE7/IMG_3630.jpg Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425049529459-72VZ39UQOR4PCYH9ECON/IMG_3638.jpg Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425049067167-DR1N5BW0SAFUVHOD02Z5/View+of+main+part+of+Gdansk+from+above Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland The tower of St. Mary's Church offers some pretty views of Gdańsk! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425049345734-BK633N4A5LV3FQOU083O/View+from+St.+Mary%27s+Church Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland A view of Gdańsk, the Martwa Wisła river that runs through it, and even a glimpse of the Baltic Sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425049854790-2MJ4X0ZN8DEYQKJIFKOL/Pope+JPII+at+the+manger Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland Pope John Paul II at the manger scene at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Gdańsk. I'm telling you, he shows up everywhere in Poland! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425050295463-SQG5T92TA2RZPM7WU8IW/Westerplatte+sign Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland Westerplatte sign in Gdańsk, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425050714737-GDHFWH5DXS0ND2WMCS46/Westerplatte+and+Polish+flags Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland Westerplatte Monument to the Defenders of the Coast with Polish flags, Gdańsk, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425052180170-VWC0FEFUDF2UHLWJ8S2X/Westerplatte+monument Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland The Monument to the Defenders of the Coast towers above on a hill at the entrance to the harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425050383682-ZC2NIOURZBXXYLFF7R7N/Michael+and+Sara+on+boat Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland Lovin' a boat ride on the waters of Gdańsk! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425051923626-35WN99PQG4B9JJ737BSE/At+the+cannon Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland Defending Gdańsk since 2014... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425052496939-YE6FNUZBHR6ZS1WBBX3M/Statue+for+Solidarity Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland A defenseless worker trying to shield himself against the bullets - a tribute to those who lost their lives at the hands of the communist regime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425052690159-QJ22TNEV0P2BCVKL1VZL/IMG_3967.jpg Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1425052740140-HMJWMLX88TL4R1MQLDF3/IMG_3978.jpg Home - Baltic Beauty: Gdańsk, Poland http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/malbork-castle monthly 0.5 2015-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424723694777-9D4ZE0THF9DNTTBB9BIX/Approaching+Malbork+Castle Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle The approach to Malbork Castle - no matter from what angle I stood, it was impossible to capture a photo that really encapsulated just what type of magnitude of size we're talking about when it comes to the ginormous Malbork Castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424723856301-1SCCIBEMRT4MR310QMTW/Malbork+Castle%27s+brick+exterior Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle Just one little section of the castle! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424724106668-I49QD94NEXJXKYPDGKNW/IMG_3812.jpg Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424724154692-FKZYAE5IF75LN5FE65ZJ/IMG_3817.jpg Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424724361268-YA1OOEV9KABNROP0ZMPJ/Fan-like+architecture+in+Malbork+Castle Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle Inside the Grand Refectory of Malbork Castle, designed to hold banquets for up to 400 guests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424724819362-TGL6ULCH74YXI1FGHI2G/IMG_3827.jpg Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424724864721-N7B5KTW51LWCRMMXOAOZ/IMG_3837.jpg Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424724549494-SIXX9U76XQB2OP6ZGIPJ/Three+%22good%22+women+Malbork+Castle Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle This (and the photo below) are details of the Golden Gate, which is at the entrance of St. Mary's Church, and dates to the late 13th century. Here are three (of the five) wise virgins with their lamps filled of oil (see Matthew 25:1-13 in the Bible). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424724717148-4K07A40VPOLMIWTDYBM4/Three+sad+women+at+Malbork Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle Three (of the five) foolish virgins who had no oil for their lamps when they needed it... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424725111937-WTBTP1B5B81HDFNKV6NI/Inside+the+chapel+of+Malbork+Castle Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle Inside St. Mary's Church - this is part of the castle that was destroyed during WWII and is slowly being restored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424725697895-BW8CXDN5D1FATFUQM0TM/Cross+in+Malbork+Castle Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle Cross inside St. Mary's Church, Malbork Castle, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424726196683-M7HXXQ6JIA5BEAO2LSLU/Jesus+and+Mary+over+door+at+Malbork+Castle Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle Jesus crowning Mary, carving at Malbork Castle, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424726387185-QTVF723I6XZX2C2M588I/Outside+Malbork+Castle Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle Path outside Malbork Castle, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424727283474-X4VWRQCCCLK038G22Y92/Malbork+Castle+from+across+the+river Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle We walked across the bridge to try to get the recommended view across the Nogat River (written about in Rick Steves' guidebook of course). The construction in front of the castle detracted a bit but I can see what he was going for! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424726716495-MZEGWBGD3AAAXX18EBKM/Malbork+Castle+by+River Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle The turrets of Malbork Castle, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1424726863983-8C9V9JQRTPABJ1KS2IU4/Malbork+Castle+and+all+its+brick%21 Home - Daytrip from Gdańsk: Malbork Castle So much brick on the exterior of Malbork Castle, Poland http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/sopot monthly 0.5 2015-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423691483929-UIJ6B98A8JMRBC5IYUTO/White+sand+beach+of+Sopot Home - White European Beaches Where You Least Expect It: Sopot, Poland Seriously, did you have any idea this existed in Poland? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423691624341-I3Y0XDWPQACGE452F4SU/IMG_3776.jpg Home - White European Beaches Where You Least Expect It: Sopot, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423691672773-Z3AXAS6ZHBM9LDJOXS4D/IMG_3794.jpg Home - White European Beaches Where You Least Expect It: Sopot, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423691808463-R2PCVPBQZATZXOL3XBNS/Ship+in+Gdansk Home - White European Beaches Where You Least Expect It: Sopot, Poland Pirate ship in Sopot, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423691919398-PVLA990GRJKQVUEA5J4Y/Guys+on+boat+in+Gdansk Home - White European Beaches Where You Least Expect It: Sopot, Poland These were the only ones brave enough to splash around in the Baltic Sea on the chilly May afternoon we visited Sopot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423692011213-I5PFRCHT5UJW4RIUP0CP/The+Crooked+house+of+Sopot Home - White European Beaches Where You Least Expect It: Sopot, Poland This is Krzywy Domek, the Crooked House, in Sopot. People say that when the house looks normal, it's time to stop drinking! (I imagine this happens more often during the summertime when the town is more alive...) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423692174607-D8KBXODUS4UY7MVIKEKQ/Sara+with+ice+cream Home - White European Beaches Where You Least Expect It: Sopot, Poland It may be chilly, but it's always time for some ice cream in Poland. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/northward-bound-to-gdask-poland monthly 0.5 2015-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423503370030-YXNNERJTSTW8VGIJBPZU/Gda%C5%84sk+from+above Home - Northward Bound to Gdańsk, Poland View of Gdańsk from the tower of St. Mary's Church http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/warsaw monthly 0.5 2015-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423084972496-FAON7GAZBFQ5K1UJEE2J/Palace+of+Culture+and+Science+in+Warsaw%2C+Poland Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland The Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423085190252-9RD2OXESKPR39OT9ZFOS/IMG_3265.jpg Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423085314038-0GUQ6BDJZXIT5OJHFLG8/IMG_3270.jpg Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423085379011-48AKBA8REILOE6XYTD2U/IMG_3270.jpg Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423239613753-NBGL1PZ4ODZDKS9MD8XU/Piano+keys+walkway Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland Piano keys crosswalk in Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423085531291-BA1TOQRG87E5JXI1N9DQ/Palace+of+Culture+and+Science%2C+Warsaw Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland You can pop up to the 30th floor's observation deck, though as we discovered, the view isn't noteworthy. The Palace of Culture and Science itself is one of the skyline's highlights, so it doesn't help when you're looking out from this building at the rest of Warsaw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423085630787-17IDTJBNCXFJJK0F7DY4/Warsaw+skyline Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland The view from the Palace of Culture and Science https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423237206623-LGF38M3CC3K99L6L6VPM/Snowman+in+Art+Museum Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland Snowmen can be art, right?? At Warsaw's Museum of Modern Art... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423237391563-AZMOLUUR2MJWKK9KXHT3/Sara+at+Science+museum Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland I built this bridge with (minimal) help from Michael! And this was before we got to the Re: Generation (ages 14+) section of the Copernicus Science Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423237573536-G9VRBUMF78K8PVAIZ8SR/Michael+at+the+Science+museum Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland This camera detected facial features and determined the mood of the person. This was Michael doing his "Paris Metro face," trying to max it out as 100% sad. His depressed Parisian look did manage to reach that goal, though not pictured here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423240217782-UQDQ0WB0TTBJLCUYA4T2/Peacock+in+the+Park Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland Peacock in Łazienki Park, Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423237672288-1KQVKX124CU2X4C5YIS1/IMG_3320.jpg Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423237889417-CSAAE4UASMGP94G8MW0W/IMG_3332.jpg Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423237892413-MDNJG1TA8HLOS7AEQDO3/IMG_3336.jpg Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423239224342-FTCIZTBRI3HD28ECMUI6/Bedroom+in+Warsaw%27s+Palace Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland Inside the Royal Castle in Warsaw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423239044901-BDW4SRTA83X6R9BDJ3J7/IMG_3380.jpg Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423239104012-GIW3VYN3X33F2QRD0JDQ/IMG_3369.jpg Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423238141476-80KJXFGE6U8DN8DDMXQ0/Mirror+illusion+at+Royal+Castle Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland Gold mirrors and statues in the Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423238290193-MGF6A0J5FGDGVOQDRZPX/Eagle+at+Royal+Castle Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland Gold eagle close-up in Royal Castle of Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423239426139-N0GFH9M3J2URODY2YBS8/IMG_3418.jpg Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423239495387-OBZVP1A9MPTR308A6ND8/IMG_3350.jpg Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423239729922-PUV0OWAP4NI7OCU294V9/Old+town+of+Warsaw Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland Warsaw's Old Town may be rebuilt, but it's as charming as ever! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423239802419-RUECGEQ4DLJE4AWVU594/Statue+in+Warsaw Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland This is the Mermaid of Warsaw, the city's protector, as commemorated in the Old Town Square. To me, this reminds me of the spirit of the Varsovians. No mermaid fought their battles - they have endured great hardships and have persevered. And the future is bright for this city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423239944703-V4BH4W61Q0BL3RXI8D52/Street+art+Warsaw Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423240086152-FIC5L0ZOYSZNUK8AWKAH/View+from+our+airbnb Home - Understanding Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, as seen from the balcony of our Airbnb apartment rental http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/simply-sara-eats-in-warsaw monthly 0.5 2015-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423082327767-J7K42U60H2U6GSUX9D6Y/Breakfast+at+SAM Home - Simply Sara Eats: in Warsaw "The Moroccan" at SAM (pictured above minus the bread) - it cost 18 pln (which at today's exchange rate is $4.85 USD). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423082426484-XH120CY9EP4670IQWCT0/Lunch+at+Aioli Home - Simply Sara Eats: in Warsaw Aïoli's pulled pork sandwich, made on an in-house baked bun with fries and a side salad. How much, you wonder? It comes in at a whopping 19.90 pln, or $5.39 USD (at exchange rate in Feb 2015). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423082593866-Y4XEG9ZKH4F6RPMVWN8D/Humus+at+Beirut Home - Simply Sara Eats: in Warsaw Our sampler of hummus, baba ghanoush, and a third unknown at Beirut, Warsaw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423082709898-K9RKS7V80I5H63IIOX2Q/Polish+donuts Home - Simply Sara Eats: in Warsaw You could order donuts to go from A Blikle, but doesn't sitting down at the cafe look so much better? http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/shiny-new-warsaw monthly 0.5 2015-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1423080481247-EXG10AS5VW2TJ4TJ7LVJ/Warsaw+skyscraper Home - Shiny New Warsaw This unique building is the InterContinental Hotel, a five-star hotel. Its unusual cut-out bothered Michael with its inefficiency, yet I appreciated the character it added to Warsaw's skyline. (Typical engineer vs English literature degree debates...) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/5-hidden-gems-in-poland-guest-post-by-karolina-and-patryk monthly 0.5 2015-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421860199403-XNUEDHGP6JN3UC1G1Z8Z/Lancut+castle Home - 5 Hidden Gems in Poland: Guest Post by Karolina and Patryk The beautiful Lancut castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421860288762-ONF4P9EA69HTHB0G0X7K/Roztocze Home - 5 Hidden Gems in Poland: Guest Post by Karolina and Patryk Roztocze region of Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421860432641-MPGU6D46WHR79SBB1B5G/Bison+in+the+park Home - 5 Hidden Gems in Poland: Guest Post by Karolina and Patryk Bialowieza is home to these huge bison! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421860611119-J4DF0AW0NXCY8DQMBB28/Solec+Zdroj%27s+mineral+pools Home - 5 Hidden Gems in Poland: Guest Post by Karolina and Patryk A relaxing spot that boasts some extra benefits of healing: Solec Zdroj https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421860778074-C8PTGM6BI2UQ2H19JBHM/Bieszcady+mountains Home - 5 Hidden Gems in Poland: Guest Post by Karolina and Patryk The Bieszczady Mountains of Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421860856369-2W4W31LT2ASQ9LANHSD1/Karolina+and+Patryk Home - 5 Hidden Gems in Poland: Guest Post by Karolina and Patryk Karolina and Patryk http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/exploring-torun monthly 0.5 2015-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422550254163-37LGWSYV05XUY6A0FDLH/Copernicus+statue+in+Torun Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland Toruń's most famous homeboy, Nicholas Copernicus, showing his theory that the sun (not the earth) is at the center of the universe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422885122754-EN5CD7IMAHU0LO4F83F4/Fountain+in+Torun Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland This fountain in front of town hall portrays the legend of the rafter. Toruń was overrun with frogs and what better way to drive them out than with a tune on the violin? Apparently the rafter's plan worked and the town commemorates the story with this scene in the center of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422885232196-D1ENVTE7DAY9I9WQK8AQ/Close-up+of+Torun+fountain Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland We happened to be in town on May 3rd, which is a national holiday in Poland known as Constitution Day. Hence all the Polish flags in our photos everywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422885340875-Q1I7KYTTCVND6TAGGZ2U/Cute+dog+statue+in+Torun Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland Keep your eyes open in the town center! This cute dog is in honor of the Polish cartoonist Zbigniew Lengren, whose well-known comic series involved Professor Filutek and his dog, Filus, shown here forever holding the hat of the professor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422885017773-D9G9GA95C6GE1IKXOD6A/Ruins+in+Torun%2C+Poland Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland Oh, you know, just some ruins of the castle that stood here from the Teutonic Knights. It was the order's first castle. Don't feel too bad though - their ginormous Malbork Castle in the area still stands and can still be visited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422885478792-XLRUUAWK922YU6EM5YOR/Croocked+building+of+Torun Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland There it is - the Leaning Tower of Toruń https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422885568310-8YQWVFM5P3AJ5TPHX0X3/IMG_3543.jpg Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422885619350-Y7JSNXGIMC47RP8MBLQ2/IMG_3553.jpg Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422549918685-1VUUTYJMPYO02DIEMPPZ/IMG_3431.jpg Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422549985396-GWS1ZXXKNAPL8FB9IC45/IMG_3434.jpg Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422549713322-SLD1DCBENUHRRDLWO9N1/Details+inside+Torun+church Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland Inside Toruń’s St. James church (Kościół św.Jakuba) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422550618329-LNUL6LW0WFDOEHPQ2EDP/Gingerbread+museum+of+Torun Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland Sign of the Muzeum Piernika (Gingerbread Museum) in Toruń, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422550755520-W1RKZXNKEB9PMBEH49EQ/Rolling+pins+at+the+Gingerbread+Museum Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422885965299-Y0B7WDOBW5POZZ5FMF10/Sara+stirring+up+some+gingerbread+dough%21 Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland Step aside boys, I got this. Thanks to my assistants, we were able to create the dough for our cookies (and make an appearance in some Polish family photo albums for years to come). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422550963429-7EVMVVHVVWJEHJ0R4NOS/Sara+stirring+the+batter Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland Here is the baking master, who kept asking me if it was difficult to stir. Which it was (hence the strong men helping to hold down the bowl). Each time I answered, "Yes!" he would reply, "Good! Now keep going!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422552459959-596O29UH6HASZ3OS3BAM/Gingerbread+cookies Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland The final product - gingerbread cookies fresh out of the oven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422886232248-VKRD815FNYI7MNII7FWR/Torun%27s+Town+hall Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland One of the many statues in the courtyard of the building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422886325383-P2Y8DTGT35MMMLUZQTDA/View+towards+the+water+from+above%2C+Torun Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland From above you can get a good view of the Vistula River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422886850661-ST6D6O6564Z83X06U05N/IMG_3514.jpg Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422886920181-KDDMWE8VC7K1MQI9ISX1/IMG_3516.jpg Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422886430363-YXCWFYV62NQ71PJGLIZ3/Above+looking+at+Torun%27s+brick+church Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland View of Toruń, Poland from the Old City Town Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422886558398-76LDSWBAOEDD7WAWZO7Q/IMG_3509.jpg Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422886625937-HXC4PTGEDWK1GNFLRAI9/IMG_3520.jpg Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422886701011-RAFN74VUDXG7PFG5DES5/IMG_3520.jpg Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422887300566-U0CIG0TA0ZCRWGFZA4F8/Beer+at+Torun+brewery Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland Dark gingerbread beer at Jan Olbracht Browar Staromiejski in Toruń https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422887408724-0F8GVSLTWOWB9R4N1CCK/Sunset+at+river+in+Torun Home - Exploring Medieval Toruń, Poland Sunset along the Vistula River, Toruń http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/polands-lesser-known-destinations monthly 0.5 2015-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422382639284-GD2Q7CIJRBJUEEHTKK21/Torun%2C+Poland+at+night Home - This Week - Poland's Lesser-Known Destinations Toruń at night is even more serene with all the day-trippers gone! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/auschwitz-birkenau monthly 0.5 2015-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422272597893-KN65HUS5IHEPCP402XB0/The+grounds+of+Auschwitz-Birkenau Home - Day Trip from Krakow #2: Auschwitz-Birkenau The grounds of Auschwitz II-Birkenau, the largest of the camps in the Auschwitz complex. An estimated 90% of the victims who were brought to Auschwitz died in this camp - about 1 million people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422271142568-223148U6VLYK910LD9OB/Train+tracks+at+Auschwitz Home - Day Trip from Krakow #2: Auschwitz-Birkenau These tracks brought in train car after car of Jews, packed in conditions worse than livestock being transported. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422273123568-HEHNDZG6V17UE8PI0QRN/Inside+a+bunk Home - Day Trip from Krakow #2: Auschwitz-Birkenau It's so difficult for me to imagine all the people who were forced to sleep on each plank of wood. In the aforementioned book, Rena's Promise, she describes the chilling feeling of waking up to find the body next to her lifeless. Something that didn't just happen once. A situation that certainly happened in this bunk I walked through, once full of flee-bitten, malnourished, suffering victims. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422272729361-DXR4PKCVC9JMYNA8ZEUR/The+guard+house Home - Day Trip from Krakow #2: Auschwitz-Birkenau The main guard tower of Auschwitz II-Birkenau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422273380344-DW97NYAQ6OE4RHRHHSS9/Brick+buildings+of+Auschwitz Home - Day Trip from Krakow #2: Auschwitz-Birkenau Brick buildings of Auschwitz I, which were originally military barracks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422273553482-G6A50022I7E6XCGKJ5L6/Suitcases+in+Auschwitz+museum Home - Day Trip from Krakow #2: Auschwitz-Birkenau Suitcases of the Auschwitz prisoners and victims at the Auschwitz museum, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1422271247951-FOSO10XISLQC8Y1U9EG5/Work+Will+Set+You+Free Home - Day Trip from Krakow #2: Auschwitz-Birkenau The infamous sign at the entrance of Auschwitz claims "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Will Set You Free) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/wieliczka-salt-mine monthly 0.5 2015-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421778411562-WWLKZK07R1XDVFLU9DKY/Entrance+sign+to+the+Wieliczka+Salt+Mine Home - Day Trip from Krakow #1: Wieliczka Salt Mine Wieliczka Salt Mine is an UNESCO World Heritage Site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421778731261-O4DPZDY0CFNSNWVAERLG/The+descent+down+the+Wieliczka+Salt+Mine Home - Day Trip from Krakow #1: Wieliczka Salt Mine Michael captured the staircase on the descent - you can spot a few hands holding on to those railings on the way down! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421778979682-IXVPH1FW670ZQ9ROBEYU/Miner+figure+in+Wieliczka+Salt+Mine Home - Day Trip from Krakow #1: Wieliczka Salt Mine Model of a miner at work in the Wieliczka Salt Mine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421779145877-UW2VFI8HOC21GOJNI3NY/Figure+with+torch+in+Wieliczka+Salt+Mine Home - Day Trip from Krakow #1: Wieliczka Salt Mine Sculpture of a miner working in the Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421779258349-84LBPHEVH5ZJ2CX6NUIQ/King+in+Wieliczka+Salt+Mine Home - Day Trip from Krakow #1: Wieliczka Salt Mine This one is of King Casimir the Great who ruled in the 14th century. He is known for the laws he put in place regulating the management of the salt mines. Salt was a huge source of income for Poland during his reign - it made up for an estimated third of the state treasury income! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421779389988-BHLA31OZ9IT5YNLLGXS1/Legend+in+the+Wieliczka+Salt+Mine Home - Day Trip from Krakow #1: Wieliczka Salt Mine These statues depict the legend of St. Kinga. This Hungarian princess married a Polish king and is credited with bringing salt to Poland. The story goes that she threw her engagement ring in Hungary’s Maramures salt mine (while other accounts say that she simply lost it). After the wedding, she ordered the digging of a well at Wieliczka. Low and behold, a miner uncovered her ring (the moment depicted above) which had been carried to Poland by salt deposits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421779532900-DBDO4PYVJ0ULA8EGS5O2/Neon+lights+in+the+Wieliczka+Salt+Mine Home - Day Trip from Krakow #1: Wieliczka Salt Mine And some sections of the mine really reminded me we were walking the tourist track in the footsteps of the over 37 million other visitors who have been in the salt mine since 1945! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421779676607-F0QDOGCH5C2QVUCQ3ND2/Looking+into+the+chapel Home - Day Trip from Krakow #1: Wieliczka Salt Mine Here we are, at the back of the St. Kinga's Chapel about to enter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421780412373-N359KCMA86VLXNSMZCD0/Inside+the+church+of+Wieliczka+Salt+Mine Home - Day Trip from Krakow #1: Wieliczka Salt Mine Details in St. Kinga's Chapel, Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421780725641-ESD55I2OFRYZM4A2NOLS/Church+altar+of+Wieliczka+Salt+Mine Home - Day Trip from Krakow #1: Wieliczka Salt Mine 101 meters underground lies this wonder - the St. Kinga Chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421944381331-ZMSOAGNYGWM1PFXGNXBH/Statue+of+Pope+John+Paul+II Home - Day Trip from Krakow #1: Wieliczka Salt Mine Of course there's a salt sculpture of Pope John Paul II in the chapel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421780834910-1IJ5PLSR7ND8DAONP5BM/Michael+and+Sara+at+Wieliczka+Salt+Mine Home - Day Trip from Krakow #1: Wieliczka Salt Mine You can even book an event or a wedding at the chapel! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421780970122-0NHAW49M7MEFUI6E79BF/Chandelier+in+Wieliczka+Salt+Mine Home - Day Trip from Krakow #1: Wieliczka Salt Mine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421781099939-CRV65EIDYL6WDHSX0G4Y/Lake+in+Wieliczka+Salt+Mine Home - Day Trip from Krakow #1: Wieliczka Salt Mine One of the lakes in the Wieliczka Salt Mine http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/now-that-youre-in-krakowget-up-and-go monthly 0.5 2015-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421782173619-HM0J73D6JZOT1G84DOED/On+the+streets+of+Krakow Home - Now that You're in Krakow...Get up and Go! Krakow is such a joy to explore...but this week we're going to leave and see what else is nearby! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/poland-guest-post-by-cynthia-of-adventurings monthly 0.5 2015-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420638785505-50TR0SH263MLRKZEFGII/Cynthia+getting+ready+for+Poland Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings Cynthia prepares for a backpacking adventure through Poland! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420646722374-ZG3N9T88TKAAQ6KOV66O/Krakow Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings Colorful buildings in Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420638610746-T15406C5XDE1V48YHKK8/Pierogies+in+Poland Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings The delicious pierogies of Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420639174771-7F5SKYP0Y2PFR7QQ935V/Church+of+St.+Peter+and+Paul%2C+Krakow Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings Church of St. Peter and Paul in Krakow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420639303825-GPQRI662QQQB97420W83/Musicians+in+Kazimierz Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings Musicians in Kazimierz, Krakow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420639446107-DLFBO41A7UQ779FIJQAX/Architecture+in+Krakow Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings Looking down the street towards St. Mary's Basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420639775815-5GX3KT2A3IKA2QLMP4L4/Zakopane%2C+Poland Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings Lake at Zakopane, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420639876659-MAUS14OUQWHQI2SXXK8A/Cynthia+in+Zakopane Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings Cynthia hiking in Zakopane, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420639985198-1H16A7GL5R69G23M0K2A/Hiking+in+Zakopane Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings Hiking in Zakopane, Polandwith a view of the Tatra Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420645877756-SJANXDBDWQDXLTL06UNR/Architecture+in+Warsaw Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings The Old Town of Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420645019778-19W6WMZLV1SLOZNG88N2/Warsaw Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings Modern Warsaw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420645990800-6YCAMBSJ0EHYXTR6G5SH/Night+in+Warsaw Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings Night time at a cafe in Warsaw, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420646301245-GAD2HYOPU3O975TP7TMF/Hel+peninsula Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings The white sand beaches of Hel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420646403958-AOMGF8JRWPJMSGQD2MBZ/Sandy+beaches+of+Hel%2C+Poland Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings Did you know Poland had beaches like this?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420646492949-Y2TVY0F73WRSJOODAPFA/Cynthia+on+the+beach Home - Poland: Guest Post by Cynthia of Adventurings Cynthia enjoying the last rays of light in Hel, Poland http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/krakow monthly 0.5 2015-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421266812017-ZQYCVSA6SM1F0FGL2MW3/St.+Mary%27s+Basilica Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland St. Mary's Basilica on one end of the Rynek Główny square https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421266947402-ZREE2N0EFJJDSRPFVYNO/Rynek+G%C5%82%C3%B3wny+in+Krakow Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland The Sukiennice (cloth hall) has some shops to browse through at ground level and also is home to the Gallery of 19th Century Polish Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421267059842-L0IFGD5G6VM7YT8O53BX/Head+sculpture+in++Rynek+G%C5%82%C3%B3wny%2C+Krakow Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland Kids loved peeking inside this sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421267249209-S89150R782FJ55LT06Z7/Rynek+G%C5%82%C3%B3wny+at+night Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland The Sukiennice lit up at night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421267384678-JN3XMG7ST83VGAYRBH9R/Walking+in+Krakow%2C+Poland Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland Walking down Kanonicza street in Krakow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421267581647-JLCJ2FR4FF3FX56GUS3Z/IMG_1912.jpg Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421267517315-T6X90VBJG8WZWAWHJ1QK/IMG_3072.jpg Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421267834995-BZCPYVEF69LZQGWZMLOJ/Kopiec+Kraka Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland The Kopiec Krakusa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421267930837-2RWNLE4N6VTZP4QCU946/Walking+up+the+Kopiec+Kraka Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland If you are someone who needs a break from a city to be refreshed by green space every now and then, consider a walk out to Krakow's Kopiec Krakusa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421268136860-MBRVAY570027WFVY8BUH/At+the+Stary+Kleparz+market Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland Shopping at the Stary Kleparz market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421268246529-Y8XIVMX499WGPTF070QN/Flowers+at+the+Stary+Kleparz+market Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland These flowers automatically brightened my day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421268361557-ZRVKD4Y0SDB9F8WT6RM4/Street+art+in+Krakow Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland Street art in Krakow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421268506982-GXLTZ8A9G5NA3PVNAWAL/Inside+museum+of+Oskar+Schindler%27s+Enamel+Factory Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland The “Survivors’ Ark” installation in Schlinder's office, full of enamel pots like the factory produced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421268607873-CI26M1FPDR3SQ7JME0M1/Sara+in+the+Museum+of+Contemporary+Art+%28Muzeum+Sztuki+Wsp%C3%B3%C5%82czesnej%29 Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland Sara in the Museum of Contemporary Art [Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej w Krakowie MOCAK] in Krakow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421268796296-JTSNEQFMSU4VL2WJKEKH/Painting+at+Museum+of+Contemporary+Art+%28Muzeum+Sztuki+Wsp%C3%B3%C5%82czesnej%29 Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland Sometimes I really connect with contemporary art... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421268967538-RT2J2CCV0SXVUGBYY0OE/Wawel+Castle+in+spring Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland You might remember this photo from my canvas-worthy round-up. It's one of my favorites from my Polish adventures! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421269173697-AXKBLM3R726TYNZ1UBXA/IMG_3209.jpg Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421269247640-9LYUL5BGQ2TI3LVSHAQG/IMG_3206.jpg Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421269417053-QIYCOJZ50WVNRB52ZRM7/John+Pail+II+at+Wawel+Castle Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland We happened to be in Krakow on the day Pope John Paul II was canonized by the Catholic Church. The late pope was certainly well-loved by the Polish people, but once we learned what significant event was occurring, it made more sense to us why we saw his face everywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421269532906-36RX1HO8WB87WE0KWPDS/IMG_3217.jpg Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421269606045-SG9CGGICSI9E0CZQ70Q4/IMG_3218.jpg Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1421698370175-I7VCWMOHBPQYA267MFV2/Mleczarnia+bar+in+Krakow Home - All Hype or Just Right? Krakow, Poland Having a beer at Mleczarnia http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/simply-sara-eats-and-sips-in-krakow monthly 0.5 2015-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420713229626-HJJSNRIZ5ERD7SUDO8QD/Entrance+to+U+Babci+Maliny Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in Krakow Here's the indication in the courtyard that you're still on the right track to find the restaurant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420713414716-EAXFJPR9CQHOUTR25CJ7/Pierogies+at+U+Babci+Maliny Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in Krakow The prize for finding U Babci Maliny are these pierogies. Need I say more? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420656213416-TXT6AWCBO80LW0CVUAX0/Cafe+with+a+view+of+Krakow Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in Krakow Michael and I at the café with St. Mary's Basilica behind us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420715503171-SWMXRO5BN9L14CIMED8Q/IMG_2973.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in Krakow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420715555897-IJVJ7QG335HDTXJ4G34C/IMG_2985.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in Krakow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420714127089-V93TZFILIMH69PS10YZK/Bagels+at+Bagel+Mama Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in Krakow A happy moment for this Jersey girl - getting acquainted with a bagel breakfast sandwich of bacon, egg, and cheese at Bagelmama, Krakow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420713771629-MOMBW3BZE6ACFJG81VLG/IMG_2998.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in Krakow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420713835153-MB9QVTKIX87PO6T0BZM8/IMG_3008.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in Krakow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420714968437-I767SKDOJR6LVUN782A1/Mushroom+soup Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in Krakow Delicious mushroom soup for a starter at Restauracja Pod Aniołami https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420714528463-MCTT83R8YDVPACDSI6A8/Singer+bar Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in Krakow The coolest bar tables at Singer bar in Kazimierz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420714696752-D7CZCLTQA55RSYQVE3VP/Sandwich+at+Sweet+Surrender Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in Krakow Sometimes a panini and salad are a welcome break from all those wonderfully fried (though sometimes boiled, in our defense) pierogies we consumed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420714846389-5RM0ZYTBV9FE3HGQ2HX5/Sara+at+Sweet+Surrender Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in Krakow Score! A peanut butter blondie at Sweet Surrender! So many foods that I miss from the US all making an appearance in Krakow :-) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/starting-this-week-spotlight-on-poland monthly 0.5 2015-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420654028657-PTPK2IGPWUQQAM9Y8KZH/Sara+at+Singer+bar%2C+Krakow Home - Starting This Week: Spotlight on Poland Coming this week - some of my favorite spots in the city I fell absolutely in love with - Krakow! I especially enjoyed its cool Kazimierz district filled with fun evening spots like this one called Singer. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/2014-recap-the-gift-year monthly 0.5 2015-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418735282737-MYS17I4GVRS9AG9A9E7O/London+and+the+Thames Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year London - even beautiful in the bleak winter days of January https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418737136516-GIWY79EILT1NVLLI8R1M/IMG_0503.jpg Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418737208105-T1JGHPRVF9QUL4RWX239/IMG_0505.jpg Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420471930072-PI36J86FC8P6YJAXA1AP/Group+photo+at+Ch%C3%A2teau+de+Chenonceau Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year David and Carissa came for a surprise weekend visit and I was whisked away to the Loire Valley! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420476040760-Q12OO65ZW39HC0YISUZB/Dawn+%26+Sara+at+Ch%C3%A2teau+de+Meursault Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year Marriage means that Michael has to share everything with me - so happy this meant I gained a dear sister, Dawn! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420472343653-MCK46SWZ7E3D60BL7NPM/IMG_6341.jpg Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420472413997-412DCAUPWT4ICZN7TS9T/IMG_6323.jpg Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420472767512-K18N688568603XLCH3U3/IMG_0478.jpg Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420472604744-0LFI5WB8D1P1R8FD2HHF/IMG_2132.jpg Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420548233604-BRHQOU3TAC2GP1H3E42R/Micheal+and+his+Mom+at+the+Seine Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year Michael and his beautiful Momma | The weather cooperated in mid-September when Michael's parents visited so we were able to show them one of our favorite activities in Paris: going on a picnic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420476417155-LSKMCJ0JR8122CHVLURZ/Sara%27s+birthday Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year Fact: Trick candles are more tricky after a wine pairing menu :-) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420477684883-TT0MVOPE0MF62KRUJAM6/Celebrating+6+years+of+marriage Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year Celebrating our 6 year anniversary with a picnic on the Seine! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420477761340-GU9NTLEFWYUCSSJJSPVU/IMG_6035.jpg Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420477799588-9LI8KOFIWBB5JNXEZYBQ/IMG_6045.jpg Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420478448775-71D2KJ34TMB8R3O82QTR/Verjus+dinner Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year Dinner at Verjus is reserved for special occasions - the tasting menu is just under 70 euros per person. But it is always incredible, and who better to share it with than my foodie little brother? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420478611823-ZHU63KG3MUBKZW8FSIPD/Champagne+toast+at+Seine Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year Cheers to friendship at our picnic spot on Île Saint-Louis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420479122214-4YJPEYG0ZMTDVL3Y0IFT/Pierogi+in+Poland Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year I had high expectations for the pierogies in Poland and even those were surpassed. And I will never forget my very first taste in Krakow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420479279980-7HZYAH6MQS8Z3L5T0Z8X/Flodni+in+Budapest Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year These are from the Frohlich Cukraszda bakery in Budapest's Jewish district https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420498414977-GX7ANSIHYQOD7RZ3Q6N8/Couscous+in+Marrakesh Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year Moroccan couscous at its best - etiquette is to section off a triangle and stick to your bounds as you share with the rest of your party! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420499660619-M3IH88NTUET62PPWQD8D/Tea+at+Yumchaa Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year Yumchaa has shown the coffee addict in me how delicious this other beverage can be, especially alongside a scone! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420498279597-G15WFQMN0TBAFGLM4Q6D/Beer+in+Prague Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year I have never thought about a beer as much as I do with the chocolate stout I had (not pictured) at this bar in Prague. Pivovarsky Klub boasts a menu of about 250 beers, the largest beer menu in the Czech Republic. If you have a talented bartender like we had, he will find your perfect beer match. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420499785345-SRYCTMVG5MJNSDN15MUJ/Stand+72+in+Marrakesh Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year We tried this stand's tea (in that copper vat), which is made with a mixture of spices - most notably, ginger and cinnamon. By day 2 we were friends and had to get a photo at our favorite stand in the market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420545237289-LY7K7E2FDJ1TRRZZUEV1/Michael%2C+Sara%2C+and+Mom+in+Nuremburg Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year Photo credit: my dad | Apparently the best glühwein stand in Nuremberg is in the International market section at the Italian stand from Verona. 100% merlot! We chatted with a few locals nearby the stand who were all drinking the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420498714481-KYR36374RTGG7GGBOY98/Meeting+Rick+Steves Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year I have to include this moment because I am a huge fan of Rick Steves' travel guides. So when I met him, I obviously did not keep my cool and just started blurting out random things like a teenage girl meeting Justin Bieber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420498643614-4KMGXZK2IWODY693EW6U/IMG_0202.jpg Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year Iceland was incredible. But if you asked me what the single highlight of this trip was, I would tell you it was taking ridiculous pictures with Michael. I also learned from this that I don't get very much height when I jump...any tips? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420546949621-KIZD7MWSTZIGWN6BSHHL/Morocco+desert+at+sunset Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year The last rays of sunset on our camel trek en route to a Berber camp, where we spent the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420547058144-OGCB15Q6JNMWZ4SSR7Z0/Camels+in+the+sand Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year The next day, riding the camels back after sunrise. We were in the area with the highest sand dunes in northern Africa! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420500143822-U6VGN79X0Z0H1ZJWIFA5/Belgian+Beer+in+Bruges Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year I don't have a picture of all four of us, so here's half of the sweet couple - me with Marina! This evening combined lots of fantastic elements: being in Bruges (one of my favorite little medieval cities), my favorite Belgian beer bar: 't Brugs Beertje, spending time with my hubby and two close friends...and Belgian beer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420544985763-VOD7VYMUNZLOW6EZJMEW/Family+photo+in+Germany Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year After two Christmases without my family, it was so fun to be reunited for the holidays together! Seefeld was a great home base for our festivities, and our rental car allowed us to see more of the area, like the Linderhof Palace in Germany (where we are pictured on the grounds of). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420498169475-A3I7O9UERCO4QJUTRXV4/Michael+and+Sara+on+path+at+Linderhof+Palace Home - 2014 Recap: The Gift Year Photo credit: my dad http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/a-white-christmas-in-seefeld-austria monthly 0.5 2015-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420302234388-BCTLDV7TB0PJD9X32FHZ/Sunset+at+Seefeld%27s+Christmas+market Home - A White Christmas in Seefeld, Austria Sunset at Seefeld's Christmas market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1420302602028-9UX3V8B53SZ2PE8TOSG4/Snowy+Seefeld Home - A White Christmas in Seefeld, Austria Dashing through the snow, Seefeld-style http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/canvas-worthy-europe-2014-edition monthly 0.5 2014-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418662709925-46EA1M6CKZHP43XP1HKL/Sunset+in+Madrid Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition Sunset at the Palacio Real de Madrid (Royal Palace of Madrid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418658915934-FS554S4HKW7O4S8C92CA/London+Eye Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition The London Eye on a sunny winter day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418659006396-YF7XUPSTU0TQ73FRHYR6/Trafalgar+Square%2C+London Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition Looking out at Trafalgar Square from the steps of the National Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418659584535-3ROTUJEF3K8CE3DYUCVK/Beaune%2C+France Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition The colorful rooftops of the Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418659811117-X6OVF0M8A5KDDBS71IHI/Ch%C3%A2teau+de+Chaumont-sur-Loire Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418659910943-I8DEIPRO7CTOXW8QP4TE/Ch%C3%A2teau+de+Cheverny Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition Château de Cheverny https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418659686915-T2IX58ZDB9WCKW1RLR8R/Ch%C3%A2teau+de+Chenonceau Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition Château de Chenonceau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418729158294-ADR05TB78CG703OMUKYV/Wawel+Royal+Castle%2C+Krakow%2C+Poland Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition The Wawel Castle in Kraków, Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418732713537-XUT7UVP4UQMN6IRBBYQK/Gnome+in+Wroclaw Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition The first gnome we spotted in Wroclaw in the main square! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418729345346-3G1KCJGZTX4LFM6SHM1F/View+over+Lisbon Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition Looking over the Alfama neighborhood towards the ocean in Lisbon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418660059186-8KNVS2M0C90JCCS5HILP/Moorish+Castle+%28Castelo+dos+Mouros%29 Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition The Moorish Castle (Castelo dos Mouros) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418660969934-PPGT3MPK0UBVP5V5FT4E/Bremen%2C+Germany Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition The statue of the Town Musicians of Bremen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418661105311-WQ4FIR1KNTBMXRNOKNV3/Reichstag%2C+Berlin Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition My favorite view of Berlin - sunset at the Reichstag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418729462779-BLE5T3G7VJY95VSJ4SR1/Prague%2C+Czech+Republic Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition A lookout over the Vltava River from a spot nearby the Vyšehrad cemetery and the Church of Peter and Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418729636504-S5FNQA6CTALPQRFF8C2L/Statues+in+Prague Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition This second time to Prague introduced me to many of the city's fun statues! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418661989600-O4MM95U0YVQDQ28S8VO9/View+of+Reykjav%C3%ADk Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition The view from the top of Hallgrímskirkja church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418662079232-GKH09OCRUZ72IRPAZ0DB/View+of+Chartres+Cathedral Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition I love walking through cemeteries for interesting photo opps! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418733251450-T6X0YBODAXX8VCPQA9B1/Bristol%27s+harbor Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition The Bristol Harbour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418733456442-T64IG10V1LPN5FZ81B41/Boats+in+Bristol Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition I loved the boats with the colorful buildings in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418662171593-XLDOAE80P7B8DDDXEBAE/Open+road+in+Iceland Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition I'm surprised that one of my favorites was taken right from our moving car! I couldn't stop snapping away as we drove through Iceland (unless I was at the wheel, of course!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418730527834-DSPPZRQEQTGIZBL30A0G/Hofs%C3%B3s%2C+Iceland Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition Hofsós, Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418733866866-T0DU648T0X1Q45J2R4AO/Parliament+in+Budapest Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition Outside Budapest's Parliament building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418729930780-QIR2SWSHBJ5TH4WGSAKF/Camels+in+Morocco Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition One of the highlights of the trip, and of the year - riding camels in the Sahara Desert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418730316580-Y5WCI61I30AHK0CH8GMX/A%C3%AFt+Benhaddou%2C+Morocco Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition The city of Aït-Benhaddou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418731113834-12C3D0HEK5WGXDZZFC5K/Zurich%2C+Switzerland Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition The Grossmünster church with mountains in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418734372259-9WYBTWP0M30XVZRAWOM9/Bruges+at+sunset Home - Canvas-Worthy Europe, 2014 edition A perfect end to the day - sunset over the canal in Bruges http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/canvas-worthy-paris-2014-edition monthly 0.5 2014-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418652478569-VUDE1EVGYJV91DT5VEBO/Carousel+with+Eiffel+Tower Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition Carousel with Eiffel Tower in Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418652603732-2MU870OZMEHXBQYX25Q3/Spring+at+St.+Paul Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition Spring in Paris at St Paul metro station, Marais, Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418652710315-C4Z1YNIAGXP6F3U8ZCCZ/Notre+Dame+at+Springtime Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition Back of Notre Dame in Paris, France at springtime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418652797370-UMETMBVHOBVFE56TFOZS/Notre+Dame+with+Roses Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition Roses and Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418652935892-LSPEV48DZHC7GRZWMOGP/View+of+my+flowers Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition Apartment red flower box with a view of the Marais in Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418653048838-Y617FVJN163592PL7RQK/Fountain+at+Place+des+Vosges Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition Place des Vosges in the Marais, Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418653179938-GGZY2YFIFF5UMMWM21NO/Parc+des+Buttes-Chaumont Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition My favorite park in Paris, Parc des Bittes-Chaumont. More about it in my post here (and I’ve written about lots more parks to discover in my Park it in Paris series!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418653429784-HZ2IS65A7R3ZFDCZ0ZD4/Sunset+at+the+Seine Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition One of my go-to summer picnic spots, along the Seine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418653557996-5LWS63TE1MELGV388Z1G/Sunset+from+the+Centre+Pompidou Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition The Centre Pompidou is among my favorite museums in Paris, and one thing I love about it is running up to the top floor in time to see a sunset. I included another sunset from the same view in my 2013 best-of compilation - so which one should make the wall? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418653704950-820LUUMNOMR3CDTIJO3H/Sunset+on+Ile+St.+Louis Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition Notre Dame on June 21st, 2014, also known as Fête de la Musique (and my wedding anniversary) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418653792997-9ONQ36NAXRD0VZHY5077/Nightfall+on+Fete+de+la+Musique Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition After the vibrant pinks and oranges were done, the sky turned a deep purple before finally giving way to nightfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418653919744-J4ZY755NJMAUH9OK3OD8/Eiffel+Tower+at+night Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition Eiffel Tower at night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418654076022-KEO0QE3PQ0L1MTGK5HT4/Eiffel+Tower+at+Sunrise Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition I partially need to include this one because I woke up extra early to see sunrise at the Eiffel Tower, and need to justify that decision! Not bad for pre-coffee... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418654149544-IFXXCM7TC9E36L4AR8SN/Boats+by+Bastille Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition There was a summer day walking past the Port de l'Arsenal (just south of Place de la Bastille). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418654289845-S5CNH6LY6BC9DRGQNXLK/View+from+Tour+St.+Jacques Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition Another check mark next to a Paris bucket-list item: climbing the Tour St. Jacques https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418654404748-64LWIZ4ZZ6ZJJWFMOGM9/Sunset+at+Jardin+des+Tuileries Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition Autumn arrived and I became more conscience of savoring every last bit of sunlight, as seen in my resolution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418654528591-XUB9MRW6UQYI6BMU2R73/Eiffel+Tower+with+Leaves Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition Eiffel Tower with leaves in front of it, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418654623289-YJN57PDHPL60CEUB1PID/Autumn+colors+at+the+Jardin+des+Tuileries Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris, 2014 edition An autumn afternoon in Jardin des Tuileries http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/monday-post-of-christmas-shop-iceland monthly 0.5 2014-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416332031461-R6UGRKQOX6PNH2TNESP7/J%C3%B3lagar%C3%B0urinn%2C+Iceland Home - Christmas Cheer in Northern Iceland Jólagarðurinn (The Christmas garden) in Akureyri (northern Iceland) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/simply-saras-ultimate-european-christmas-market-round-up monthly 0.5 2014-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418498952479-G7BVPSY36LU5WITW8IQG/Belvedere+Palace+in+Vienna Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Belvedere Palace in Vienna is quite the sight during the Christmas season https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418499018027-77NKTOEL785JHGUJC71F/Sch%C3%B6nbrunn+Palace+in+Vienna Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up The Christmas market at Schönbrunn Palace is even open on Christmas Day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418749386500-J5B9HJ9WYD81L7YKP0DS/Christmas+market+in+Seefeld Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up The Christmas market in Seefeld with St. Oswald's church in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418749670052-IIKF2Q00ZN5FYJ7V5G6F/Snowy+Christmas+market+in+Seefeld Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up This market should also win at the "most likely to see snow" category - does it get more picturesque than this?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418751733884-6R19OV2KT6P7Y5MTIU81/Bruges+Christmas+Market+from+the+Bell+Tower Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up The Christmas market set up in Markt square in Bruges, as seen from above from the Belfry (bell tower) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418751970705-JL6N1B4OX8UHVCTTCWEE/Belgian+Beer+at+the+Bruges+Christmas+Market Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Belgian beer with a waffle for the win! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418498627646-OJ22HICVGMXS3101CC7Y/Close+up+of+lights+in+Prague Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Christmas lights at Staroměstské náměstí, Prague, Czech Republic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418759900962-UHT7GUHMTDKAGH99G8UJ/Prague+Christmas+Market+at+Night Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Prague wearing its Christmas best in Staroměstské náměstí (Old Town Square) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418813986481-5H92N9Z4SF05JSL239C3/Food+Stand+in+Bristol%27s+Christmas+Market Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Granted this was taken in the day time on a weekday when Christmas markets are at a low, but locals didn't seem to flock to the market at night for a drink after work like they do in Germany. Perhaps the early closing time of 7pm had something to do with that. But in other news, that moose head above the bar moves and sings! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418813853368-K88CD4FMZT95QLUBE2YH/Giant+Snow+globe+at+Bristol+Market Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up This was a first for me - this life-size snow globe allows people to take a picture inside with a fan blowing the "snow" around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418814249699-NKTESJP13HTM3IRUEEC9/Christmas+Market+of+Bath%2C+England Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Stands at the Christmas market in Bath, England https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418814451088-BB7ZMM7Q5MO9GQG0OL66/Bath+Christmas+Market Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up The Bath Christmas Market, projected onto a building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418810726967-KGELN1SVYYJP1KUEYELE/Eiffel+Tower+at+Paris+Christmas+Market Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up What the Christmas markets lack in Paris is made up for by the city's decorations and ice skating rinks (even an ice skating rink on the first level of the Eiffel Tower!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418810816386-X12UL7SEJ471PZ9KXWZZ/Christmas+Market+at+La+Defense Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up The best Christmas market in Paris is to the west at La Defense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418498208816-R6OW9C2X0DXRIR90YL30/Festively+decorated+Strasbourg%2C+France Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Just one of many streets dressed to the nines for the Christmas season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418499395150-UCCAVKOKLJ5MOXFCS998/Church+in+Strasbourg Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up My favorite Christmas concert was at the Eglise du Temple Neuf and included Christmas caroling in both French and German. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418404476622-L2Q6Y2365KGKK33CHK6D/Stand+at+Nurnburg+Christmas+market Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up I apparently was too busy eating the cookies to snap a picture of the stand, but here's another treat found in Nuremberg. Unfortunately the Früchtebrot (fruit bread) didn't entice me like the Lebkuchen did. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418748330990-YE40SLIYTOW2Z7ZWF1F4/Sara+with+a+Lebkuchen+cookie Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Happiness is finding Lebkuchen outside of Nuremberg and getting another chance to enjoy this special Christmas cookie. This one is from Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418407671429-3R2G0VQAVP0BZJ45UW4D/Berlin+Christmas+Market Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Charlottenburg Palace is the backdrop to one of Berlin's many Christmas markets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418408292954-CFN0AQ30CSKFU3UUEPF3/Close+up+of+Berlin+Christmas+market Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Send some of those people over to Bristol for more balanced Christmas market distribution! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418409163977-SXZIS0NV1WED4RRHY88B/Dresden+Christmas+pyramid Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up A look at the giant Christmas pyramid in Dresden. It depicts the Nativity as well as people from the Ore mountains (where it was made). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418412167120-BK0FZ1IN4TVUUFYE2H03/Decorative+Christmas+stand+in+Dresden Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Dresden certainly has the most elaborate stalls I have seen. It makes me wonder if there is an entire industry behind making these stands and decorating them... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418499493292-YUFODWV5WLIRGHQR90YJ/Market+food+in+Leipzig Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up The stand sign says Heurekaner - bread dough filled with cheese and ham. What it doesn't convey is just how good this oven baked treat is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418815152904-DG779AHDLRW3D1FQLU8Y/Train+ride+in+Stuttgart Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up All aboard at Stuttgart's miniature train ride! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418814979039-M5NLPDZ8UO7RZ0JDOA3E/Stuttgart+Christmas+Market Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Stuttgart is another city that allows free reign on the Christmas market stand decorations, which were fantastic and earn an honorable mention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418815454272-MCUDDDQGAOJPBWHRRRSN/The+Angel+Market+in+Cologne Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up The Markt Der Engel, Angel Market, in Cologne, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418815585169-6V1KY660JJFDXG6RAYSB/Lights+at+the+Angel+Christmas+Market+in+Cologne Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up White stars and angels decorate the Markt der Engel in Cologne, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418816297818-K3ARN70O8VZSFA8QI7UZ/Aachen+Christmas+Market+with+Cathedral Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up The Aachen Cathedral was built by Emperor Charlemagne and houses his throne. A definite highlight of the town! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418816166803-UQY0OS13XUFIR8WWECHF/Christmas+Market+in+Aachen Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up The Christmas market of Aachen, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418815751786-RBTRM4M4SOGOUS1KVY5P/Tollwood+Market+in+Munich Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Inside that tent are plenty of crafts and food from around the world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418815929397-HCI3AS0C1GFVON6I0NLQ/Outside+the+Tollwood+Holiday+Market+Tents%2C+Munich Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Tollwood Winter Festival continues the fun outdoors too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418817002252-YHMF5WRL5E7BYOHC6YYK/In+front+of+K%C3%A4the+Wohlfahrt Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Bring your love along for a romantic weekend in December to Rothenburg ob der Tauber! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418817131207-1L36ZQOVHD2MI0OQ15M2/A+Tasty+Dinner+in+Rothenburg Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Honorable mention for its market food pictured above. Just don't fall for the local "specialty" called "Schneebälle" which are tasteless fried balls of dough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418760184111-MCJ93KIXR33TX99KPAEK/Stand+at+Barcelona%27s+Christmas+market Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up One Christmas tradition I may bring back to NJ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418812305196-RUNWE82RE090SFZTGE58/Christmas+market+in+Madrid Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up Pretty much the only photo I have from Madrid's Christmas market scene - uninspiring stalls but pretty lights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418812846501-JTGI87Q6RK13ZGHS51TQ/Zurich%27s+Singing+Christmas+Tree Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up The Singing Christmas Tree in action - what a perfect pause to enjoy the show with my cup of mulled wine! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418813051642-46FCBXB00RI7J6XOYN2U/Christmas+tree+in+Zurich%27s+Train+Station Home - Simply Sara's Ultimate European Christmas Market Round-Up The most bling I've seen on a Christmas tree - Zurich's Swarovski-studded tree in the Hauptbahnhof http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/christmas-market-count-down monthly 0.5 2014-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1418580945017-Z1LOPP0WTAHL218RNXNK/Santa+in+Cologne Home - Christmas Market Count-down Christmas in Cologne, Germany - this market had a giant Santa! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/the-most-local-christmas-market-leipzig-germany monthly 0.5 2014-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417624931434-CK8Z010R81LEUEV6EJ9L/Leipzig+Christmas+Market Home - The Most "Local" Christmas Market: Leipzig, Germany The Christmas market (Weihnachts Markt) in Leipzig, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417625495794-3AZT2HT5BP597G8U2RQD/Manger+in+Leipzig Home - The Most "Local" Christmas Market: Leipzig, Germany The manger in Leipzig, Germany with live animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417627754435-0MXH8XKG6TIALHIGRJHX/Sheep+close-up%21 Home - The Most "Local" Christmas Market: Leipzig, Germany Look at this guy - isn't he so cute?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417625642615-22VZDKLPM8PTOFXLWMFV/Heurekaner+in+Leipzig Home - The Most "Local" Christmas Market: Leipzig, Germany Heurekaner stand at Leipzig, Germany Christmas market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417625788530-OXSPF47YQVGS0MZR9KGI/Wood+burning+over+action%21 Home - The Most "Local" Christmas Market: Leipzig, Germany Look at all that handbrot baking in the oven! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417625960994-Y0INT7FDVVI1M2VFYPKN/Half-eaten+Handbrot Home - The Most "Local" Christmas Market: Leipzig, Germany I was a bit impatient but Michael managed to snap a quick photo before more damage was done... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417628089088-369M7DXEYYKM4G9MTNRB/Christmas+pyramid+in+Leipzig Home - The Most "Local" Christmas Market: Leipzig, Germany Christmas pyramid at night at Christmas market in Leipzig, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417627940639-0JYY3MDCKQ9VU2LZ109W/Leipzig+christmas+market+by+night Home - The Most "Local" Christmas Market: Leipzig, Germany Christmas market stands in Leipzig, Germany at night http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/bach-to-leipzig monthly 0.5 2014-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417454763524-9TIYX8MTETIN90PLNJGP/Bach+statue Home - Take me "Bach" to Leipzig Johann Sebastian Bach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417456372286-6GO72LP94Q4YSXX193EY/IMG_5459.jpg Home - Take me "Bach" to Leipzig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417456439179-BZL1H2DU9OCROWRVZIB0/IMG_5457.jpg Home - Take me "Bach" to Leipzig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417460703619-R8N710OYGHM8XJ5H6GAF/Bach+in+a+box Home - Take me "Bach" to Leipzig Pictured above: Bach in a box? 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It's hard to describe, but was similar to a calzone filled with cheese and veggies/lardon but baked in a wood-burning oven so it wasn't greasy at all. Take my word for it - hands-down the best thing I have ever eaten at a Christmas market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417621264361-TTK1SLULXELQ0GDT6C1U/International+Market+in+Dresden Home - Simply Sara's European Christmas Market How-To The Augustusmarkt in Dresden gave us some much appreciated variety. We bought some Polish ceramics, browsed through some Indian scarfs, and sat down with a South African lunch all in an afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417630344354-QJNC29646I4WUYZVBQBR/Katholische+Hofkirche+Dresden%2C+Germany Home - Simply Sara's European Christmas Market How-To The Christmas markets attracted us to Dresden, Germany and had it not been for that, we probably wouldn't have taken the time to add this lovely city to our travel itinerary! (Pictured above: the Dresden Cathedral, known as Katholische Hofkirche) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417630582840-T4F1PF0P480FFR1FXQZX/Vienna%27s+Rathaus+at+night+at+Christmastime Home - Simply Sara's European Christmas Market How-To Vienna's Rathaus really was magical to experience at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417621516231-1ALL1HJQBA9NO5PZ79Y6/Christmas+market+handmade+crafts Home - Simply Sara's European Christmas Market How-To https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417629204007-ZQXYHF4YIB36UAGSABU0/Michael+and+Sara+in+Strasbourg Home - Simply Sara's European Christmas Market How-To Take along a loved one to share the Christmas cheer with! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/exploring-frances-hidden-gem-franche-comte monthly 0.5 2014-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416496838513-FGK2WPYG855S9CXPISM3/Jura+mountains Home - Exploring France's Hidden Gem: Franche-Comté The natural beauty of the area with the Jura mountains in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416497810301-2PB3R03X3KX7V1GPMHZC/Citadel+of+Besancon Home - Exploring France's Hidden Gem: Franche-Comté The view from the Citadel of Besancon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416497984329-0S0GD5HUVECH8ZGS0SBU/Clock+Tower+of+St+Jean+Cathedral Home - Exploring France's Hidden Gem: Franche-Comté The clock tower of the Saint Jean Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416498146473-Q9TX5MDLJU8BEDLFSOC0/Besancon+at+night Home - Exploring France's Hidden Gem: Franche-Comté Besancon at night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416498548035-S9IQUXCILXCNVXXE1NF7/Chateau+de+Joux Home - Exploring France's Hidden Gem: Franche-Comté The imposing Chateau de Joux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416499965974-W0ID4X4OWUQAZ8034VIV/Franco-Swiss+border Home - Exploring France's Hidden Gem: Franche-Comté The French-Swiss border near Pontarlier http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/the-arc-de-triomphe-at-night monthly 0.5 2014-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415205030273-TYD8B7S6MKOC8Q20PEYP/The+Arc+de+Triomphe+at+night Home - The Arc de Triomphe at Night An evening view of the Eiffel Tower from the Arc de Triomphe http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/paris-department-store-christmas-displays monthly 0.5 2014-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417089346358-VKBKZ0VEQKHOKAZ0Y68K/The+Monster+Gang Home - Paris Department Store Christmas Displays Gustave and friends have taken over Galeries Lafayette! To see a short clip of this window's animations, take a look at my YouTube video. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417089515815-0E3BY5DGPJ0CW8U458RM/Monster+in+Ornament Home - Paris Department Store Christmas Displays Monster trapped in ornament in Galeries Lafayette's Christmas window display in Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417089629624-AOZLJEBGE4Q2ZUUS77IM/Monster+Tangled+in+Lights Home - Paris Department Store Christmas Displays Don't we all feel like this (maybe minus the smile) when trying to untangle Christmas lights?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417088920612-VVRRNWXR42L8VTJQH5EH/Bunnies+at+Galeries+Lafayette Home - Paris Department Store Christmas Displays Definitely the creepier part of the display! Alien bunnies? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417089754270-8HCVQTOIHCQ6LHOWWVMM/IMG_1276.jpg Home - Paris Department Store Christmas Displays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417089818235-686NS7ME52N2IJ6R8B3R/IMG_1285.jpg Home - Paris Department Store Christmas Displays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417089205839-K03U25880USAG3O3U4HO/Monster+purse%21 Home - Paris Department Store Christmas Displays Galeries Lafayette continued the theme with monster handbags (not part of the "official" windows these were in a display on rue de la Chaussée d'Antin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417090016597-NGO1GATD4I6K4RT0NJWI/Printemps+Burberry+London+display Home - Paris Department Store Christmas Displays The journey starts in London with Big Ben in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417105482459-XSEJMJ1QFI43YN8QL7RO/Burberry+toy+train Home - Paris Department Store Christmas Displays How cute is this toy train going through a purse-tunnel?! Don't worry, no real Burberry bags were harmed in the making of the window! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417105693498-NK1P3GZGA9UD2ZA3VOD7/IMG_1299.jpg Home - Paris Department Store Christmas Displays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417105766119-AWAY3USDX9NXJF3RZU9I/IMG_1317.jpg Home - Paris Department Store Christmas Displays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417105597406-6XP0L1MLB9XV843BUKWY/Upside-down+Eiffel+Tower Home - Paris Department Store Christmas Displays The tree inside Galeries Lafayette isn't the only topsy-turvy element in this year's Christmas decorations... http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/4-hours-in-paris monthly 0.5 2014-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416780552830-QZTW7KE0MZP3VBYEFM8K/Marrakesh+market Home - 4 Hours in Paris We went from this, the famous market square of Djema el-Fna in Marrakesh... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416780349786-F0Y1RMGMCT93U79YHEPB/Zurich+Christmas+market Home - 4 Hours in Paris ...to this, a Christmas market in Zurich with a magnificent tree decked out in Swarovski crystal ornaments. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/how-to-plan-an-expat-thanksgiving monthly 0.5 2014-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416413796144-6G8KXSE4TFS3C7W7IBCP/Sara+prepping+for+Thanksgiving Home - How to Plan an Expat Thanksgiving in 9 Steps Thanksgiving abroad may require a little more prep, but the end result is so worth it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416411899090-K6G4PP6P4KSAB1TAJP8P/Sara+and+Kerri+with+the+Turkey Home - How to Plan an Expat Thanksgiving in 9 Steps Kerri made not one but two turkeys in her oven last year - and they came out fabulous! That's another badge of "adulthood" I have yet to acquire - cooking a bird of that size myself! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416412077170-ISCUEXZIZJNTGYF9WXH7/Turkey+carving+time%21 Home - How to Plan an Expat Thanksgiving in 9 Steps Also of note - find a willing friend to do the messy job of turkey carving. Either the turkey cooker or turkey carver gets rights on naming the bird. Here's Ted the turkey preparing for his excellent adventure to the dinner table... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416412475079-FS2WLJKBIPP502F7VLOZ/Corn+and+Tabbouleh Home - How to Plan an Expat Thanksgiving in 9 Steps I love the diversity that having a corn dish and tabbouleh side by side brings to the meal! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416412703126-RUF8JADC7RO3KGDI1DKB/IMG_4899.jpg Home - How to Plan an Expat Thanksgiving in 9 Steps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416412773052-I16RD7BV3BLO0G69V86K/IMG_7524.jpg Home - How to Plan an Expat Thanksgiving in 9 Steps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416412849128-DR5MOYSMNBQY3T4N0EZN/IMG_7524.jpg Home - How to Plan an Expat Thanksgiving in 9 Steps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416413326149-ZKNV61YR7O0BK3HXMETV/Spinach+pie+ingredients Home - How to Plan an Expat Thanksgiving in 9 Steps All the ingredients in place for Mom's spinach cheddar cheese pie. New equipment required in France: a hand grater for the cheese and a small scale to be able to measure American proportions in a metric-using Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416413912025-TT5MIBXQGQZC6MKSMQVP/Turkey+of+Thankfulness Home - How to Plan an Expat Thanksgiving in 9 Steps Our turkey of thankfulness! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416413433240-AAGPSAWEQFZ9168RIMFU/Michael+with+the+baguettes Home - How to Plan an Expat Thanksgiving in 9 Steps Michael may not cook but he has the important task of procuring the baguettes for the party. Here he is happily holding 15 fresh out of the oven! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416413671274-9BV9ZHRGIH56MLP7WOSR/Dessert+table Home - How to Plan an Expat Thanksgiving in 9 Steps Just a little peek at last year's dessert buffet. French pastries, pumpkin pie, homemade cookies...and yes, those are some doughnuts in the foreground glazed and garnished with bacon. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/northern-bound-in-iceland-on-the-way-to-akureyri monthly 0.5 2014-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416346733420-NYC5L0SRCB7WTAZ1CNC8/Glanni+Waterfall%2C+Iceland Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri The Glanni waterfall is only 1.5 hours from Reykjavik and makes for a perfect stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416302717949-AKZ39QO5UM1QKLSHXIVX/Path+from+Glanni+Waterfall Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri October colors in Iceland with the majestic Baula mountain in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416302898301-4A1UM1JJD37RN2QA9NVO/Rest+stop+near+Glanni+Waterfall%2C+Iceland Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri At a scenic rest point not far from Glanni to get another look at the mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416303045098-2NJKFKK04HNV1AGX0JZR/Hvitserkur%2C+Iceland Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri Hvitserkur, Northern Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416303318131-T1IW0BE51SQAHRNH0H7R/Close-up+of+Hvitserkur Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri Close-up of Hvitserkur, Northern Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416303774223-9FSQFF2FZKQUUEFQGEWR/Landscape+near+Hvitserkur Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri The view looking to the south from Hvítserkur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416304022226-T18E856KKSR6JHF18LL9/Graveyard+of+Sau%C3%B0%C3%A1rkr%C3%B3kur Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri The cemetery in Sauðárkrókur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416304223263-T2LLYUQ3PPZMOKT6QDA1/View+from+Above+of+Sau%C3%B0%C3%A1rkr%C3%B3kur Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri The view from the top of the hill of Sauðárkrókur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416304354094-8DGTLZ4YC3BQEON6WBEC/Church+of+Sau%C3%B0%C3%A1rkr%C3%B3kur Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri Sauðárkrókur Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416304480264-OJ66XI1CK5JQ24G6OQC4/H%C3%B3tel+Tindast%C3%B3ll Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri Our hotel, Hótel Tindastóll. This hotel claims to be the oldest in Iceland, opening its doors in 1884. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416304735314-6KDD3AFRFKG6JVJJYBFS/Sara+with+Statue+at+Overlook Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri Day 2 - much better rested and recovered from jetlag. Ready to forge onward to Akureyri! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416304890376-FFHHU6TSHBG7OJKBH4E7/The+overlook+near+Sau%C3%B0%C3%A1rkr%C3%B3kur Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri The view from the scenic overlook shortly after leaving Sauðárkrókur on the way to Hofsós https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416305246178-MO2J3YT9PD52IU2G6TE6/Swimming+pool+of+Hofs%C3%B3s Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri The Hofsós Sundlaug, a geothermal pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416305068167-MZYO9Q3XMX1IAUWGEA9K/Church+in+Hofs%C3%B3s Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri The church at Hofsós https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416305378317-2EL8EO0QWS5HK2V34AEL/By+the+Icelandic+Emigration+Center%2C+Hofs%C3%B3s Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri The other attraction in Hofsós is the Icelandic Emigration Center (museum about the emigration of Icelanders to North America). While I didn't go inside, I did enjoy the view nearby the building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416305533838-LH460Z51DJWXMQE8R5UN/The+church+in+Dalvik Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri We dubbed the church in Dalvik as one of Iceland's "megachurches" - look at its size compared to the others! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416305872119-E0LWVL1M6UA72SHNA18J/Front+of+church+in+Dalvik Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri Front of the church in Dalvik, Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416329387137-O7X1GFT8UWYA04CLY0FI/Two+boat+at+Dalvik+harbor Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri Boats in Dalvik, Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1416329745533-39TIKA7UZU1CX1SB19IQ/Harbor+at+Dalvik%2C+Iceland Home - Northern Bound in Iceland: On the Way to Akureyri Harbor of Dalvik, Iceland http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/the-golden-question monthly 0.5 2014-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415483953043-CNI7LA4K1EU0ZMJ4TRZD/Crashed+the+ship1 Home - The Golden Question Did you see that iceberg? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415484037117-HW83D39TSXLYIAO0ZE8A/Shipwrecked+by+the+ocean Home - The Golden Question Come on, you know you want to listen to this song now. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/fiac-2014 monthly 0.5 2015-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415054668595-E1DMV5GDJV8K934X2C2W/FIAC+2014+Jardin+des+Plantes Home - FIAC 2014 This was my favorite installation in Jardin des Plantes, called "Totems" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415054789672-KZ1VH3YZJL7JUG095SA8/Bird+Sculpture+FIAC Home - FIAC 2014 "Fanny Fanny," in the Jardin des Tuileries - by César, whose grave I visited this year during La Toussaint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415054887640-G3L9RF2VB09GBMYOCAA6/%22Monster%22+dude+FIAC+2014 Home - FIAC 2014 I really enjoyed this one, "Giant Figure (Cyclops)" - it felt especially appropriate to see the day before Halloween! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415055024161-IRGDRY0T1KGQQYRIEON4/%22Hula+Hoop+Girl%22+FIAC+2014 Home - FIAC 2014 "Louise Fuller" by Georg Baselitz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415055156372-FZAW24IXIXVJS974SY5U/Autumn+colors+at+Jardin+des+Tuileries Home - FIAC 2014 I loved seeing nature's art with its autumn colors in full force just as much as the sculptural pieces in Jardin des Tuileries! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/resolutionstarting-now monthly 0.5 2014-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415053155883-SYH99B11G9872RE4LEZ7/Sunset+towards+La+Defense Home - Resolution...Starting Now Sunset in Jardin des Tuileries looking towards La Defense https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415053270965-TV225XXCGGSJ1FRLNXZD/Jardin+des+Tuileries+at+Sunset Home - Resolution...Starting Now Sunset in Jardin des Tuileries with Eiffel Tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415053414915-UL9UDNV3DVOZ0SCVN7OL/Looking+at+Place+de+la+Concorde+from+Tuileries Home - Resolution...Starting Now Evening settles in at Jardin des Tuileries with Arc de Triomphe in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415053565286-3ERHEE9QIIQMXA2D1AP3/Fountain+at+Jardin+des+Tuileries+at+Sunset Home - Resolution...Starting Now Sunset at Jardin des Tuileries looking towards the Louvre http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/assembling-a-trip-to-iceland-the-toolbox monthly 0.5 2014-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415208150217-BOBU1FJSI6L1UOV26ERR/Northern+Lights+in+Iceland Home - Assembling a Trip to Iceland: The Toolbox I was able to see the Northern Lights for my first time in Iceland in October! We were up against pretty cloudy nighttime skies the whole trip so we were really fortunate to see anything at all. It's never a guarantee to see them, but a nice bonus to an Icelandic venture if you happen to catch them in the winter months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415206228096-YAGXIPXY9YCYKW6LNETJ/Rental+Car+in+Iceland Home - Assembling a Trip to Iceland: The Toolbox Renting this SUV was the perfect way to explore northern Iceland! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415207040042-OH6YIFAWOCE96ZREC820/Sara+cold+at+the+Eider+Falls Home - Assembling a Trip to Iceland: The Toolbox I ended up buying this fashionable headband and gloves made from Icelandic sheep wool on my last trip to Iceland because I was freezing. Not that I won't use these little souvenirs again, but I spent much more than I would have if I had just thought ahead and purchased something on the first leg of my trip in the US! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415207248806-95BC02M1WH5IMPG9N3R5/The+Blue+Lagoon Home - Assembling a Trip to Iceland: The Toolbox A trip to Iceland must include the Blue Lagoon, or at least another geothermal pool experience! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415207704122-1Z9RUA1Q5TQNGFN0DSXL/Sheep+crossing%21 Home - Assembling a Trip to Iceland: The Toolbox Be careful of spontaneous sheep crossings in Iceland! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415207792585-IGPY0RN2PZ1TZHTW3NFZ/Blue+road+sign+in+Iceland Home - Assembling a Trip to Iceland: The Toolbox Here's an example of the sign I'm talking about - it looks like this. This one in particular led us to the site below - https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415207905100-8JY11I9HKF82BJ10V36Z/Shipwrecked+boat+in+Iceland Home - Assembling a Trip to Iceland: The Toolbox ...a mysterious shipwrecked boat along the ocean. Though I don't think the sign indicated this boat in particular - it is a peninsula with beautiful cliffs right beside the ocean. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/la-toussaint-at-cimetiere-du-montparnasse monthly 0.5 2014-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415030086184-C9JCJHVOVZ1GBTDF9IJJ/Cimeti%C3%A8re+du+Montparnasse+with+Tour+Montparnasse Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse Tour Montparnasse towering in the background is a constant reminder of which cemetery you are visiting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415034420431-8BPFYWQ24C2OKVTRH4ZU/Skull+at+Cimeti%C3%A8re+du+Montparnasse Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse Skull and crossbones at Montparnasse Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415031358261-D7VXY8IBFPT77J58WLJB/IMG_1132.jpg Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415031442964-VAAO1SOH3BN9IR29DFVM/IMG_1133.jpg Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415031649923-OOOZJEACDZFAK269DH9Q/Marker+27th+division+Cimeti%C3%A8re+du+Montparnasse Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415032195956-A4PWFNAJ5QPYQSK1O9BY/IMG_1131.jpg Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415032265797-IAEONXMANSA5QUWSRVBH/IMG_1139.jpg Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415032410645-9QD1BV1YHMD9KA2DVHOR/Hands+at+Cimeti%C3%A8re+du+Montparnasse Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse This pair of giant hands emerging from the ground took me by surprise! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415032578888-KNGLB2ZO6Y28GGZDJW26/Angel+monument+at+Cimeti%C3%A8re+du+Montparnasse Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415032747315-5K3VO901POC2DKLMNYDO/Female+Sculpture+at+Cimeti%C3%A8re+du+Montparnasse Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415032875122-3YFTNL9N5CDOMOHB2CWY/Cimeti%C3%A8re+du+Montparnasse+in+November Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415032994710-WJM7TZY7HMXQ8ICV0MQU/Tomb+stones+and+Paris+at+Cimeti%C3%A8re+du+Montparnasse Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415033147644-DB1EH7XXCCAJU33WLNFI/IMG_1163.jpg Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415033248571-VA36XBAKXND9SX92T3C9/IMG_1138.jpg Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415033319590-P0DSTSXJA9050LTECPLT/IMG_1138.jpg Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415033563285-WGEJQKXGCK3F4ZF21N0E/Charles+Garnier+Tombstone+in+Cimeti%C3%A8re+du+Montparnasse Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415033723335-F9UARB2HIK24M071ZG3R/Tombstone+of+Sculpture+in+Cimeti%C3%A8re+du+Montparnasse Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse César Baldaccini's “Le Centaure” sculpture at his grave site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415033849771-DCLC96QSUH2E4U4X7R6Q/Embracing+Angels+at+Cimeti%C3%A8re+du+Montparnasse Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse Angels in Cimetière du Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415034019933-6ZGBN45R21VB5ONLJILH/Monument+to+poet+at+Cimeti%C3%A8re+du+Montparnasse Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse Tomb of Charles Baudelaire, French poet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1415034136547-9U73NYNTUSOHNQKL8U88/Leaves+on+Tomb+at+Cimeti%C3%A8re+du+Montparnasse Home - La Toussaint at Cimetière du Montparnasse http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/happy-november monthly 0.5 2014-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1414965587027-79U1W80VTM3UPBLBHKBG/Autumn+leaves+in+Jardin+des+Plantes Home - Happy November! Autumn leaves in Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1414965711561-LJZM59AUANWYU7F1KWOL/Bench+at+Jardin+des+Plantes Home - Happy November! Take a seat at Jardin des Plantes, Paris http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/chasing-waterfalls-in-iceland monthly 0.5 2014-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413271965294-IT6IGTORPKWM8RPHA12Z/Gullfoss Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland One of Iceland's star attractions: the tiered waterfall of Gullfoss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413272138198-YDJFPY4805U7Q72LPK0O/Close+up+Gullfoss Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland Gullfoss, Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413272312977-7VVC8E2FGMMXFNDN2JUV/Seljalandsfoss+with+rainbow Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland Seljalandsfoss, blue skies, and a misty rainbow dazzled me on my first day in Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413272854990-8VLPZ6J6KW2K6QCEMLY2/Sk%C3%B3gafoss Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland You can get pretty close to the base of Skógafoss as illustrated by those two people in red! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413273068805-BAKP6FHQORHWBHPI2DV8/View+from+top+of+Sk%C3%B3gafoss Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland The view from the top - sadly, no sheep featured here but there were plenty behind where I was standing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413273342337-EZBI8K8FMY2PU00RYX9J/Hiking+to+Svartifoss Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland The walk to Svartifoss gave us some views of it out in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413281859776-9GLAOZYIXUAZJI0TLT9L/Close-up+of+Svartifoss Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland Svartifoss and its black basalt columns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413284335387-DAXC9YLWT554M997NVPJ/Glanni Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland Glanni, the first stop of my Icelandic 2014 adventure, did not disappoint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413274329425-EIVFGE6DAICD920ELKTU/%C3%86%C3%B0afossar Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland Æðafossar (Eider Falls) in northern Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413274500984-INVC5KC7TGHJO94S3YV1/Standing+on+rock+over+%C3%86%C3%B0afossar Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland Æðafossar (Eider Falls) just outside of Húsavík https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413286727272-CVAIO9NYYL3M0R48FP75/Go%C3%B0afoss Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland Goðafoss, the site of an Icelandic pagan god throw-down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413286889743-WI7J2A2L31N1A0DHHXAM/Close-up+of+Dettifoss Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland I've never been known for my graceful coordination so I didn't dare "live on the edge" to get a better view than this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413287053092-BH1J5DG5FQFGZVKQSZU0/Dettifoss+from+afar Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland As we drove away from Dettifoss, we followed a sign for a lookout point of the next waterfall downstream, Hafragilsfoss. The spot gave us an appreciation from afar of Dettifoss' size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413276632139-7ELXC0WX9IW2C65C6TVO/Kolugljufur Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland Kolugljúfur is the loudest thing going on in this serene stretch of farmland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413277549942-FHA7V6V7PJ6DXENQEX2G/Barnafoss Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland The milky waters of Barnafoss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413277721519-BVMHZ3GA2VPHOHUUVLS6/Upstream+of+Barnafoss Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland This looked like a potential site for a Poland Spring commercial to be shot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413283399686-5VVV52OAJUSKU78VPOZS/Hraunfossar Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland Hraunfossar spans for about 900 meters (about half a mile!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413283533646-NUTQ3VVGVAKQ155HV2ZS/Close-up+of+Hraunfossa Home - Chasing Waterfalls in Iceland Close-up of the mystery and intrigue of Hraunfossar - where is its source of water?! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/up-close-and-personal-in-iceland monthly 0.5 2014-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413717330898-LX1ZM3DRALW9YSWVCV3W/At+the+edge+of+Dettifoss%2C+Iceland Home - Up Close and Personal in Iceland Dettifoss, the most powerful waterfall in Europe (located in Iceland) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/pre-opening-at-the-musee-picasso monthly 0.5 2014-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413837562900-SK9WZU4JFTZ6E73DZUGK/Boxes+at+Mus%C3%A9e+Picasso%2C+Paris Home - Pre-Opening at the Musée Picasso With only about a month until the official opening date, I couldn't help but hope these boxes got unpacked swiftly! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413837741725-058UTWLAWX09BRZR17FK/Details+Stairwell+Mus%C3%A9e+Picasso Home - Pre-Opening at the Musée Picasso Some of the details around the main staircase of Musée Picasso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413839481578-C2M4W8XUW9DY16DRND85/Grand+Staircase+at+Mus%C3%A9e+Picasso Home - Pre-Opening at the Musée Picasso Main staircase of Musée Picasso, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413839893078-PLRY86M7WKQUATBHIVNA/Across+the+Staircase+at+Mus%C3%A9e+Picasso Home - Pre-Opening at the Musée Picasso Picasso sculpture and main stairwell of Musée Picasso, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413837922124-1OQBNH1S3ZYRT8QHWW2W/Back+of+Mus%C3%A9e+Picasso Home - Pre-Opening at the Musée Picasso Back garden of Musée Picasso, Paris. France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413838120543-HKR13YCAB9D3INJNVIOG/Females+by+Pablo+Picasso+at+Mus%C3%A9e+Picasso Home - Pre-Opening at the Musée Picasso Picasso sculptures of female busts and painting, Musée Picasso, Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413838223799-LA36R9JXECTYIOTW8YEV/Bearded+Men+by+Pablo+Picasso+at+Mus%C3%A9e+Picasso Home - Pre-Opening at the Musée Picasso Bearded man, Picasso, Musée Picasso, Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413838364574-T7B4M5LVCGQWNQ43TCEQ/Goat+sculpture+at+Mus%C3%A9e+Picasso Home - Pre-Opening at the Musée Picasso Goat sculpture and paintings at Musée Picasso, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413839655126-LZ3LYT2TX95KOH7YIAWN/Statue+and+Painting+at+Mus%C3%A9e+Picasso Home - Pre-Opening at the Musée Picasso Sculpture and painting at Musée Picasso, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413838510818-IIQCWFJ8AZRQAH5SEQNR/Sacre+Coeur+from+Mus%C3%A9e+Picasso Home - Pre-Opening at the Musée Picasso Sacré-Cœur from the top floor of Musée Picasso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413838753622-2HH1K5FBYGO5KMDTBS5P/White+tents+at+pre-opening Home - Pre-Opening at the Musée Picasso The tented cocktail party behind Musée Picasso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413839000726-C41OJ6GDNT921ZSPT0UF/Champagne+at+the+Mus%C3%A9e+Picasso Home - Pre-Opening at the Musée Picasso Cheers to finally seeing the permanent collection of Musée Picasso while I still live within walking distance! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/autumn-colors-in-jardin-du-luxembourg monthly 0.5 2014-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413754201103-0PAUGIJPG0L50XT4YXL1/Autumn+in+Jardin+du+Luxembourg%2C+Paris Home - Autumn Colors in Jardin du Luxembourg Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, France http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/cruisin-through-iceland monthly 0.5 2016-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413209386764-4AMCJPZ54WOA0T77YA0G/Landcruiser+in+Iceland Home - Cruisin' through Iceland There it is, our Land cruisin’ Cruiser. We requested a Rav4 and got upgraded to this beast of a car. A little big for me to drive, but it definitely was appreciated on some of the crazy roads (or barely “roads”) we ended up on at times! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413209562966-C19DF25A2PNH6RCX5BVU/Sara+at+the+wheel Home - Cruisin' through Iceland At least if I have to drive a big vehicle, I’m doing it on the open roads of Iceland and not the tiny, tight roads of France! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413209669100-JYDGLR8L8SWWZVTNR85O/Drive+from+airport+northern+bound Home - Cruisin' through Iceland The start of our journey, leaving Reykjavík https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413209780374-IM9KC8COLJCLGBZH4AFK/Drive+from+airport+at+sunrise Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Catching the pink rays of sunrise as the drive north began https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413210100992-BIENYYKYZS3D1BTD81NT/Lit-up+mountains+of+Iceland Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Mountains of Iceland as seen from the Ring Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413210192816-SULAXG4R16STDZG7JBUZ/BLue+sky+and+fog+Iceland+day+2 Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Day 2, setting out for Akureyri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413210315775-44I7AZ4M3WKM5C6M7RJL/Water+and+sky+reflections+day+2 Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Reflection of Icelandic mountains in a lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413210434782-BGJ8UDLRCFRWPV8QE5RD/Icelandic+fields Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Icelandic fields and mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413210537870-2HNIB2J8MIMPN7SQ23ED/Car+mirror+reflection+of+fields+and+mountains Home - Cruisin' through Iceland In front and behind, surrounded by incredible beauty all around https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413210818968-LORCYICW7OI7M7KVJ7PR/Rainy+windshield+rainbow Home - Cruisin' through Iceland The weather changed quickly, and we did get a fair share of light rain showers along the way. But with the rain usually came some rainbows... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413210983277-8OUCVVOSA9Q7PLNPJ6CC/Rainbow+from+car Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Rainbow in Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413211143439-ABX4X2GAR2P92Y4PGW3P/Bright+rainbow Home - Cruisin' through Iceland The brightest rainbow I have ever seen. We could even see where it "touched" the ground, which really made me start to question if there in fact was a pot of gold waiting at the end. In this magical country, I wouldn't be surprised. (Though it's more elves than leprechauns in these parts.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413211255893-1COGSFKS0I4TMQAC623A/Sunrays+out+of+the+clouds Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Sun rays peeking through the Icelandic clouds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413211470263-1IJWGV49L722RYOKUEI0/Autumn+colors+of+Icelandic+trees Home - Cruisin' through Iceland October was a bit cold, but a great time to see Iceland glowing in bright autumnal hues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413211720872-CH3U8NEEYV2HYUXP80ZO/Cloud+covered+mountains Home - Cruisin' through Iceland An Icelandic farm beneath the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413211941041-BONHOI6PZDWES0YVBL9F/Sheep+near+the+road Home - Cruisin' through Iceland There they are, caught red-hoofed, walking off the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413212109332-5G94JB6CCQFQ3TZHHUXZ/Sheep+closeup Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Icelandic sheep are so cute! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413212287150-N62TO6SU8EOQ31JR8OJW/Sheep+on+the+side+of+the+road Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Another mischievous flock of sheep somehow out of their pen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413212539334-FIJGGUEJD1Q2FURDY9GU/4+sheep Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Plotting their escape... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413212679288-F11S47S38YYZ13I74BN4/Sheep+at+the+water Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Sheep really are everywhere! In lava fields, in green fields, and apparently down here as well! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413212800516-9H24075C2ZYSP8FQEE1N/Icelandic+black+horse Home - Cruisin' through Iceland We saw lots of beautiful Icelandic horses too along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413212924195-YOU8VWIUQXU7OCOXA41H/Small+herd+of+Icelandic+horses Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Icelandic herd of horses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413213010240-P3MWUNRFBX5JBHVJA83Q/Traffic+light+in+Akureyri Home - Cruisin' through Iceland The town of Akureyri has stop lights that light up red hearts. It was part of an effort to boost spirits during the country's financial troubles in 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413213144963-ILH0MX0GL4ZCU5IM9OXC/Pink+lighting+mountains Home - Cruisin' through Iceland On our drive back the mountains were lit up so majestically on the ride west from Akureyri along the Ring Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413280203160-6ANTA4HJGBVM8KI92NXN/Driving+toward+snowy+mountain+Iceland Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Snow-capped mountains in Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413280348247-LAQP4DEN45DWDEEPJ94A/Closer+to+snowy+mountain+Iceland Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Snowy mountains along Iceland's ring road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413280469880-LB0J9XSWIHWS9RC9R5B8/Snowy+roads+of+Iceland Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Snowy road and mountains in Iceland, October 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413280567275-0G2SC998J5GPTG2PHG64/Golden+fields+of+Iceland Home - Cruisin' through Iceland The sun illuminated the fields incredibly bright. And my other side-note - I just kept wondering, who lives here (or in places like this)? There was nothing around for miles and miles! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413280751649-63FJ0DRIYWRV9MZG83O9/Mountains+with+lake+Iceland Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Mountain and lake in Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413280884465-ZBGMEA65AN8APXGNF219/Purple+mountain+Iceland Home - Cruisin' through Iceland I know this isn't America but I just kept thinking about those purple mountain majesties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413280980360-7XIJ7ROJX2UHZIBI5YBO/Modern+church+Iceland Home - Cruisin' through Iceland We passed by this very modern-looking church along the Ring Road, which really stuck out. Most churches in the tiny villages looked much more traditional than this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413281123866-KPDJQI2LXQRO9UIWX2A9/Tunnel+in+Iceland Home - Cruisin' through Iceland Back through a long tunnel towards the airport to make our way back to Paris (not before a stop at the Blue Lagoon first though!) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/stopover-in-iceland monthly 0.5 2014-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1413135878825-UMWC3JSXM76WJOWR8ZAC/Iceland+in+Autumn Home - Stopover in Iceland Autumn colors by Lake Mývatn (northern Iceland) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/park-it-in-paris-parc-de-bercy monthly 0.5 2015-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410992328443-KVM1R8C2XDNNY9FTGK8W/Water+Fountain%2C+Parc+de+Bercy Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Bercy Cascading fountain in Parc de Bercy, Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410993717754-HAQ5IQV9P95ZQTW83GI2/Map+of+Parc+de+Bercy Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Bercy The park is almost 14 hectares so take advantage of the posted maps! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410987141838-Y1DWT30BB459E15MWOHA/Parc+de+Bercy+flower+garden Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Bercy One of the nine formal gardens in the Jardin Yitzhak Rabin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410993005161-9JSZUQ63UZHKNP42FJ09/Vineyards+at+Parc+de+Bercy Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Bercy The grapes in Parc de Bercy's vineyard were looking pretty ripe late August! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410993164766-J7NN9SVW3PR20E1V01IX/Building+at+Parc+de+Bercy Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Bercy The gardening house with its greenhouse in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410993297372-AXPFJXCN4X1NGW4U06BK/Me+and+Perspective%2C+Parc+de+Bercy Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Bercy Perspective exhibit in Paris' Parc de Bercy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410993393591-9QFGUGR0IBO7965OA9K6/Perspective+at+Parc+de+Bercy Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Bercy Sometimes it's all a matter of perspective... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410993489176-2LRW05SL71K5HNT0J2PL/Playing+card+Perspective%2C+Parc+de+Bercy Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Bercy Part of the outdoor exhibit on perception that was in the park this past August https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410993607394-A88HUE80RTXETBJM5812/Pond+area%2C+Parc+de+Bercy Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Bercy Waterway in Parc de Bercy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410992095025-8Q0JRYA5CI489ZD5VGWQ/Bird+at+Parc+de+Bercy%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Bercy Heron at the lake in Parc de Bercy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410992540480-0P3WSJIKSGEVA10Z79ZW/Turtle+and+Ducks+at+the+Pond%2C+Parc+de+Bercy Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Bercy The lake is home to ducks, birds, and cute turtles among other creatures! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410992751344-Q2T8EEZ57V950BXWAXH9/Eiffel+Tower+at+Parc+de+Bercy Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Bercy Is it just me or does this look like an Eiffel Tower? 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Let's just say we weren't the only ones to enjoy a 1am snack... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410450678390-I8DJCS0UDK8T8BBM7FQ9/Nuit+Blanche+2013+bugs+and+reptile+close-up Home - Coming This Weekend to Paris: Nuit Blanche 2014 Know that I spared you from the most disgusting of the photos Michael took! If you can’t tell, I’m the one who calls out for assistance if I see any living bug in the house - so I was a bit skeeved out to say the least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410450786699-EHH67NTXMPY8B6IJ1HPQ/Nuit+Blanche+2013+art+inside+St.+Paul+church Home - Coming This Weekend to Paris: Nuit Blanche 2014 The artist Dominique Lacloche's work in St. Paul, called "un degré plus haut" (a higher level). It was a huge mobile suspended from the church's dome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410451114027-UMJQIGWH9XTNTAAAL0ZT/Nuit+Blanche+looking+up+at+blue+leaves+in+St.+Paul Home - Coming This Weekend to Paris: Nuit Blanche 2014 Art installation in St. Paul church for Nuit Blanche 2013 http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/a-white-night monthly 0.5 2014-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410448999903-TQ41OZW7ZPV1QATSCLIO/Nuit+Blanche+2013+St+Paul Home - A White Night? Any guesses to where this is? 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Sunrise at the Eiffel Tower Statue with the Eiffel Tower in background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410982747172-BF4MUYS3MY6XKHHRKLC3/Top+pf+Eiffel+Tower+at+Sunrise Home - Sunrise at the Eiffel Tower Top of Eiffel Tower with pink clouds of sunrise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410982931975-VXXZLFKVDN318FOHAQ9S/L%27Homme+by+Pierre+Traverse%2C+looking+at+Eiffel+Tower Home - Sunrise at the Eiffel Tower Grab a cement block - let's watch the sunrise together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410983153440-GPLB4P8I8XYLWPAPAD5L/Palais+de+Chaillot+at+Sunrise Home - Sunrise at the Eiffel Tower The Palais de Chaillot lit up by the first rays of sunlight http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/falling-in-love-or-failing-to-love-paris monthly 0.5 2014-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410944951755-QOKVXBIKV2ES9JQ945UR/Jardin+du+Palais+Royal+in+Autumn Home - Falling in love, or failing to love, Paris The trees of the Jardin du Palais Royal hanging onto their leaves for just a little longer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410945176945-M8ELMNNOPKYOFSX3YYKO/Eiffel+Tower+with+Leaves Home - Falling in love, or failing to love, Paris The Eiffel Tower in autumn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410945282599-JWYE3T5DM2EQE3HDNJ3S/Jardin+des+Tuileries+in+Autumn Home - Falling in love, or failing to love, Paris A September day in the Jardin des Tuileries http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/behind-the-doors-of-the-french-national-assembly monthly 0.5 2015-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407950234275-CQPCSB9T6REUC9P68C1P/Assembl%C3%A9e+nationale+in+Paris Home - Behind the Doors of the French National Assembly L’Assemblée Nationale, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407951211856-NPK8EMP0XNHOGQJV7Y5I/Inside+the+National+Assembly+in+Paris%2C+France Home - Behind the Doors of the French National Assembly I don't remember the specific function of this room, but from what I gather the President of the National Assembly has many sitting rooms to choose from to, well, sit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407950993011-W7PROWAJJDLQF24ZGRSO/IMG_5630.jpg Home - Behind the Doors of the French National Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407951050058-H8IQG0D0QO1KP3MJYK5R/IMG_8673.jpg Home - Behind the Doors of the French National Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407951371640-W5OTX4Q19N8F6E9S8134/Wall+details+in+the+French+National+Assembly%2C+Paris Home - Behind the Doors of the French National Assembly Wall details in the French National Assembly, Hôtel de Lassay, Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408005469816-VTT9VXIWEAVGTOTSWP5P/Meeting+room+in+the+National+Assembly%2C+Paris%2C+France Home - 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Behind the Doors of the French National Assembly Galarie des Fêtes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408007018882-JE0UOGOP8614NA68CIUA/Statue+in+French+National+Assembly%2C+Paris Home - Behind the Doors of the French National Assembly Monument for World War II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408007288484-K69FJFFNMKCWUQIKZWBU/Main+room+at+the+French+National+Assembly Home - Behind the Doors of the French National Assembly L’Assemblée Nationale, the Debating Chamber, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408010966912-5SAA7EXR638LH2J8RNWU/IMG_8686.jpg Home - Behind the Doors of the French National Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408010893556-W6Q9LFISQDHBG5C18WI4/IMG_5662.jpg Home - Behind the Doors of the French National Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408011320331-G4DZIWE987XNCMX1382T/The+library+at+the+French+National+Assembly%2C+Paris%2C+France Home - Behind the Doors of the French National Assembly La bibliothèque, L’Assemblée Nationale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408011474042-WHIMGVXI79WBXFXSY1XJ/Gift+shop+at+the+French+National+Assembly%2C+Paris%2C+France Home - Behind the Doors of the French National Assembly There was even a little gift shop at the end! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/an-inside-peek-of-the-banque-de-france monthly 0.5 2014-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407498485255-FK3I3A102TSJKC9GNP7T/Journ%C3%A9es+du+Patrimoine+sign%2C+Banque+de+France Home - An Inside Peek of the Banque de France Journées du Patrimoine sign, Banque de France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407496364694-AUJYKIU0E6QU6VTXOYSI/The+Galerie+Dor%C3%A9e+of+Banque+de+France Home - An Inside Peek of the Banque de France The crowds gathered in la Galerie Dorée https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407496479622-1D3QWBAUXSM5122W8LZA/Details+in+the+Banque+de+France Home - An Inside Peek of the Banque de France Details in the Banque de France's La Galerie Dorée https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407496684723-HKFMIW2ZZ4R6ONO1B1Q9/Sculpture+and+Mirror%2C+Banque+de+France%2C+Paris Home - An Inside Peek of the Banque de France La Galerie Dorée, Banque de France, Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407496805973-QEJ6EBSM353T58TX6FPO/Inside+the+Banque+de+France%2C+Paris Home - An Inside Peek of the Banque de France Hôtel de Toulouse / Banque de France, Paris http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/this-weekend-in-paris-journes-du-patrimoine-european-heritage-days monthly 0.5 2014-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407495754173-3C6J19K3HYIZNZ2SMWT2/Inside+H%C3%B4tel+de+Ville%2C+Paris%2C+France Home - This Weekend in Paris: Journées du Patrimoine (European Heritage Days) Hôtel de Ville was so magnificent inside I want to go again this year! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/chartres-en-lumieres monthly 0.5 2014-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410203680169-F63MR7NO3W7RHB4I9UCR/Chartres+en+Lumi%C3%A8res+on+water Home - Chartres en Lumières Chartres en Lumières on the river, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410203916831-SHCOKIT2T57UL02J48I1/Chartres+en+Lumi%C3%A8res+bridge+eyes Home - Chartres en Lumières Staring contest - and a creepy one at that! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410204044224-1XIOFVVWKCRPKNZXEMNK/Chartres+en+Lumi%C3%A8res+St+Pierre+church Home - Chartres en Lumières L'église Saint-Pierre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410204522131-DJ9P5V1CDONH0MZBNQVT/Chartres+en+Lumi%C3%A8res+2014 Home - Chartres en Lumières Chartres Cathedral at night, Chartres en lumières 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410204149733-NXUQ0218E6PK0VFN8EZ4/IMG_2814.jpg Home - Chartres en Lumières https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410204225464-0OHMICVS0XVBNM00YHF3/IMG_8035.jpg Home - Chartres en Lumières https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410215304106-SCITQ8Z3SYTZI7S9WUL0/Chartres+en+Lumi%C3%A8res+in+blue Home - Chartres en Lumières A blue Chartres Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410360219504-M4DC7DMH19QKDUCPP3RQ/Jazz+Concert+Aug+2014+Chartres Home - Chartres en Lumières The Olivet Jazz Band in action https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410363595011-XHTKGPCSTDNIYDVE5I1N/North+Porch+lit+up+for+Chartres+en+lumi%C3%A8res Home - Chartres en Lumières The North Porch, lit up for Chartres en lumières 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410363767947-6GJ580HNVXDNRB0XY8W7/Chartres+Cathedral+lit+up+for+Chartres+en+lumi%C3%A8res+2014 Home - Chartres en Lumières Chartres Cathedral at night, during Chartres en lumières 2014 http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/day-trip-from-paris-chartres-france-part-ii monthly 0.5 2014-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409667781215-RJFWX6ZI2LFI5WZ6NQJ9/Radishes+at+the+market+in+Chartres Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II Radishes at Marché aux Légumes at Place Billard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409668076132-F4V8K4P5THT2VDY3LTTN/Jardins+de+l%27%C3%89v%C3%AAch%C3%A9%2C+Chartres Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II The terrace was built in the early 17th century by order of Bishop Léonor d’Estampes. The gardens were created later by his successors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409668798919-CPOD1FF9DGD1FEZMTIDY/Mus%C3%A9e+des+Beaux-Arts%2C+Chartres Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II This Episcopal palace was put on the list of historical buildings in 1906. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409669087956-N5XUK1OSAA4NHFQ2ZQNR/Painting+of+Chartres+Cathedral Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II Painting of Chartres Cathedral at the Musée des Beaux-Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409734191708-LHFKB7I0X1JMPB1HI355/Medieval+festival%2C+Chartres Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II La Saint-Fiacre, a medieval festival, in Chartres, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409734465158-Z961DE4CQ55SI4ETOF7S/Medieval+street+musicians%2C+Chartres Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II Medieval street musicians, Chartres, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410253598409-98RXQ440DMOGHCU73QNM/View+from+the+Jardin+de+Sakurai Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II This is pretty much the only view we got in the Jardin de Sakurai - a nice one, but keep moving on for a better spot. Especially considering that the garden itself isn't really anything special to see, so all it has to offer is this viewpoint of the church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410254587855-FCAS9B9II8EE7YFJTM32/Gravestone+Cross+and+Chartres+Cathedral Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II Cimetière St Chéron offers a great view of the Chartres Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410254942076-3TNKL0ZOIRHZ1VHDVQIA/Cimeti%C3%A8re+St+Ch%C3%A9ron%2C+Chartres Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II Cimetière St Chéron overlooking the center of Chartres https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409669811552-ME4O9MH4JNVACVTZ5NP8/La+Maison+Picassiette%2C+Chartres Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II La Maison Picassiette, Chartres, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409670333777-XSYFW19V0E52YYHF5MEI/IMG_7905.jpg Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409670595368-26MLA3ZERNR607MHFVSZ/IMG_7916.jpg Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409670706901-2WUW4VRBDPHUK1838S0X/IMG_7916.jpg Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409670053555-JXUGVTMKME96YQAYCYT4/Man+sculpture+garden+of+La+Maison+Picassiette Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II Sculpture in the garden of La Maison Picassiette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409732591526-XN103BA27115YDY80VCP/IMG_7940.jpg Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409732751865-J6T2YR1PUKL09X3QR15T/IMG_7918.jpg Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409733080609-ZU4YZ1I1V5UX2UA5SIWL/The+garden+of+Maison+Picassiette Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II The garden of Maison Picassiette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409733413323-E448TBYG159H5UG5AKSX/Chickens+at+Parc+des+Bords+de+I%27Eure%2C+Chartres Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II Chicken staring contest at Parc des Bords de I'Eure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409733590136-Z8KDW8AZWCPVROXBOOO9/Parc+des+Bords+de+I%27Eure Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II Chartres Cathedral as seen from the Parc des Bords de I'Eure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409733805549-ZSA5BGEBBZL5T83G9629/Restaurant+Le+Tripot%2C+Chartres Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II Restaurant Le Tripot, Chartres, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409734699458-ECBGHRVK4PKTSMO7PJGZ/Savarin+au+Grand-Marnier%2C+Le+Tripot Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II Michael's dessert, the Savarin au Grand-Marnier et aux fruits de saison (a baba rum cake with fresh fruit) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409734589003-YGUWE6L445TO3ETT14OB/Meal+at+Le+Tripot%2C+Chartres Home - Day trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part II What a great finish to a busy, lovely day in Chartres! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/day-trip-from-paris-chartres-paris-part-i monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410180486399-KOYX1POY3D590ZBW3WVG/Outside+Chartres+Cathedral Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I Outside the Chartres Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410194714352-QXEDPWFTQT9JSSP0X6N3/Restoration+work+at+Chartres+Cathedral Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I Here’s a restored section, looking at the alter. You can see the bright, clean walls and ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410180709182-FDB9A4PVSLLRGGOJ2O17/Stained+glass+and+chandelier%2C+Chartres Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I Behind the altar is a newly restored section of the church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410190713818-T4VZF5WKD5FKCUYTEVLK/IMG_7805.jpg Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410190445312-CFASRPC6QUPD7US8C1FQ/IMG_7808.jpg Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410191092503-R3PSCMGV1AC6KJASFELO/Chartres+Blue+Virgin+window Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I The Blue Virgin Window (Notre Dame de la Belle Verrière) is famous. It is another of the oldest windows in the Chartres Cathedral - it also dates back from the mid-12th century. It was the central window behind the alter of the church, and survived the fire. It was salvaged and reinserted into a new frame in the 13th century when the new (present) Cathedral was built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410199245955-O40FSQKGOJ1UMAWSSLS3/Rose+window%2C+Chartres+Cathedral Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I The South Rose Window, dating from about 1225. Check out the bottom row - on either side of Mary holding the infant Jesus are four Old Testament prophets giving piggy-back rides to the four New Testament evangelists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410274537336-FACMQG0IQV8VBVA0ILA7/Money+changer+donors%2C+Chartres+Cathedral Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I I got some insight on how to “read” Chartres Cathedral’s stained glass windows on Malcolm's tour. One thing I learned is to look to see which group sponsored the windows. The various merchant groups donated money to help with the construction of the new cathedral, like this window brought to us by the money changers. Nothing like a little medieval advertisement! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410195329961-ZTQZ8CSUFXQ8TN4KU19P/Clock+in+Chartres+Cathedral Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I 16th century Astrological Clock in the choir screen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410191230660-LXURPZ1MXL5LJQ8XJIVY/Stained+glass+in+Chartres+Cathedral%2C+restored Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I Seriously, is it not stunning?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410198662158-WT3TF4NM3VNYPSVSKS6K/Black+Madonna%2C+Chartres+Cathedral Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I "Our Lady of the Pillar," Madonna chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410192166161-8DVISF2DS7NE2KZUB8GU/Arch+over+north+porch%2C+Chartres Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I The central bay of the North Porch showing the coronation of Mary in the central panel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410193857355-A56RJXW2GDS3GY207PDD/North+porch+sculptures%2C+Chartres+Cathedral Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I Every inch of the North Porch was full of rich detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410199097917-U4ELDK177QH7H4TX7XK5/Sculpture+work+outside+Chartres+Cathedral Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I The central part of the South Porch, portraying the Last Judgement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410194244404-D1LVYWQ64P3HKOYKHJG5/IMG_7841.jpg Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410194310833-EZB1ZKD52G7NWBENFSB5/IMG_7848.jpg Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1410200380240-S80QZONDEA8J82R6H6AC/Sculpture+on+Chartres+Cathedral%27s+exterior Home - Day Trip from Paris: Chartres, France, Part I Outside sculptures at Chartres Cathedral, France http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/this-week-chartres-france monthly 0.5 2014-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409666044731-2TV9SAOX708S2VQ9A16T/Mosaic+Swans+at+La+Maison+Picassiette Home - This Week: Chartres, France Find out where to find a house decorated entirely in mosaics this week! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/15-ways-to-maximize-your-budget-in-paris monthly 0.5 2014-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409735903486-HI8TAAV5ZXG3FPDCMYSN/Croissants+in+France Home - Paris Practicalities: 15 Ways to Maximize Your Budget in Paris There's nothing like a French croissant, fresh out of the oven! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409736563140-JLSPB3P7BAY9LXH75DXX/Mus%C3%A9e+de+la+Chasse+et+de+la+Nature Home - Paris Practicalities: 15 Ways to Maximize Your Budget in Paris Check out the unique Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature - free entry all year round on the first Sunday of each month https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409736863276-21JEC165XFHSMRDCIMR7/Cimeti%C3%A8re+du+P%C3%A8re-Lachaise Home - Paris Practicalities: 15 Ways to Maximize Your Budget in Paris The grave stones and mausoleums in Cimetière du Père-Lachaise are decorated with quite beautiful sculptural work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409737790257-R4PUQ2QB9RE19WTOAAGK/Place+des+Vosges Home - Paris Practicalities: 15 Ways to Maximize Your Budget in Paris One of my favorite squares to sit in, Place des Vosges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409737356943-U2XSKE5SDE9FQ4I0RIZQ/View+from+Institut+du+Monde+Arabe Home - Paris Practicalities: 15 Ways to Maximize Your Budget in Paris The view from the Institut du Monde Arabe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409830367329-T43ZMT1HH1VDT9QVS5CI/View+of+Eiffel+Tower+from+Tour+Montparnasse Home - Paris Practicalities: 15 Ways to Maximize Your Budget in Paris The view from Ciel de Paris, the restaurant in Tour Montparnasse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409825837591-4DJAARNQ14AZEV33CICM/Eiffel+Tower+sparkles+at+night Home - Paris Practicalities: 15 Ways to Maximize Your Budget in Paris The rainy streak this July finally let up a bit so I could take my aunt and cousin to see the Eiffel Tower lit up at night. It was one of their favorite moments from their week-long visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409742811554-SMKKA4RDJ6PELV1DM463/Saint-%C3%89tienne-du-Mont.+Paris Home - Paris Practicalities: 15 Ways to Maximize Your Budget in Paris One of my favorite churches in Paris, L'église Saint-Etienne-du-Mont http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/park-it-in-paris-parc-de-belleville monthly 0.5 2015-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408293206071-UVUE27LQ0MCCJR5FAM14/Close+up+viewing+platform+Parc+de+Belleville%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Belleville Street art at Parc de Belleville's viewing platform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408293362263-4V1I22AG5BF90SXASNVN/Eiffel+Tower+and+viewing+platform%2C+Parc+de+Belleville Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Belleville Street art and Eiffel Tower at Parc de Belleville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408294527616-SDDQVYUTXXB8VPUKHCRV/Colored+poles+Parc+de+Belleville%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Belleville Colorful poles along the street by the viewing platform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408293542839-CRJBCDRYDI6SSJNX5M05/Info+panel+and+Eiffel+Tower%2C+Parc+de+Belleville%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Belleville Here's the view from Parc de Belleville! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408293724176-HL32Y6KBBD4RL52CM045/Eiffel+Tower+from+Parc+de+Belleville%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Belleville Eiffel Tower from Parc de Belleville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408293924676-C15VJCAGRY25BLE483J5/IMG_2670.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Belleville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408294002842-NOIOWI8RO9SOFDDHWWAK/IMG_2676.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Belleville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408369442750-2QQF02IQXOBZXUVQAX42/Water+fountain+in+Parc+de+Belleville Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Belleville Michael captured a cool picture of the one part of the cascade that was running https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408294154526-F821SZ0LIUCN1IGGZRBN/Street+art+and+flowers+at+Parc+de+Belleville%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Belleville Street art and flowers at Parc de Belleville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408294337277-BE7VT30NIZYLHIQNNIZ5/Stairs+down+at+Parc+de+Belleville%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Parc de Belleville Stairs down at Parc de Belleville, Paris http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/a-birthday-celebration-meets-famous-cathedral monthly 0.5 2014-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1409514273722-Z9PNIBO0CZDWD64GOTKN/Chartres+Cathedral%2C+France Home - A Birthday Celebration Meets Famous Cathedral The front of the Chartres Cathedral, or its official French name, the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/walking-along-berlins-east-side-gallery monthly 0.5 2014-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408227229250-OCYENV6LQEW8F2DDQ8OF/%22I+painted+over+the+wall+of+shame%22+East+Side+Gallery%2C+Berlin Home - Walking along Berlin's East Side Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408227357260-5V5UL8W6HX1SJ2S2TSCX/Cross+on+East+Side+Gallery+Berlin+Wall Home - Walking along Berlin's East Side Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408227567498-JKASA6OA4XMMDXC0JPII/Jewish+star+German+flag+East+Side+Gallery Home - Walking along Berlin's East Side Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408227730244-GK8260QE8BMY1Y3R87HW/Dark+painting+at+East+Side+Gallery%2C+Berlin%2C+Germany Home - Walking along Berlin's East Side Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408227888058-XS7ZDBIV0MII8U8FB95I/Checkpoint+Charlie+East+Side+Gallery+Berlin Home - Walking along Berlin's East Side Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408228004486-VCR84E781WUXJR9O5XRM/Path+with+Coke+can+East+Side+Gallery+Berlin Home - Walking along Berlin's East Side Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408228162527-9SFZ6QRQUY9TXDB7NEE7/New+York+Berlin+at+East+Side+Gallery Home - Walking along Berlin's East Side Gallery Loved the shout-out to New York! 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(Though this square is named Pariser Platz in celebration of victory in overthrowing Napoleon so not the warmest welcome to the French.) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/park-it-in-paris-lac-daumesnil-in-bois-de-vincennes monthly 0.5 2015-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408218291248-PNALVBQQ06T7RZUYGATA/Lac+Daumesnil+with+Temple+of+Love+in+background Home - Park it in Paris: Lac Daumesnil in Bois de Vincennes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408218529283-PMPK9GKQANQBIG9QBRFH/Boats+on+Lac+Daumesnil Home - Park it in Paris: Lac Daumesnil in Bois de Vincennes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408218737965-2NII8Z3203NX78D1C0W5/Swans+on+Lac+Daumesnil%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Lac Daumesnil in Bois de Vincennes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408218954254-IOVRHQ5J87WY8U0EA6DE/Boat+and+Swans+on+Lac+Daumesnil%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Lac Daumesnil in Bois de Vincennes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408219125326-855AQ7NPFO4NMZZ47PHX/Temple+of+Love%2C+Lac+Daumesnil%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Lac Daumesnil in Bois de Vincennes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408219283479-611WX74TWE5RK5XMV4GN/IMG_7518.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Lac Daumesnil in Bois de Vincennes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408219363828-BMWKNH2J46793ZZLW9U6/IMG_7551.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Lac Daumesnil in Bois de Vincennes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408219445899-DGG1XITEYWCO6ONHGVQK/IMG_7551.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Lac Daumesnil in Bois de Vincennes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408219559988-OJSJATSRLVBZL0IOVF0T/Bride+over+Lac+Daumesnil%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Lac Daumesnil in Bois de Vincennes One of two suspension bridges over the lake. Cars can drive over the bridge, to my surprise at first. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408219765559-ITZJFETZTKFTQ294ZAK1/Close-up+of+Temple+of+Love%2C+Lac+Daumesnil%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Lac Daumesnil in Bois de Vincennes A look at the Temple d'Amour and the artificial grotto below, as seen from our boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408220049575-CZZ6J33NUNJBZKRSWPA9/IMG_7535.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Lac Daumesnil in Bois de Vincennes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408220126790-NOOHODC00Y1LIORTU4EK/IMG_7540.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Lac Daumesnil in Bois de Vincennes http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/a-new-view-of-paris-and-its-among-my-favorites monthly 0.5 2015-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408443524891-DHY36UPBU3YBD56OM965/Tour+Saint-Jacques+at+sunset%2C+Paris Home - A New View of Paris (and it's among my favorites!) An autumn sunset illuminating Tour Saint-Jacques https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408443640549-DIY6RQU3D6PEQZGZBHIX/View+of+Tour+Saint-Jacques+from+the+towers+of+Notre+Dame Home - A New View of Paris (and it's among my favorites!) A view of Tour Saint-Jacques from the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral (and Sacré-Cœur perched up on the hill) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408297726966-P05KKCV7T3SN96XM61U2/Looking+up+the+Tour+Saint+Jacques%2C+Paris Home - A New View of Paris (and it's among my favorites!) Looking up at Tour Saint-Jacques, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408297851207-MSGPXG1E6LFZXZMWYUO2/Statue+at+bottom+of+Tour+Saint+Jacques%2C+Paris Home - A New View of Paris (and it's among my favorites!) Statue of Blaise Pascal at the base of Tour Saint-Jacques, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408298055894-EVPF6JOEDY6WYBYXRHXD/Drawing+of+the+church+and+tower Home - A New View of Paris (and it's among my favorites!) This was a drawing we saw on the tour to illustrate the church that the tower once accompanied. Translation: "Principal facade of the Church of Saint-Jacques-la-Boucherie from the 17th century, view taken from the place of the Cloister." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408298226678-NHXTC1JUG7R6OGPBR0X5/Sacre-Coeur+from+Tour+Saint+Jacques Home - A New View of Paris (and it's among my favorites!) Sacré-Cœur in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408298388511-0EWTC95AM6GH6BZZKYHW/Hotel+de+Ville+from+Tour+Saint-Jacques%2C+Paris Home - A New View of Paris (and it's among my favorites!) The best view from above that I've gotten of the front of Hôtel de Ville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408298612629-ROEB0KD472NFBTK1U6XJ/Notre+Dame+from+Tour+Saint-Jacques%2C+Paris Home - A New View of Paris (and it's among my favorites!) Across the Seine lies Notre Dame and the Pantheon in the distance, wearing its white dunce cap (due to restoration work) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408298843685-F6M2NTN36DK5KW99SR7O/Eiffel+Tower+from+Tour+Saint-Jacques%2C+Paris Home - A New View of Paris (and it's among my favorites!) Amid those gorgeous Parisian rooftops stands the Eiffel Tower and Trocadéro to its right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408299382987-WZG4OUSRAOXSTURPSEJN/Close+up+of+Eiffel+Tower+from+Tour+Saint-Jacques%2C+Paris Home - A New View of Paris (and it's among my favorites!) View of Eiffel Tower from Tour Saint-Jacques in Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408300051404-VG424PD5QUU52ZMVE1IM/Centre+Pompidou+from+Tour+Saint-Jacques%2C+Paris Home - A New View of Paris (and it's among my favorites!) The bright colors of the Centre Pompidou really pop under gray skies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408300299622-Q9Z81SAN83HXYMEY5RTB/Gargoyle+of+the+Tour+Saint-Jacques Home - A New View of Paris (and it's among my favorites!) Gargoyle of the Tour Saint-Jacques, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408300619803-S23RQY7OT17Z3C0DDDT8/Gargoyles+of+Tour+Saint-Jacques%2C+Paris Home - A New View of Paris (and it's among my favorites!) The massive L'église Saint-Eustache is in the background http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/bring-out-the-bucket-list monthly 0.5 2014-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408220547796-PU6VFKNDDO0UPP0EII19/Square+des+Anciens+Combattants+d%27Indochine Home - Bring out the Bucket List Le square des Anciens-Combattants-d’Indochine http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/gold-and-glitz monthly 0.5 2014-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408040963765-01BX457DDPEY05XT9SWF/image-asset.jpeg Home - Gold and Glitz: The Restored "From Louis XIV to Louis XVI" rooms in the Louvre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408041170617-0Z6JV9Y145CLPCM884GL/From+Louis+XIV+to+Louis+XVI+room+in+Louvre%2C+Paris%2C+pink+and+blue Home - Gold and Glitz: The Restored "From Louis XIV to Louis XVI" rooms in the Louvre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408041580023-K1XCZW3LCS6SZK18KZ4C/IMG_6352.jpg Home - Gold and Glitz: The Restored "From Louis XIV to Louis XVI" rooms in the Louvre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408041479652-9HN2PHKD0C94EDPCF2QH/IMG_6351.jpg Home - Gold and Glitz: The Restored "From Louis XIV to Louis XVI" rooms in the Louvre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408043512431-K5NIWRH0NOUJSH0I1SFC/Decorative+rooms+at+the+from+Louis+XIV+to+Louis+XVI+collection%2C+Louvre%2C+Paris Home - Gold and Glitz: The Restored "From Louis XIV to Louis XVI" rooms in the Louvre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408043638407-EHK10E0XKUAKQSMLZKQ3/IMG_2560.jpg Home - Gold and Glitz: The Restored "From Louis XIV to Louis XVI" rooms in the Louvre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408045176406-DBH18O0RGO58BQAOE9LF/IMG_2557.jpg Home - Gold and Glitz: The Restored "From Louis XIV to Louis XVI" rooms in the Louvre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408044107503-QDIFC0RDV3YUY1Y77O61/La+rotonde+Callet%2C+Louvre%2C+Paris Home - Gold and Glitz: The Restored "From Louis XIV to Louis XVI" rooms in the Louvre Looking up at the cupola painted by Antoine François Callet (originally for the Palais Bourbon) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1408044569581-TYFE22GH1KVL8DAV56FM/Snuffbox%2C+Louvre%2C+Paris Home - Gold and Glitz: The Restored "From Louis XIV to Louis XVI" rooms in the Louvre There's a whole display of snuffboxes - I picked this one (from 1738-1739) with all its diamonds and gold as my favorite http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/a-different-side-of-prague monthly 0.5 2014-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407422654913-G6YNIVJY4KMIDUPEDM1K/Franz+Kafka+statue%2C+Prague Home - A Different Side of Prague Kafka is depicted as the smaller man sitting on the shoulders of the larger figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407423116002-F1MIH1WXX0QP1DMG3U1A/The+Memorial+to+the+victims+of+Communism%2C+side+angle Home - A Different Side of Prague The plaque nearby reads: "The memorial to the victims of communism is dedicated to all victims not only those who were jailed or executed but also those whose lives were ruined by totalitarian despotism" (see Wikipedia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407423215201-WSHW04MZX1KJB5YIQKHG/The+Memorial+to+the+victims+of+Communism%2C+Prague Home - A Different Side of Prague https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407423343058-1FCZE2DBU6YQRDGWG2M4/The+Czech+musicians%2C+Prague Home - A Different Side of Prague https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407423553743-MU5BO3UNDZVF609GYO3M/IMG_6590.jpg Home - A Different Side of Prague https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407423582030-WF7IXR6WEHGBK9IGZC8H/IMG_6588.jpg Home - A Different Side of Prague https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407425153884-MIRPZYFKDECU9C9PDKB6/At+Wallenstein+Garden%2C+Prague Home - A Different Side of Prague https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407424115901-UD1AOMC8MUOZNP3RZPEV/David+Cerny%27s+Piss+statue Home - A Different Side of Prague This was the most amusing sculpture of the bunch, but then again, I can see plenty of the real thing happening at any given time in France… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407424353550-9N5O7LEASHEYTZV195D1/David+Cerny%27s+%22Horse%22+statue Home - A Different Side of Prague https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407425266041-CDKFIKO3R78CWY5UZVSV/Zizkov+TV+Tower%2C+Prague Home - A Different Side of Prague https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407424764578-1X9JIUQ0R9571KHFLQXG/David+Cerny%27s+%22Babies%22+in+Prague Home - A Different Side of Prague https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407424895870-DQQVSM6VGFH3BTPLVQ5T/Close-up+of+David+Cerny%27s+%22Babies%22 Home - A Different Side of Prague Is it just me or does the head remind you of a boxing glove? http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/august-staycation monthly 0.5 2014-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407145924027-ZVKL9RB5QP4F5ZK1H6Z9/Along+the+Port+de+l%27Arsenal%2C+Paris Home - August Staycation Walking along the Port de l'Arsenal, just south of Place de la Bastille https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407146309380-CO8JAGQB0XX0WICUBBZA/Boats+at+Port+de+l%27Arsenal+with+a+view+of+Bastille Home - August Staycation http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/inside-paris-pantheon monthly 0.5 2014-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407340415904-YZP1IJX92G06IMV20SB8/Front+of+the+Pantheon%2C+Paris Home - Inside Paris' Pantheon The Panthéon, Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407340538989-UH8AV208NQUV63OB4B68/Ceiling+in+the+Pantheon%2C+Paris Home - 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There's a queue not far from the entrance. The number of people allowed up are limited and groups are escorted by an employee every 15 minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407340930373-FSE5KYQNQGGTJSI3F9CP/Construction+at+Paris+Pantheon%2C+side+view Home - Inside Paris' Pantheon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407341111906-911XH3SY5G2XB7G3WXS7/Front+view+of+Pantheon%2C+Paris+from+street Home - Inside Paris' Pantheon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407341331385-97FOJKKH5U41JSM1LUXE/Front+of+La+Madeleine%2C+Paris Home - Inside Paris' Pantheon Outside La Madeleine, Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407341456421-OPJPZ6UWFKM7VBI6HEV5/Inside+La+Madeleine%2C+Paris Home - Inside Paris' Pantheon A look down the nave of La Madeleine http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/park-it-in-paris-jardin-des-plantes monthly 0.5 2016-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407180873165-N2WFR97EWVZKFT1ATW7X/Jardin+des+Plantes+with+the+National+Museum+of+Natural+History Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin des Plantes The Jardin des Plantes with the National Museum of Natural History in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407180986439-HY68V5GZAVBZNGKAVA4P/IMG_6825.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin des Plantes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407181030142-E8GG1W4I7VZG07E5W5LE/IMG_6847.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin des Plantes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407181259629-S7ZB7VIVJQKKYM4UUNZW/Sunflowers+at+the+Jardin+des+Plantes%2C+Paris%2C+France Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin des Plantes Sunflowers aren't just for Provence anymore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407181345106-XSBKJOHUTTDEHD40CJVK/Bench+and+flowers+at+Jardin+des+Plantes%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin des Plantes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407181814432-7SX0B8RRD9Z1HHEGEXNG/IMG_6835.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin des Plantes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407181837789-EVDI5P3FCR72Z9CK5QIV/IMG_6850.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin des Plantes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407181515431-YF4691W1B28OKOGXFOCB/Bright+flowers+at+the+Jardin+des+Plantes%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin des Plantes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407181624577-IS3AIRDWLIX5ZYQN90O1/Yellow+flower+at+Jardin+des+Plantes%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin des Plantes I found this plant particularly stunning with its yellow flowers and purple leaves. No editing of the color was done to this photo - this is nature at her best! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407181687148-7HKL5BPWKETTBUVNHMZ3/The+gardens+of+Jardin+des+Plantes%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin des Plantes A view of the gardens looking north towards the Seine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407181974891-FT2VECC5UWBK1H6OAY1X/Path+of+Roses+in+the+Jardin+des+Plantes%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin des Plantes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407182230133-Y222YFTECTEDJDS4P5GR/Roses+at+the+Jardin+des+Plantes%2C+by+the+Natural+History+Museum%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin des Plantes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1407182288878-DYEBJF2CU9QOZQEAMULJ/Statue+at+Jardin+des+Plantes%2C+Paris Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin des Plantes Seriously, is there a creepier statue in Paris? Please let me know... http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/travel-inspiration-realized monthly 0.5 2014-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1406817860568-WU1AIC6L9XDVN485O7HI/Town+Musicians+of+Bremen%2C+Germany+statue Home - Travel Inspiration Realized The statue of the Town Musicians of Bremen http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/simply-sara-eats-and-sips-in-london monthly 0.5 2014-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405874493732-SF7O5O2FVLIDUY61KN2F/Tea+Selection+at+Yumchaa%2C+London Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in London Lots of little mugs are filled with loose-leaf teas so you can smell before you commit to one! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405874630679-GWX0YL2MBI2VOWRZTJL4/Tea+and+Scones+at+Yumchaa%2C+London Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405873548440-K1ZO8AJ92YWJA2VQUPA4/IMG_2082.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405873569984-GHA2BLJ4N2M4SS48QRS9/IMG_2065.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405936661696-E52AW8LPZKOZ33H5NIT7/Inside+Craft+Beer+Co%2C+London Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405936822609-TPAIOZTG62DO77PKZ770/Beer+taps+at+CASK+Pub+and+Kitchen%2C+London Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405937122500-3E6CPV2IDXGVRHVQNLYC/IMG_9551.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405937164975-GV3M089P1R9VSZO3L0HB/IMG_9377.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405937458077-S3M831KUDB06VOKCHQCX/Nachos+at+BrewDog+in+Shoreditch%2C+London Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in London The food here is yummy too. Check out these unusual nachos we got as a snack. Small but filling! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405937544131-K0WY71V98PPEWQYW1WHI/Cocktails+at+Callooh+Callay%2C+London Home - Simply Sara Eats: and Sips in London http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/spotlight-on-london monthly 0.5 2014-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405869123221-HSGBCBS6MY3DCGPN0BRO/London%27s+Millennium+Bridge+and+St.+Paul%27s+Cathedral+at+night Home - Spotlight on London http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/simply-sara-eats-at-5-paris-favorites-with-visitors monthly 0.5 2016-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405269688687-WR4WJU7WHPETLNSHYXEW/Flowers+at+the+Bastille+market%2C+Paris Home - Simply Sara Eats: at 5 Paris Favorites with Visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405269819646-KTH1JT9XQHA8ZLM0AM4M/Produce+at+the+Bastille+market%2C+Paris Home - Simply Sara Eats: at 5 Paris Favorites with Visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405269969485-J1FD00TXJZMWCAM4QAPL/Fish+at+the+Bastille+market%2C+Paris Home - Simply Sara Eats: at 5 Paris Favorites with Visitors Can anyone explain to me what this is exactly, and how to cook it? It is labeled "veal of the sea" in French... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405269452016-JEX3N29XNHN60KEB2W0C/Macarons+from+Pierre+Herme Home - Simply Sara Eats: at 5 Paris Favorites with Visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405270179504-4UGRX7ILIL78SUEJ4WTN/Escargot%2C+Caf%C3%A9+des+Mus%C3%A9es%2C+Paris Home - Simply Sara Eats: at 5 Paris Favorites with Visitors The best way I've ever eaten escargot, served in mushrooms and covered in a garlic and parsley sauce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405270453582-QNRTTL18GVLU9MTPENU4/Entrecote+et+frites%2C+Caf%C3%A9+des+Mus%C3%A9es%2C+Paris Home - Simply Sara Eats: at 5 Paris Favorites with Visitors French perfection: Entrecôte (steak) served with frites (fries) and Béarnaise sauce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405270619397-PP6XBSADBSFCLET78B1X/Pasta+cart+at+L%27Osteria+Dell%27Anima%2C+Paris Home - Simply Sara Eats: at 5 Paris Favorites with Visitors Entering into the restaurant, you have to first pass by the pasta press station before entering the dining room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405270784289-5MWFKSX2LEE2CB7K9I3F/Fresh+pasta+at+L%27Osteria+Dell%27Anima%2C+Paris Home - Simply Sara Eats: at 5 Paris Favorites with Visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1405270961408-Z2IXFUA32GDA0EJ32NJH/Clean+plates+after+a+meal+at+L%27Osteria+Dell%27Anima%2C+Paris Home - Simply Sara Eats: at 5 Paris Favorites with Visitors No one leaves without clearing their plate here! 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France is the world's most visited country, yet also known as one of the most hostile to foreign visitors according to this article in the Daily Mail. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/fete-de-la-musique monthly 0.5 2014-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403510089632-51XL0IIZ8ND07QYQ42VZ/Notre+Dame+as+seen+from+Ile+Saint-Louis Home - Fête de la Musique https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403510344092-4MHNL6P4G7QAKE5P00RM/Devon+Graves+Performing+at+Fete+de+la+Musique Home - Fête de la Musique Watching Devon Graves perform on the banks of the Seine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403510529547-DEE4WIEJLOV1ZMMU8UV6/Sunset+at+Notre+Dame+from+Ile+Saint-Louis Home - Fête de la Musique https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403510744658-9K2QY20JXAO3GT6AYEO8/Boat+with+Musicians+on+the+Seine Home - Fête de la Musique I loved watching all the boats go by on the Seine and observing how they celebrated the Fête de la Musique. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403511091607-LZNOBU6FLSNQ2K6JWAEV/Vivid+Sunset+as+seen+from+Ile+Saint-Louis Home - Fête de la Musique https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403511203853-V7ZR68ZEWUIZU5RNLMG2/Paris+Sunset+with+Pont+Saint-Louis+and+Tour+Saint-Jacques Home - Fête de la Musique https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403513539216-T2QLB62NIUYR8UTKA3PX/Sunset+on+Ile+Saint-Louis Home - Fête de la Musique Thank you to our thoughtful friend T for taking some paparazzi pics of us on our romantic stroll! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403512905670-TZ4X8EIM6DQOZ9XVMC7M/IMG_2050.jpg Home - Fête de la Musique https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403512943718-QLXY0PED0K8K6M3JWWHS/IMG_2058.jpg Home - Fête de la Musique https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403513338693-Z3GXX0DDSILXHI2V9EEM/Sunset+on+the+Quai+of+Ile+Saint-Louis Home - Fête de la Musique https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403513700288-PL9BISZDN536O0MB9P94/Night+Falls+on+Notre+Dame+%28Paris%29 Home - Fête de la Musique http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/not-just-for-tourists monthly 0.5 2014-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403473184460-I4UA05NO9A5B5CWRDM19/image-asset.jpeg Home - Not Just for Tourists... http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/park-it-in-paris-place-des-vosges monthly 0.5 2015-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403181684432-X9QTJTHF5RX1MLW890G2/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Place des Vosges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403181895845-HTKNEJQKQV0I49GSUPAJ/IMG_3322.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Place des Vosges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403181992462-KMQ88UL4XP3TZLSKEROQ/IMG_3318.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Place des Vosges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403182035027-YRO4V7UMGS4BCLK9BEXV/IMG_3318.jpg Home - Park it in Paris: Place des Vosges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403182160946-LLKYZDF26T0HVBRUGN9N/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Place des Vosges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403182260511-7IIPEC83K40G5Y6ZOGF3/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Place des Vosges Stopping at Carette for a pastry and/or macarons is always a good idea before finding a spot to sit on a bench or on the lawn. In fact, if the aristocracy didn't do the same, they missed out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1403182520938-NSU4V21OE6WASOTDJWIG/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Place des Vosges http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/ten-free-activities-in-paris-summer-2014-edition monthly 0.5 2014-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402919281189-KTF0OYR0WMPY2R8VPJS2/image-asset.jpeg Home - Ten Free Activities in Paris: Summer 2014 Edition Looking out at the back of Notre Dame from the terrace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402919594604-6NWKN2E1BJ8GP1PJHXMP/image-asset.jpeg Home - Ten Free Activities in Paris: Summer 2014 Edition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402919743732-EL0I9AUSE0SJO38X5FZG/image-asset.jpeg Home - Ten Free Activities in Paris: Summer 2014 Edition The Paris Plages along the Seine at sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402933668632-0AKA1I3JVEPEOH6U5VYE/image-asset.jpeg Home - Ten Free Activities in Paris: Summer 2014 Edition Place des Vosges in the Marais, the oldest planned square in Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402921144965-NR3JCCGKK1TYL8IKSLOI/image-asset.jpeg Home - Ten Free Activities in Paris: Summer 2014 Edition http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/the-official-start-to-summer-approaches-with-a-fete monthly 0.5 2014-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402865869059-RPMF09KK948BAI6I52CX/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Official Start to Summer Approaches with a Fête! http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/the-leading-day-trip-from-lisbon-sintra-portugal monthly 0.5 2014-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1401901038049-CRUSLFGBGR0ZCAIOMOSM/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Leading Day Trip from Lisbon: Sintra, Portugal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1401901196478-DVVSQJEFNAM0TSPR8CCZ/IMG_4380.jpg Home - 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The Leading Day Trip from Lisbon: Sintra, Portugal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1401913635337-WMCSE9B5IY0G608ZY2HM/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Leading Day Trip from Lisbon: Sintra, Portugal Plenty of room here for entertaining https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1401987886253-1OAHHTOZLE91BFK2QMKH/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Leading Day Trip from Lisbon: Sintra, Portugal Inside the Swan Hall (Sala dos Cisnes) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1401988026899-XJ0O3SSRXGAU5V7SRNKC/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Leading Day Trip from Lisbon: Sintra, Portugal More cool tiles, this time a raised leaf pattern inside the palace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1401988225138-4NFY8QRGLQU8YPVF1KSX/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Leading Day Trip from Lisbon: Sintra, Portugal The stunning ceiling of the Stag room, the most impressive room of the palace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1401988385446-U7SGWN6MZI6E2ZUHACQR/image-asset.jpeg Home - 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The Leading Day Trip from Lisbon: Sintra, Portugal A bus stop in Sintra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1401989449079-43XQJYG9CZ7GHW0DFXTS/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Leading Day Trip from Lisbon: Sintra, Portugal http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/park-it-in-paris-parc-floral monthly 0.5 2015-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402413277776-QG5SLQ8X3QU03E99C2IC/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc Floral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402413626423-UD1K2S9ODWHGFLZH5F6B/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc Floral Flowers in March 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402414051929-KT2982S9TK3PEVDYWFPD/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc Floral All the flowers were in their prime back in March, but weren't there when I returned in June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402415488785-CWR87AZCU7XHR32ATFY3/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc Floral Monet-style - I call it "Pique-nique sur l'herbe" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402416104898-XTYLDMBGKGD9G8G67W11/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc Floral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402416440035-DNLRPKSY0SMKY0BUBDP0/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc Floral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402416713209-98A56DK4MRG0WLHIIH02/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc Floral This picture sums up a lot about the park - the event space, picnickers peppered over the lawns, and in the foreground all those white plaques labeling the plants in the botanical garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402417170690-8ANVAJ8GHMWTF39CAFK0/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc Floral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402417552915-X3PNPGNN6NN72RMB4PDY/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc Floral So this is the point when Didier Lockwood decided to start running around the crowds while playing his violin. As if he didn't stun us enough when he was somewhat stationary on stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402417795880-AR71BEBZWHFADYQI75IL/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc Floral http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/endless-summer-days-ahead monthly 0.5 2014-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1402068802989-MG4BQYT3V0UHQSDDDMXV/image-asset.jpeg Home - Endless Summer Days Ahead... 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Find out here :-) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/the-10-most-memorable-experiences-in-poland monthly 0.5 2015-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1400061090176-U3P96XFHRH0O3P4S4QQS/image-asset.jpeg Home - The 10 Most Memorable Experiences in Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1400061268625-JHMVX0NBIWT9EA6L4YYU/image-asset.jpeg Home - The 10 Most Memorable Experiences in Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1400061372568-OISFIF44V2DOKWX9XQS0/image-asset.jpeg Home - The 10 Most Memorable Experiences in Poland Filled with cabbage/mushrooms and meat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1400061547955-R8GRIPCHY1AV875TNVEI/image-asset.jpeg Home - The 10 Most Memorable Experiences in Poland The balcony view from our Airbnb apartment which I highly recommend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1400061658717-3UW30RQYSLZ54P8F7ZQR/image-asset.jpeg Home - The 10 Most Memorable Experiences in Poland The Palace of Culture and Science https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1400061849015-ZJ78WYB73GCD2AO6LA5M/image-asset.jpeg Home - The 10 Most Memorable Experiences in Poland The symbol of Warsaw, a fierce mermaid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1400062036155-PYC3K3BA5BUVO7KCZ1ZV/image-asset.jpeg Home - The 10 Most Memorable Experiences in Poland Neptune, God of the Sea, appropriately chosen for a maritime city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1400062195384-T7S54Y6TT16HL0N2V243/image-asset.jpeg Home - The 10 Most Memorable Experiences in Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1400167537305-DSF9QULP684BI2CL1FDK/image-asset.jpeg Home - The 10 Most Memorable Experiences in Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1400073848820-3KE7NOKJ14GILP63HW70/image-asset.jpeg Home - The 10 Most Memorable Experiences in Poland The Monument of the Fallen Shipyard Workers which honors the victims of that attack in 1970 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1400074046638-9DB3HGODK29GIA86O8T1/image-asset.jpeg Home - The 10 Most Memorable Experiences in Poland Statue of an unarmed shipyard worker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1400073220695-FJNHJLL1K4TVWCCP5KAZ/image-asset.jpeg Home - The 10 Most Memorable Experiences in Poland The Copernicus statue in the center of town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1400073385188-2E4ZRUURV5QGH3HN6GJ0/image-asset.jpeg Home - The 10 Most Memorable Experiences in Poland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1400073518592-MT2506GE3FZTNJZPNQ2O/image-asset.jpeg Home - The 10 Most Memorable Experiences in Poland Here is the baking master, who kept asking me if it was difficult to stir. 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Oh, and that's a mug of filtered coffee in the back. Photo taken before the free coffee refill. 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C'est Beaune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398344498006-R9AGC2WLEOHGDCBR7JSE/image-asset.jpeg Home - C'est Beaune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398344908472-Q2X8TET938149JR95CRK/image-asset.jpeg Home - C'est Beaune Interesting beams decorations in La Salle des Pôvres (The Room of the Poor), the ward for the poorest patients https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398345088135-12FXYH1IYIZT000TKYGO/image-asset.jpeg Home - C'est Beaune Tapestry at Hôtel-Dieu http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/exploring-bourgogne monthly 0.5 2014-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398421857945-DI2RIYTHQANFLPM56KPO/image-asset.jpeg Home - Exploring Bourgogne http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/girls-getaway-to-london monthly 0.5 2014-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398256141981-WU2N4GMPZEP0CZHFFGYR/image-asset.jpeg Home - Girls' Getaway to London Buckingham Palace with a dose of bright flowers. Stunning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398256297149-8EH21VTCM06HCYB3AXDM/image-asset.jpeg Home - Girls' Getaway to London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398256496225-57HS8KMCYOB6HGYQJZ0R/image-asset.jpeg Home - Girls' Getaway to London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398256621326-KQET5HK0M1PDN45I8CRI/image-asset.jpeg Home - Girls' Getaway to London St. Paul's Cathedral from the side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398256763601-B7JHNWAVV827V37E2X6Z/image-asset.jpeg Home - Girls' Getaway to London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398256973056-M13DKWISVWA85KHUGPXG/image-asset.jpeg Home - Girls' Getaway to London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398257056053-1YF5G0GXAHTAFZS8OXT8/image-asset.jpeg Home - Girls' Getaway to London Legend has it that if the ravens leave the Tower, the Kingdom will fall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398257214980-EVHSEDKNYURVD7NBCD2Q/image-asset.jpeg Home - Girls' Getaway to London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398257337727-KJZMH73CBZQQR5UEGJBF/image-asset.jpeg Home - Girls' Getaway to London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398331098237-TKWTPL1UL5YPLCKO7ABW/IMG_20140416_164156_284.jpg Home - Girls' Getaway to London Not an hour before I was telling Carissa how I miss carrot cake. And there it was, at Wild and Wood Coffee. Also of note: I had my first cronut sighting. This coffee shop gets a delivery around 11-11:30am daily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398327827928-GDHY1E1IVQISNYPIFEG7/image-asset.jpeg Home - Girls' Getaway to London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398327942194-HC7ZRZ8I2LFA74INWYLB/IMG_1887.jpg Home - Girls' Getaway to London Mango tea and a scone - perfect start to a day in London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398328316198-CMWESGF8O4XPWY0V23WG/image-asset.jpeg Home - Girls' Getaway to London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398331288779-W3XDZDY4R7HQ3OLM83LD/IMG_20140416_174044_237.jpg Home - Girls' Getaway to London Trafalgar Square http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/the-loire-valley-in-a-weekend monthly 0.5 2014-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397499698467-MDN0OAM17K3SVT8I9XFJ/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397499949461-F06QASO4QJBVUR53V2KH/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend The Hurault family still lives in the château on the third floor (not open to the public). The château has been in the family for over 6 centuries, though they lost ownership of it twice over the years. Now descendants of the Hurault family live here, and this wedding dress on display was worn by the Marquise de Vibraye in 1994. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397500134156-PI0X9O10DZ7IJP6M4T7Y/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397508935847-U30A5NLQTHSUEGBLXWG1/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend In the arms room a collection of weapons and armor were displayed from the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397509152254-GOKC8YVUNJ3DONRMB53F/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397510295117-HZ7XFY6RH29XSPC4EPZN/IMG_2483.jpg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397510435410-3SVX1VQKPZTSQ29HZFIK/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397510572834-22MRYVTG98Z75874MY2R/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397510682604-U68NC7VYMBVBOHF166KN/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend The chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397510801949-TKEF8ALAX7A9BM6WXDRM/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend A crowned porcupine, a symbol of King Louis VII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397510930326-7NN42DNCLH96I8F7JKWN/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397511273081-H7H8TTVSRWV3SIHJ183O/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397511428525-RDB4YZ2IR9BZFL3FFX4Q/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend This was the favorite - the Cuvée Marie-Louise Rose, a light sparkling wine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397511560597-FQOFP4Y94RJLC1XS24UP/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397511664214-LD32A94K4O15YK3RS32B/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend Amboise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397511816553-CEQVW4J94OQ80BXE93T4/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397511973921-2BEEYDM6WNAB92G7OC5M/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend Yup, thanks to Michael, that happened for breakfast. After a pain au chocolat. Not that I wasn't a willing participant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397512207040-95C9LFFPISU054OQK6MV/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397512317336-HA3BUT6TFWLVFMGSCGZA/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397512446641-V3R46HK4RTB31AGMX930/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397512622851-DWZDIGCEZVRAPMLL1BMP/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398243341417-MK281ZWHC7FY7QLA3OR3/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Loire Valley in a Weekend A quick, last minute shot of the hotel from the parking lot http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/spring-in-london monthly 0.5 2014-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1398009736302-9UZJJRAGW84EP4JI70RC/image-asset.jpeg Home - Spring in London http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/surprise-weekend monthly 0.5 2014-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397461699774-YYOE4PJ1WT123JZIGAB9/image-asset.jpeg Home - Surprise Weekend Château de Cheverny https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1397461855803-5OG606JZ86NRCM40MY7U/image-asset.jpeg Home - Surprise Weekend Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/park-it-in-paris-jardin-du-palais-royal monthly 0.5 2015-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395689048922-G4CCJOGHHR9268NH6FOK/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin du Palais Royal On a nice day this garden is a popular spot for Parisians to take an afternoon break. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395689155909-FQSWJTC92AGO45BHZYW7/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin du Palais Royal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395689261165-A81N0COGAIZ4732HKBM9/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin du Palais Royal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395689542744-2KPP7NMO4GJNGW1I5TM6/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin du Palais Royal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395689675520-FXVF5BAQ7E0FBY8XZFJG/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin du Palais Royal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395692065835-RZAY93UM605UJE6GQ3HW/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Jardin du Palais Royal This last picture was the only one not taken this March, but last year. This shows the full effect of the tree-lined corridors of the park. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/paris-in-bloom monthly 0.5 2014-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396282132129-GNWZBNPRO0PPVA1UCKI5/image-asset.jpeg Home - Paris in Bloom The back of Notre Dame (and the picture below as well) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396282288747-N6NN8V2QJXVQBZ0LC27H/salon_des_vins.jpg Home - Paris in Bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396282419459-HYK1ZJYQBR8V8FT7QALF/image-asset.jpeg Home - Paris in Bloom The beautiful trees in bloom at Metro stop St. Paul http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/peace-and-quiet monthly 0.5 2014-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396351664659-2XFRGMT4DX5XX2XKKOOP/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet Italian composer Gioachino Rossini's crypt can be found easily near the main entrance. His remains have been transferred to Florence but his former resting place still honors his memory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396351796628-3VSHXBSYHZLSCV0QY0PQ/IMG_1584.jpg Home - Peace and Quiet This famous composer is actually resting here, but his heart is literally in Poland (in Warsaw) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396351917834-KHMH45KJGJTK3J77A5QS/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet We were so close to Molière yet no luck finding him. Though I did find Sarah Bernhardt's grave that I was unable to find last time (and by find, I mean Bryan practically walked right up to it no problem). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396352080441-4XLXSN1AP219NIXFHODV/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396352254132-LJS0324TG8MH9F2UOVQG/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet At first I found it odd to full-out picnic on the lawn here with friends. While now I find it less weird, I would personally choose other eastern Paris locations like Canal St. Martin or Parc des Buttes Chaumont. But if I lived or worked nearby, I would definitely pack a lunch and enjoy a sandwich on a bench with a good book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396352440364-MX9LYLM3ZFY4FMB1PEZR/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet On a nice day, I spot plenty of people eating lunch on a bench, reading a book, or chatting with a friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396352559345-PS3S3YJ4CQBP6DXGXJ12/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396352691165-QVQ11AACQJGPP12EZTOE/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396352824225-TQX3C8LPMVLD1BLXOQ67/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396352930102-CU6R37NCT68GA1HJ98M3/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396353039953-5URVM9ZTFDFFIR6EV0PE/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet I find this one sweet - does this portray the deceased and his dog? Or a reference to something else? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396353184291-NV70BZ64DU1KLPMM0E9A/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet Guarding the deceased or a warning to the living? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396353396678-XW8TCCBT7SNI8JLLQLQH/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396353563542-P26VCHPC9HK2W210K2EG/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396353747226-N52K2FT9TB1GIZE9K2X5/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396354404060-D29RYKQQVG4O7ACKS9YI/image-asset.jpeg Home - Peace and Quiet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1396354524201-HDRUHBIB9GTIL109IPB0/IMG_1621.jpg Home - Peace and Quiet http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/the-dark-side-of-paris-les-catacombes monthly 0.5 2014-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395594327830-O30PD04K5CB3L6KVHL8A/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Dark Side of Paris: Les Catacombes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395594449415-R90FE0P7K32Y70C2PG2H/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Dark Side of Paris: Les Catacombes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395594629949-F2LBLI2BB0Y06K226PRO/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Dark Side of Paris: Les Catacombes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395594749523-YEVLGSKH0GAXXGOX2Z7E/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Dark Side of Paris: Les Catacombes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395594865491-AYE3XIALPFS3E821ELW1/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Dark Side of Paris: Les Catacombes "Stop! Here is the Empire of Death." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395595045207-3MG4CW28P3Z2K8LCRCS9/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Dark Side of Paris: Les Catacombes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395595189291-7G4Z7FVN62YCKLWGZRTF/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Dark Side of Paris: Les Catacombes Plaques are displayed periodically to show which cemetery the remains came from and the date of transfer, ranging from the late 1700's to the last transfer in 1859. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395595312047-4K62ET1PRSC6THX58NDQ/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Dark Side of Paris: Les Catacombes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395595428887-TLZBE3V26YK3ONHHN7T1/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Dark Side of Paris: Les Catacombes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395695764357-QHEDXYLEEAARBRSF3FXS/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Dark Side of Paris: Les Catacombes http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/a-matter-of-life-and-death monthly 0.5 2014-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395766307575-LLS9CRKADGWNNKEQ18XV/image-asset.jpeg Home - A Matter of Life and Death Spring at Père Lachaise http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/into-the-toolbox-the-nuts-and-bolts-of-planning-a-trip-to-bordeaux monthly 0.5 2014-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395844037193-UTTPN3UG9WDPENIQM2IN/image-asset.jpeg Home - Into the Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Planning a Trip to Bordeaux One of the memorable architectural features of Bordeaux, the Pont de Pierre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395844160631-E9V7ZSIF41NKEMLK5QER/image-asset.jpeg Home - Into the Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Planning a Trip to Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395844462985-KBSX8HRF6KK24BJWX32W/image-asset.jpeg Home - Into the Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Planning a Trip to Bordeaux The view from the Bordeaux Terrace, a great home-base that sleeps 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395844252330-2NDCMG6BYC2O0UH65H8F/image-asset.jpeg Home - Into the Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Planning a Trip to Bordeaux For a more luxurious experience, try the swanky Grand Hotel de Bordeaux and Spa. Or just admire it from a distance like I did. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395844539127-BQAI63NDBL3IZV4FDF8U/image-asset.jpeg Home - Into the Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Planning a Trip to Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395844619796-7LJIOZ2I79V6KBMY10P9/image-asset.jpeg Home - Into the Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Planning a Trip to Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395844672865-83AH0E1GLL69N80PBY2O/image-asset.jpeg Home - Into the Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Planning a Trip to Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395844986344-APF3UJF09GCWKJP3KVHQ/image-asset.jpeg Home - Into the Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Planning a Trip to Bordeaux Cathédrale Saint-André de Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395844785877-JLHIB9ZX7QLY10N188O3/image-asset.jpeg Home - Into the Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Planning a Trip to Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395844886593-EBWNJ1A68RQDHJS68KBR/image-asset.jpeg Home - Into the Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Planning a Trip to Bordeaux The public garden with a view of the Monument aux Girondins rising up behind the buildings http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/uncorking-bordeaux monthly 0.5 2014-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395240528414-HN0VVAL8X2TJ4QH7AYAP/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395240420794-PDNNV8MZQA0CS8N8J02G/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux The château really was beautiful. Apparently current owner Prince Robert of Luxembourg stays here from time to time (he's the great-grandson to American Clarence Dillon who bought the estate in 1935). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395240703720-P3ZVT7G5CBMIGYV7KXWC/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux After the tour, we were invited in to the elaborately decorated tasting room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395240824119-PF04PYDRZKE5ZXFPDNSI/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux Possibly the only taste of wine from Château Haut-Brion I will experience, thus properly documented (also shown is a wine from Château La Mission Haut-Brion, another estate acquired in 1983). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395240962041-U25PVGVKDPAXHHRLQLMB/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395241139724-HD8DY0UAQMJSKARPSYYI/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux The vineyards of Château Palmer on a beautiful day in March https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395241275637-DTKM1DXNDUFC6HRMKJPR/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux Compare the picture above to this one of the same sign, the following September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395241423954-FWGB3IBKXPPQLQGHVT80/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395241530232-LG66T9S2GVT4PW4GJ583/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395241604847-QB5GOA17J42ZI852L5VG/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395581709102-3UCHSHSMT6JO4TY2IVRG/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395345817130-NM20MU60NFM3NX3T27TT/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395581369515-8K58PN3KA4O7DISXFYX9/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux Down in the cellars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395581480369-62UI3TD32U20OWPRXTHS/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395581846694-9KXKUJZ480HHTGFTNRET/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395582000204-ERR1B8GQJCDURBOONMZT/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395582736000-G98IOCKIA3JZMIXG0PT5/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux Stunning in daylight, it really ups the romanticism at night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395582554530-X9JYFGWE505IEXZM7ASZ/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395241820081-8DITKC6FF2BBREZE4PVD/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395305027393-ZOV2MK1TWMID2QT6MQHZ/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux Check out that old wine press! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395345538054-430C6F2W54VJLTX4NMKX/image-asset.jpeg Home - Uncorking Bordeaux http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/from-the-vine-to-the-glass monthly 0.5 2014-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395580490792-8RQH6GFQ9UYF4YP2MMSY/image-asset.jpeg Home - From The Vine to Le Vin Wine tasting after a tour of Château Prieuré-Lichine http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/food-eating-and-the-art-of-the-meal monthly 0.5 2014-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395136797781-BUX3IRSHNZVFWNJ0I630/image-asset.jpeg Home - Food. Eating. And the art of the meal. Dinner at Ciel de Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395092852466-8RCP92X0OJ9WEW81YU7S/image-asset.jpeg Home - Food. Eating. And the art of the meal. I love that the French have an additional course included in a proper dinner: the cheese course. Check out that fromage at Paris bistrot À La Biche Au Bois https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395093988440-MQ04ZUPXQWDX0YET23R6/image-asset.jpeg Home - Food. Eating. And the art of the meal. My regular market, Marché Popincourt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395143608348-2MV7ZJ1FDGD9LI2F5I0A/image-asset.jpeg Home - Food. Eating. And the art of the meal. I'm still a work in progress with the whole entertaining bit - here's the mushroom soup I finally served my family. Doubling that recipe caused a major delay! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1395144328598-IAAD3BYURZQMSRXZ3A8I/image-asset.jpeg Home - Food. Eating. And the art of the meal. Room for dessert? http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/still-here monthly 0.5 2014-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394992877658-5ZB9O5LKDR8YZ4MCRPLK/image-asset.jpeg Home - Still here Part of the party spread...minus the late appearance of stuffed mushrooms and macarons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394993059852-7MOEL0YFPKE4FNUXGKCA/image-asset.jpeg Home - Still here Homemade macarons with Almond, Nocino (walnut-flavored liqueur), and Limoncello fillings http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/oysters-and-arcachon monthly 0.5 2014-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394111407235-68PYE7PMA98R641FSSWC/image-asset.jpeg Home - Oysters and Arcachon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394111305218-M7JIKY7KWBIDWIUW6YEC/image-asset.jpeg Home - Oysters and Arcachon That golden hour at sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394111485588-PS58PCH4BW98EWN45C79/image-asset.jpeg Home - Oysters and Arcachon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394111579848-WDKKX45M40JYJRWSL4PP/image-asset.jpeg Home - Oysters and Arcachon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394111688446-HV6B4YH9BRN4LQPVTPOQ/image-asset.jpeg Home - Oysters and Arcachon http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/bordeauxs-little-sister-saint-emilion monthly 0.5 2015-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394472055046-DJ5VYL6U9EG3PEQ3OYCX/St+Emilion Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion The town of St Emilion, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394472228802-XX2RROKOH960UN7IDU34/Sheep+in+St+Emilion Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion Sheep in St Emilion, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394472387531-7Z82K2HM6L091V9GO81B/image-asset.jpeg Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion View from the bell tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394529206129-DXBCZ24H7LMGJEYAFSUG/image-asset.jpeg Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion The entrance to the Monolithic Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394472526726-MSZFE58UAIW4I0K7ZOPW/image-asset.jpeg Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion This path is called "Tertre des Vaillants" - according to St Émilion's tourist information site, "tertre" is a specific word to this town indicating a steep pedestrian cobblestone street. This one is for the valiant! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394473068628-KZETVPC6FGRE9E7OMEGW/Tractor+of+Chateau+Beaurang Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion Tractor at Chateau Beaurang, St Emilion, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394473155675-M0KHF6UHKKBPVJ11HVW3/image-asset.jpeg Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion These are how the vineyards look in March - just stubs with two bare branches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394473453261-CINVRZOU8SB8CYTUULHV/image-asset.jpeg Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion The same plot of land at Château Beaurang in September, just before the harvest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394473576896-CT2L1Z6SUPYVPBXSZZRL/image-asset.jpeg Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion Again not pictured - the aforementioned grapes used for white wine. But I caught these drenched in the sunlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394473698527-23IRUKWJZP7AZ7VDOO0F/Wine+at+Chateau+Beaurang Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion Bottles of red wine at Chateau Beaurang, St Emilion, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394473853369-JC605T4WJ8K9U5933LK0/Wine+tasting+at+Chateau+Beaurang Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion Red wine tasting at Chateau Beaurang, St. Emilion, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394474018175-XDAAIR9NNLK2XONELSKM/image-asset.jpeg Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion Château Champion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394474129490-0VSUJNOIX497Z69B8V93/Building+on+the+grounds+of+Chateau+Champion Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion Building on the grounds of Chateau Champion with vineyards, St. Emilion, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394528760168-BAB4W7UVQ2B3UKP8651Q/Vineyards+of+Chateau+Champion Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion Vineyards of family-run winery, Chateau Champion, St. Emilion, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394528869439-Q5YUQHIP3Q925O9YI51O/Barrels+of+wine+at+Chateau+Coutet Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion A look at some of the private family reserves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394528947003-PBZ1X0VXKCO7YPZPMMY2/Bottle+of+red+wine+from+Chateau+Coutet Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion Bottle of 2008 Saint-Emilion Grand Cru red wine from Chateau Coutet, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394529082985-SJN8RQPWQJGMKQI79DY1/View+of+St.+Emilion Home - Bordeaux's Little Sister: Saint-Émilion View from the bell tower of Saint-Emilion, France http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/red-red-wine monthly 0.5 2014-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1394119213134-X2MHAC8JZAD5KLOBYR1X/IMG_6540.jpg Home - 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5 Traveling Tips I've Learned the Hard Way This is only appropriate if you are moving to another country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1393524275657-HXIIVULVYSP962NVX0DB/image-asset.jpeg Home - 5 Traveling Tips I've Learned the Hard Way Delicious pizza can come in unassuming places - like in Antibes, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1393518924766-3M94CIE1S7NMOXVRY4KP/image-asset.jpeg Home - 5 Traveling Tips I've Learned the Hard Way A walking tour furthered my appreciated of Milan and its stunning cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1393519999190-2BWRRAGMR8Y7IOFUMYA1/image-asset.jpeg Home - 5 Traveling Tips I've Learned the Hard Way Quasimundo bike tours in Bruges got us out and into the beautiful Belgian countryside http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/canal-st-martin monthly 0.5 2014-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1393257539767-ERFM8K7D18FCQJOANX41/image-asset.jpeg Home - 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(Is it weird to have a favorite?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392911943472-VEVRB5R7XC95XJ8J40F4/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc Monceau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392912040316-XDWKO8UY1Z1153FV49Q7/image-asset.jpeg Home - Park it in Paris: Parc Monceau http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/a-few-of-my-paris-favorites-valentines-day monthly 0.5 2018-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392504395639-B8DEDZ646WX2PTN77AX7/image-asset.jpeg Home - A Few of my Paris Favorites: Valentine's Day The makings of the main course https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392504839321-41GANZOCVJ6ZTPQBUYPP/image-asset.jpeg Home - A Few of my Paris Favorites: Valentine's Day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392505464130-PSHP0A1I53T0X8IXQPPS/IMG_0668.jpg Home - A Few of my Paris Favorites: Valentine's Day A bonus about the furnished apartment we rent - it came with these fun fish-shaped plates that I love to serve seafood on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392642493320-JT5K3MZLH7LLOGQ68B7Q/image-asset.jpeg Home - A Few of my Paris Favorites: Valentine's Day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392642231559-BGW001QVDM3P7GOP3U51/IMG_0678.jpg Home - A Few of my Paris Favorites: Valentine's Day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392642835687-5RNYMB5190QMT8CQ64K1/image-asset.jpeg Home - A Few of my Paris Favorites: Valentine's Day http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/the-sweet-side-of-paris monthly 0.5 2014-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392502934855-QCOMV4T5YU28D4LSB676/IMG_2598.jpg Home - The Sweet Side of Paris Paris–Brest from Carette http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/a-day-in-shoreditch-london monthly 0.5 2014-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392132300334-GFBICOJ94FJORI48W4HM/IMG_1349.jpg Home - A Day in Shoreditch (London) Street art in Shoreditch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392132760440-7F4ZXW5CW5OSH9V8IWHT/IMG_1331.jpg Home - A Day in Shoreditch (London) Starting off the morning with a spicy glass of Dishoom's House Chai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392134078334-49IP4764HCPIDGC4ZU3O/IMG_9508.jpg Home - A Day in Shoreditch (London) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392134265885-R8ESCRVXVB44G031PPYC/IMG_1341.jpg Home - A Day in Shoreditch (London) There were lots of flower bulbs too for those with a green thumb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392135421224-WOBLZQF92LV7UE31AU6H/IMG_9519.jpg Home - A Day in Shoreditch (London) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392136117402-ZQSXKDRPXYFLAGH256WG/IMG_1363.jpg Home - A Day in Shoreditch (London) The game is dedicated to their liberators (bottom right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392137179214-VIGF4IG4WYCI851VMKHC/IMG_9547.jpg Home - A Day in Shoreditch (London) Chicken Tikka Masala and Tinda Masala (pumpkin dish) alongside some of the best naan I've eaten https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392217094373-EZJVGPHZXKE9ZKGL1GPQ/IMG_1406.jpg Home - A Day in Shoreditch (London) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/swing-dancing-at-wiltons-music-hall monthly 0.5 2014-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1392018818264-HI8VLSOE83HIVWPHD6CI/sara_passport2.jpg Home - A Curious Incident, Indeed Basin Street Brawlers http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/union-jack monthly 0.5 2014-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389486174077-EFSOTKGT5R47Z0TIYFQ0/IMG_1246.jpg Home - Union Jack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390631059755-RQMCKHXYMXDNV2BEM8SX/image-asset.jpeg Home - Union Jack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389486246976-O08W12SIQ2ICMTHMM6DM/IMG_1167.jpg Home - Union Jack Cool seating at the Camden Lock Market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390633347518-6N5RIBK0LOSGUHY5KD1Y/image-asset.jpeg Home - Union Jack Have you ever found a safe, happy place while away from home? Harrods' food hall became that place for me when I was lonely and missing home. I didn't need to buy or eat anything - my spirits were lifting by just walking around! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390631462941-LDLGTVQH1SR0OXMPH87L/IMG_1268.jpg Home - Union Jack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390631788199-R7FSFV750ECKY6TEE60T/image-asset.jpeg Home - Union Jack The London Eye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390631908243-MUHNV6ED4CLTEPGYWMXG/image-asset.jpeg Home - Union Jack View from the National Gallery of Trafalgar Square https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390632581303-X5JLFKELBRJC4YCVDEI7/image-asset.jpeg Home - Union Jack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390632698148-RP6VJLAZZFDCXVK1WP27/image-asset.jpeg Home - Union Jack http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/london-calling monthly 0.5 2014-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389360543012-Z169U2CC91B4RG6I314X/IMG_9241.jpg Home - London Calling Head to the 6th floor at the Tate Modern for a break with a lovely view http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/a-quiet-walk-to-detwang-germany monthly 0.5 2014-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390589430460-2MH4O99FTT8AGS2ROWN9/DawnKimSara_glossy.jpg Home - A Quiet Walk to Detwang (Germany) Looking out from the tower into Castle Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390366100789-DLUYXK0IZ5NR1WPZUUIE/IMG_8264.jpg Home - A Quiet Walk to Detwang (Germany) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390366160403-5L4GQXMI4E099F8SWME7/IMG_8280.jpg Home - A Quiet Walk to Detwang (Germany) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390366240984-RRHL1L103LJXPDFJ7CHV/IMG_0247.jpg Home - A Quiet Walk to Detwang (Germany) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390366333001-U78MZLPTS4M2OAJDM8QB/IMG_8266.jpg Home - A Quiet Walk to Detwang (Germany) You can see Rothenburg perched up on the cliff in the reflection of the Tauber River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390366440887-VN5VBQQYJFM0W5SQ0HTI/IMG_8297.jpg Home - A Quiet Walk to Detwang (Germany) Church of St. Peter and Paul, Detwang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390366739138-B9NGBIW8PT57FFV3F5AW/IMG_8307.jpg Home - A Quiet Walk to Detwang (Germany) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390403874226-Q37JZWDASD1E274YZNP6/IMG_0269.jpg Home - A Quiet Walk to Detwang (Germany) I still can't get over the expressive emotions carved into this piece of wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390590562034-YVDD4RAYDUF13WOIKSVP/IMG_0266.jpg Home - A Quiet Walk to Detwang (Germany) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390409999303-J7QNUFWXM8KR9O3Y73BZ/IMG_8322.jpg Home - A Quiet Walk to Detwang (Germany) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390590453261-5HF6FOBB25LFL3DRY4D7/IMG_0278.jpg Home - A Quiet Walk to Detwang (Germany) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/rothenburg-ob-der-tauber-germany monthly 0.5 2014-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390328821269-3QRQGZ4MMC6Y09LF6Q4D/IMG_8334.jpg Home - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390335777115-CVXKGKWAYGJAZLBQ5PNI/IMG_8083.jpg Home - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany This is the oldest tower in the town, dating from the 1300’s. (It's my favorite picture of the city, featured in my end-of-the-year post.) The wooden door in its tower is from 1515! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390326763313-B0IW4H73JC9ATPBKV2Q6/IMG_8055.jpg Home - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390327569435-OVSRP808LGIFJ3150PFQ/IMG_8154.jpg Home - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390327664834-6D7YY3R18TH3VTX0GF6C/IMG_8359.jpg Home - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390327715721-SOCGVHC7FDH1UIQ22BZ6/IMG_8093.jpg Home - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany The high alter by Friedrich Herlin (1466) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390327768232-RI1SHTDAKLHV88J17C3G/IMG_0174.jpg Home - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390327854888-U0TMLUCDNBVIG98YY335/IMG_8184.jpg Home - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany Parts of the wall were damaged during World War II. As you walk around, you will notice plaques hanging with names (and countries) of donors who contributed funds to help rebuild after the war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390334265900-A7BU0B5EIVO9GNY18XXQ/IMG_0214.jpg Home - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390345344911-VQDEDV06FQ9UZ33HOHS4/IMG_8403.jpg Home - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany Some furry friends kept us company as we enjoyed our dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390348972491-VR8ZYMJG30MJPF8YA7J1/IMG_8220.jpg Home - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany Most tourists take a day trip here, but it is well worth it to spend at least a night in this cute town! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1390348791864-E3XKWEVBXGBTIRS3MK1K/IMG_8032.jpg Home - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany Our super cute room http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/the-most-charming-town-in-germany monthly 0.5 2014-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389970162726-PKC7DDFGIQ5G40NYNTPT/IMG_0162.jpg Home - The Most Charming Town in Germany View from Castle Garden http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/madrid-on-a-budget monthly 0.5 2014-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389609164158-ZKGA5LH1CAD0ETDBDYGV/IMG_0845.jpg Home - Madrid on a Budget https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389610162276-JXIJFZQJ739SWEIM0T6S/IMG_0850.jpg Home - Madrid on a Budget https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389610622542-UIC9L0NY4EO5IK7322ZF/IMG_0861.jpg Home - Madrid on a Budget https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389611534149-ZQ2JDQ95ULPZI4B2ZX2T/IMG_9023.jpg Home - Madrid on a Budget https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389612296849-DRL29IEDS1V4ANAP8FH5/IMG_0893.jpg Home - Madrid on a Budget https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389612741570-A7XAHGZAFXWA231CZZ02/IMG_9034.jpg Home - Madrid on a Budget There was no art exhibited when we popped in, but it was still a pretty building to admire. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/christmas-in-seefeld-in-tirol-austria monthly 0.5 2014-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389365592659-O242W2FA90KYCSKY0ONX/image-asset.jpeg Home - Christmas in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389365982837-22GESXQPXXU9V8B1I7QT/IMG_0626.jpg Home - Christmas in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria The Heilig Kreuz church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389369174117-LAWF4X0GO34RE9PKQXW5/IMG_0712.jpg Home - Christmas in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria Ok, so I was the only person sporting jeggings and a peacoat while cross-country skiing. I'm surprised the employee who rented us the gear didn't explain how to snap the boot into the ski after taking one look at me. I ended up having to ask for clarification. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389370274145-HUQ6EO2T9X43C1W85FYW/IMG_0716.jpg Home - Christmas in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria So maybe we're lodge people at heart. But we had fun nonetheless! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389370494341-0IX4PL4NIGLE3AU8XR1J/IMG_8741.jpg Home - Christmas in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria Taking in the scenery on our walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389372080312-XK7S92JUXSZOMXAP0E5R/IMG_8879.jpg Home - Christmas in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria Seefeld was small but it did have its own Christmas market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389372160717-G2XB6JWK0BUL6R6LJ53Z/IMG_0745.jpg Home - Christmas in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria St. Oswald's church is on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389372546538-OZS501H1X12LFOCCYZRQ/IMG_0657.jpg Home - Christmas in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389372722456-9NBCDPLZ2DOOLBU16ID0/IMG_0763.jpg Home - Christmas in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria Until next time, Seefeld! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389372870035-PANUDE74BMBZ3RZT30G4/IMG_0765.jpg Home - Christmas in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria On the train to Munich http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/snowy-seefeld-in-tirol monthly 0.5 2014-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389364799064-KNVPL2038DYW95IW91FI/IMG_0729.jpg Home - Snowy Seefeld in Tirol http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/simply-sara-eats-in-madrid monthly 0.5 2014-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389264352811-4G0EWRLVPO11NP2W8WX8/IMG_0811.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: In Madrid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389264832454-EBV4HIXYFZHQTJ23KVCX/IMG_9062.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: In Madrid Not to be missed is the burrata stand! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389266240280-POG10GKBIQJANBU3YOSM/IMG_0842.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: In Madrid Roasted potatoes topped with smoked salmon and guacamole https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389268559606-Z7V283CWJ2GS08DYQYOS/IMG_0981.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: In Madrid If you don't read Spanish, all you need to know is the sign on top reads "Books and Wine." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389268780499-FSZQWRTT9DKK0NTUQV42/IMG_9131.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: In Madrid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389285814592-CYTOYWOGWRJ7L4EEHLMM/IMG_0904.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: In Madrid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389285866553-HTOLCPYX8H7EH3DIPGCQ/IMG_0907.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: In Madrid We had hummus and tapas. Michael's (above) had ham and some sort of tomato/garlic paste with olive oil. Mine was also on bread but included goat's cheese, honey, and ham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389286554335-EMQ8I15U6XOET5KLZOVV/IMG_9141.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: In Madrid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389287447692-ZYFKMV871Q5O4XX1UVL5/IMG_9143.jpg Home - Simply Sara Eats: In Madrid http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/new-years-flamenco-show-in-madrid monthly 0.5 2014-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389109856904-394YE4HXWIC8TDYKU92U/IMG_0987.jpg Home - New Year's Flamenco Show in Madrid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389110296721-CC17DA7I7VA56YKOZV2F/image-asset.jpeg Home - New Year's Flamenco Show in Madrid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389111048887-J82RVD7WM2RBJJS79UNK/IMG_1016.jpg Home - New Year's Flamenco Show in Madrid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389111282144-Z8F2H16MAC4BHVNACTMK/IMG_1005.jpg Home - New Year's Flamenco Show in Madrid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389112777093-8R9VGORSOW2F9OPGU5QL/IMG_1025.jpg Home - New Year's Flamenco Show in Madrid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389112918088-DQPQZSHVG69RHVT8LMGO/IMG_1042.jpg Home - New Year's Flamenco Show in Madrid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389114032236-R27GABSE30QGHPYVLHNR/IMG_0992.jpg Home - New Year's Flamenco Show in Madrid The venue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389114029089-KCOQM1TDQ60OZUMJQTQY/IMG_0993.jpg Home - New Year's Flamenco Show in Madrid The stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389113870031-UUXSQF01S8USEB0RLXBU/IMG_1048.jpg Home - New Year's Flamenco Show in Madrid Check out the anvil-like object on the wooden stoop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389113882907-X2AXN6H9LZVQGDGUT0EF/IMG_1052.jpg Home - New Year's Flamenco Show in Madrid The calm before the storm, hammer in hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389113879935-DZYN3CE0JTNAOR9HKGPV/IMG_1049.jpg Home - New Year's Flamenco Show in Madrid This is my "I have to eat all these in rapid succession?" face. http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/the-magic-of-madrid monthly 0.5 2014-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1389037720176-OAQD87TX4YO8II0TVT6J/IMG_0838.jpg Home - The Magic of Madrid http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/european-adventures-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2014-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386334462267-3FYNDNUBOUVG96BTJS2Y/IMG_1544.jpg Home - European Adventures in Pictures First trip out of France for 2013 was to Iceland. This is the Seljalandsfoss waterfall that we saw on our drive through the southern part of the island. (May 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386334874179-HKIOM08I4B6TDBHLJS66/IMG_2478.jpg Home - European Adventures in Pictures The canals of Amsterdam (June 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386335008759-M6FP7WQHA0Y2K9CHMS57/IMG_7504.jpg Home - European Adventures in Pictures The fascinating Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba (popularly called Mezquita) (June 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386335237577-ZFQ8HOZ9BTOOPCTYM1I5/IMG_2909.jpg Home - European Adventures in Pictures The cool Metropol Parasol in Sevilla, Spain that I refer to as "the Waf" for its resemblance to a waffle (June 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386336265942-EL46WQ8H9DXHGCT6H1GM/IMG_3258.jpg Home - European Adventures in Pictures My favorite part of the Highlands in Scotland was getting to see some hairy coos on the Hairy Coo day tour. (June 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386336425026-6S2VILIMHVH93QIXAGL8/IMG_4955.jpg Home - European Adventures in Pictures Ireland was so incredible green and lush it was hard to narrow down to a single picture. Here's the Gallarus Oratory, located on the Dingle peninsula. (August 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386336783412-C4RIVQJHAMU3CSJ27FHG/IMG_8589.jpg Home - European Adventures in Pictures One town I can keep going back to is quaint Bruges. Here is some lovely architecture from Markt square. (September 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386337418564-6OWL55O1PLAKUIZL14I6/IMG_7200.jpg Home - European Adventures in Pictures Luxembourg City in autumn (October 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1387399729254-RJX3CLYMPCMN4G0ZNQC9/IMG_8083.jpg Home - European Adventures in Pictures I fell in love with the medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. (December 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1388701520407-SY6VXR485UJE11XJU4G9/IMG_8864.jpg Home - European Adventures in Pictures As if Seefeld wasn't beautiful enough, the snowfall on the last night made it all the more magical. (December 2013) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/la-belle-france monthly 0.5 2014-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386150677035-II7JN41T2BC7J1KPGUBF/IMG_1030.jpg Home - La Belle France Château Pichon Longueville lit up at night, one of the most beautiful châteaus on La Route des Châteaux (D2) north of Bordeaux (March 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386151289585-SV8EVQHWCXDLQYPPNOIU/IMG_0794.jpg Home - La Belle France We stopped by Château de Chenonceau on the drive back from Bordeaux to Paris just long enough to capture a few pictures of the most beautiful château in the Loire in my opinion. (March 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386151991177-BGU2GJ7HRMEZHQCHX4SK/IMG_6658.jpg Home - La Belle France View of the Fort Carré in my favorite town in the French Riviera, Antibes (April 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386165711520-TSJYJNJTKG15J5P1K6WO/IMG_9406.jpg Home - La Belle France Sunset over the Mediterranean in Marseille at its Vieux Port (October 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386166325075-NFGBNRNCDGFAZVXNGBIA/IMG_8116.jpg Home - La Belle France The beautiful white cliffs of Étretat that make up part of France's La Côte d'Albâtre (Alabaster Coast). (July 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386171018036-E6LR6VTWF6RL4WFOJW3T/IMG_4267.jpg Home - La Belle France Sunset at the walled-in town of St. Malo (July 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386171305094-I6P3HTVY9OLY7HEHBVWY/IMG_9341.jpg Home - La Belle France At the chateau-fortress of Les-Baux-de-Provence (October 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386198395596-O72SAA1H59VQAVIMXZ7C/IMG_6124.jpg Home - La Belle France My favorite village in Dordogne, Beynac-et-Cazenac (September 2013) http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/an-alpine-escape monthly 0.5 2013-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386679825599-CCT9BLUHGWXIRFQBBWI5/IMG_2873.jpg Home - An Alpine Escape The Matterhorn as seen from Zermatt, Switzerland http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/canvas-worthy-paris monthly 0.5 2014-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385989913638-B3AAC9VTW6BQJEMBBVST/IMG_6866.jpg Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris Sunset from the top floor of Centre Pompidou, one of my favorite museums and views of Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385990076732-G04BQEPCV3769W4Z29F8/IMG_0111.jpg Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris A winter night on Île Saint-Louis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385990182250-48IGZXWK4H7PJXSV4HOD/IMG_7908.jpg Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris Another of my favorite views, from the tower of Notre Dame https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385990344033-YYW7FTMN59Q4OEN3FJ3B/IMG_1501.jpg Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris So many fond memories of picnicking with this view of the Seine with friends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385990497421-I75LKI2VHMCL93QIC8WA/IMG_7317.jpg Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris Couples proclaim their love with these locks over the Seine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385990663446-UMT4V7UKZ8BN520ZXYTW/IMG_4413.jpg Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris After two vacation to Paris and living here for over a year, we finally made it to the top of the Eiffel Tower...twice in 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385990877342-JU028K6DAQX58A0IHM0D/IMG_0074.jpg Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris The Louvre at night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385991057521-6POKDF1YFFMQGN1VRR15/IMG_0854-Edit.jpg Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris At Musée d'Orsay, looking across the river at Musée du Louvre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385991152398-IXDUXQ55RSN0Q19HTIW6/IMG_7323.jpg Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris This picture of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel also brings back memories of the walk back to our apartment where my surprise birthday party was about to begin. Michael had to try to spur me along despite all the pictures I wanted to take on the walk back! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385991271709-MS5GQZEBJUIT7X2TG1IY/IMG_8241.jpg Home - Canvas-Worthy Paris View from Tour Montparnasse while eating dinner at Ciel de Paris http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/a-photo-finish monthly 0.5 2013-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386085800760-NTYYOYK30VI7O233PNYN/IMG_2291.jpg Home - A Photo Finish http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/stuttgarts-mercedes-benz-museum monthly 0.5 2013-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1387400500328-608Z1CGJ3QBIRVSPTQF5/IMG_7939.jpg Home - Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1387400581098-XS3JHETZZAJF2ZKROOBA/IMG_9991.jpg Home - Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1387400678547-9KHQSVG6QK2N6CEZPXSC/IMG_0008.jpg Home - Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1387400782651-3IZ5IECXML5FOYN8FZS5/IMG_7906.jpg Home - Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum Wondering where the name Mercedes came from when the last names of the inventors where Benz and Daimler? A business man named Emil Jellinek became involved selling and marketing Daimler cars and the name of his daughter, Mercedes, was eventually adopted for the brand. (You can read more on the story at daimler.com.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1387401124827-8W92WR1YC8U81ZGBTJC3/IMG_0018.jpg Home - Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum 1908 Mercedes 75 PS Doppelphaeton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1387401412798-68JWJN22WLDTH02O0XL5/IMG_7922.jpg Home - Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1387401520381-9VPI98AD2EQ2ZB4SFAQ2/IMG_7925.jpg Home - Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1387401802081-YVQ5GGVAF6132ZIVZSLN/IMG_7914.jpg Home - Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum One thing I love to do - travel - was forever changed by the automobile. Check out this old double-decker London bus! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1387401922229-TUQYSJPFYHETM7RG04GQ/IMG_7932.jpg Home - Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum Race cars also played a large part in this story, as cars for a while were only accessible to the very wealthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1387401977923-NGYA1Y2NGDA93ZCGAV2U/IMG_0056.jpg Home - Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/le-musee-des-arts-forain monthly 0.5 2014-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384724421096-8B06LPI4A8TQVBK10DKY/IMG_8787.jpg Home - After Christmas Special: Le Musée des Arts Forain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384724528352-0BS7Z2WDWD3T9M8LNSG0/IMG_8785.jpg Home - After Christmas Special: Le Musée des Arts Forain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384726125025-5ZLFYDR1MBQCJVL95865/8J8A3565.jpg Home - After Christmas Special: Le Musée des Arts Forain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384726252823-XGMUNZIEPYZ034POJEMF/IMG_8795.jpg Home - After Christmas Special: Le Musée des Arts Forain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384726296553-IYL18JGB2FTNSKEIRBNP/IMG_8807.jpg Home - After Christmas Special: Le Musée des Arts Forain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384726933502-SXS6G55DXMNNYDUHY90P/IMG_8798.jpg Home - After Christmas Special: Le Musée des Arts Forain A crowd favorite, the velocipede https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384813048323-OE64X0ODZQO1O7QDPJPN/IMG_8832.jpg Home - After Christmas Special: Le Musée des Arts Forain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384813230994-LIC4S2FB11LSK7OLJTV1/IMG_8820.jpg Home - After Christmas Special: Le Musée des Arts Forain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384727499660-JHQDI64LBSOTI60DH3HT/IMG_8814.jpg Home - After Christmas Special: Le Musée des Arts Forain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384727607310-CI11U5EV3S25UGHRJQNL/IMG_8836.jpg Home - After Christmas Special: Le Musée des Arts Forain http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/carnivals-and-carousels monthly 0.5 2014-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384810906446-QU7C1UGIDPEKM4IUPAET/IMG_8812.jpg Home - Carnivals and Carousels http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/my-picks-christmastime-in-paris monthly 0.5 2013-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386588584927-69MQRMZY1OY6EE5JE372/IMG_7760.jpg Home - My Picks: Christmastime in Paris Over 125 streets and squares are lit throughout Paris and are delightful to discover while strolling at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386589170273-E0NZ324IAWXR4L776HP1/IMG_7647.jpg Home - My Picks: Christmastime in Paris At the Printemps window displays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386590105441-K8J3Z2XXAMJ03VPXGW2V/IMG_7666.jpg Home - My Picks: Christmastime in Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386606782420-M9YXVBRQSQ1GQ7MLXZZW/IMG_7628.jpg Home - My Picks: Christmastime in Paris View from the roof-top terrace at Printemps of L'église de la Madeleine et La Tour Eiffel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386607511469-A0CB82E1MI8XUE9X1CP0/IMG_7619.jpg Home - My Picks: Christmastime in Paris The top of Printemps with Palais Garnier (the opera) in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386608923484-KXXE5C6MGCDNK49Z44LC/IMG_7691.jpg Home - My Picks: Christmastime in Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386611137517-IB6ICDNSMBWLO41HW6VT/IMG_7700.jpg Home - My Picks: Christmastime in Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386614490325-NEIQME64PXKNJ7XQDLUS/IMG_9911.jpg Home - My Picks: Christmastime in Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386614963368-83KIUVHU5SCNOLELK5GA/IMG_7860.jpg Home - My Picks: Christmastime in Paris French food and products from all over the country can be found at La Defense...in massive quantities! 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Good thing the teddies are on top of things... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386270909527-A9UPJVJF8TJRU4T07Y4T/IMG_7657.jpg Home - Deck the Halls Go at night when all the lights are on to get the full effect. (Which isn't hard these days since night falls by 5:30pm.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386325283010-246EGXN7PMAIRYZGGKJ6/IMG_7677.jpg Home - Deck the Halls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386325504014-OM7Z00NVY1OX7MSKK3FA/IMG_7681.jpg Home - Deck the Halls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386325724781-3M192N6UPWOVENMXZOPE/IMG_7683.jpg Home - Deck the Halls http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/christmas-countdown monthly 0.5 2013-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386244983759-LQAELBEN0OKL64PD8OU4/IMG_7664.jpg Home - Christmas Countdown! The 65-foot tall Christmas tree in the middle of Galaries Lafayette http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/musee-de-la-chasse-et-de-la-nature monthly 0.5 2013-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386079504102-WX8WVD017RIQ6OFYM3T9/IMG_7353.jpg Home - Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386080181426-F8N6VIOKJ37B0Z6V6W6Y/IMG_7359.jpg Home - Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature Inside the Room of Trophies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386080328128-Q4H1ZIWK964ALS5RM5NH/IMG_9796.jpg Home - Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature A "head shot" of the animals. Sorry, bad pun... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386080998420-6RY84QI664D5LSU2UEKA/IMG_9797.jpg Home - Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature The exhibitions certainly kept me on my toes and ranged from intriguing to disturbing in my opinion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386081133146-M9YMPGXJ5WMLB4E7IQKH/IMG_7363.jpg Home - Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature Exhibit B falls into the disturbing category. But it all reflects how humans interact with animals and hunting is a big part of that picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386081392213-JZ5T8WY5KUM8AT42HYIZ/IMG_9806.jpg Home - Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1386081563670-72P5JDH0ECHQIA656H6N/IMG_7383.jpg Home - Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/strasbourg monthly 0.5 2015-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384532080835-WU7KDYVIHD4PU5SCS6RZ/IMG_5184.jpg Home - Strasbourg, King of the French Christmas Market Timbered houses in Strasbourg at Christmas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384533116704-I9BFYAYU5ITP3XMN4BMK/IMG_8992.jpg Home - Strasbourg, King of the French Christmas Market You never know when Santa Claus is coming to town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384533310126-RYMAOI5CSUCHLGO3YTCL/IMG_9020.jpg Home - Strasbourg, King of the French Christmas Market So many Santas in Stra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417721096124-86B7M8ZT4E4190OIHB0J/Christmas+market+in+Strasbourg Home - Strasbourg, King of the French Christmas Market Christmas market by the Cathedral in Strasbourg, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417721225601-E12YUFU5QS8O3UFXCQM3/Cathedral+of+Strasbourg Home - Strasbourg, King of the French Christmas Market The Cathedral of Strasbourg, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417721350018-P927GKNMIG5SSPO1O8XJ/Vin+Chaud+in+Strasbourg Home - Strasbourg, King of the French Christmas Market Whatever you want to call it, this wine will warm you up on a cold December day so you can continue enjoying the Christmas markets! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417721599643-39CHXCAQX98X2XFHLRBT/Craftsman+Strasbourg%2C+France Home - Strasbourg, King of the French Christmas Market Craftsman at Christmas market in Strasbourg, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384535570481-YPUIE1Y80OXLM1AY1QQO/Strasbourg+at+night Home - Strasbourg, King of the French Christmas Market Strasbourg, France lit up by angels and stars at night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1417721777702-4AU4JYN4WIBDRYS7O19U/Strasbourg%2C+France+decked+out+at+Christmastime Home - Strasbourg, King of the French Christmas Market Seriously, Strasbourg takes decking its halls to a whole other level! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384535887470-FFU5S9VZA5PHJK8SYJKC/Christmas+market+at+night+in+Strasbourg Home - Strasbourg, King of the French Christmas Market The Christmas market Christkindelmarik, in Strasbourg, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384536438344-41TBIXY1FCLDXY2QW1KQ/IMG_9096.jpg Home - Strasbourg, King of the French Christmas Market Inside the Eglise du Temple Neuf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384536855105-81ZXP1HBR7MAWPLV0Y21/Winstub+le+Clou+in+Strasbourg Home - Strasbourg, King of the French Christmas Market Winstub le Clou in Strasbourg, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384537299633-XPEWQM7F126XG9JHAJLI/IMG_5221.jpg Home - Strasbourg, King of the French Christmas Market La Petite France http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/christmas monthly 0.5 2013-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384474678745-U2O8KCYA8ELZ3DI00HKH/IMG_5204.jpg Home - The Capital of Christmas http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/a-z-of-christmas-markets monthly 0.5 2013-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385387814375-MSACMKYUOS0S4INKYDVE/IMG_0324.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Furry friends in Prague https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385388064541-MCOIC3SISH6MQNBLC3IG/IMG_9341.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Dinner in Dresden one night was a meter-long bratwurst, folded in two to fit on a bun. I got the impression that the stand didn't see many non-German tourists. His reply when we said we were from the US? "Well, that's a long way to come for sausage!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385388219031-G2YQJKZXXEU900LY0PMP/IMG_5533.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Handmade candles in Berlin Christmas markets are filled with beautiful handicrafts from all over the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385388393154-NK860R808SQ486INHQK3/IMG_0282.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets European cities get all dressed up for Christmas. Prague was such a beautiful city in its own right and became even more romantic with its markets. This is at the Old Town Square (Staroměstské náměstí). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385388666743-U684PP3PE6LBYKQD369D/IMG_5018.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Yup, Champs--Élysées was quite touristy. But it still looked very pretty, nonetheless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385389047982-4PR7LX3ZHECLNWESKCMQ/IMG_5242.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Here's some Früchtebrot (fruit bread) from Nürnberg. Sadly, I don't have any pictures of the specialty that I really loved from that town, which were soft gingerbread-like cookies called Lebkuchen. I must have eaten them too fast to document! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385389667922-CC61CWAML1WKFQLIJYEB/IMG_4991.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Called vin chaud in French and glühwein in German, mulled wine is a staple to any Christmas market and is useful to combat the inevitable cold temperatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385389769507-ADWQ4H0VMB8B77P1AWC0/IMG_5395.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets As we headed north in Germany, temperatures dropped and glühwein stands became more eleborate. Dresden had a bunch of makeshift bars like this one that offered added warmth.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385389980829-KC6Y886X3K0TGYMYP5TW/IMG_5854.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Old Town Square (Staroměstské náměstí) in Prague, Czech Republic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385412698765-KR9KD7G9IJNGF6GEW0HH/IMG_9296.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets There were so many music performances at the markets like this one we heard in Nürnberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385412821848-TIUSXTIJVX2QWL7BWHL8/IMG_5905.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Prague, Czech Republic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385412969374-YQ1EOXRHLIJ553WQROUN/IMG_9394.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets The Augustusmarkt in Dresden featured a vast variety of international foods. The "K-food Gangnam Style" was a spirited, friendly stand! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385413337750-2QCPDEFUKOYKIRM750OM/IMG_5439.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Another look at the international Augustusmarkt in Dresden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385413563910-LLIIL5M7Z7KPHYAPA0YW/IMG_9558.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets A manger with live animals in Leipzig, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385413964870-FCPTF9GX4X3DUFYI6018/IMG_9253.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385414203179-DV9524MBP9SIJ3PZX7D3/IMG_9287.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385414409141-15MS55B59CNK5D7M8HES/IMG_9338.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Dresden's Striezelmarkt features the largest Erzgebirge step pyramid in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385415038240-FDYZ6DGBCLWTZHG561SX/IMG_9345.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385415230651-HZ5VJKNPS5JP3398T5RY/IMG_9679.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets A Christmas market in Berlin in front of the Charlottenburg Palace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385415354640-9WYWEWX8FIAPU63SBC00/IMG_5818.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets A market in front of the Rathaus (town hall) in Vienna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385416993945-CDFWGJ5IJC9LW8HIW0YE/IMG_9748.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Belvedere Palace in Vienna hosted a Christmas market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385417111890-RBHNJHRECJ6OEGW483Q4/IMG_5212.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Strasbourg, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385417393456-1DLHIKLNCNHHASG921X7/IMG_0041.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Vienna, Austria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385417575527-E9QISL6YE3ER02CXWQYF/IMG_5379.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Some of the cities had an international market among the Christmas markets with products from countries all over the world. We found a USA stand in Nürnberg that sold Obama T-shirts, Harley Davidson items, and Skittles, among other things. The shopkeepers let us stand behind the counter for a picture! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385418077443-2HQC4NHEUM4PJEYAK9XP/IMG_5097.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Strasbourg, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385418282925-GUY9RK0OR9EKZ4ZMVTU3/IMG_9399.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Dresden, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385418426852-F12GZVW4S5WQ3CBABIEQ/IMG_5446.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Yea, I had to take a cheap shot with X. But seriously, there are lots of extra people coming to Dresden to visit this very old Christmas market - 2013 marks the Striezelmarkt's 579th year! The market entices 2.5 million visitors annually! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385418789595-M9QSNB8FA7RKE0YKX48Y/IMG_5006.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets Even traffic on the Champs-Élysées looks cheerier with the street lined by lights and markets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385419030956-G6B640UX9PW5N0WIB5G5/IMG_5231.jpg Home - A-Z of Christmas Markets "To the Christmas market" sign in Nürnberg http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/cooking-in-paris monthly 0.5 2013-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385565221991-736SU8Y5NT6AUWPCI37J/IMG_8935.jpg Home - Bringing French Cuisine to Your Cuisine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385563185880-9KS4Y6629IEOB8AIZQFZ/IMG_3264.jpg Home - Bringing French Cuisine to Your Cuisine Did I mention you leave with a box of homemade macarons? We exchanged macarons with our classmates to get a diverse sampling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385564137008-7GHIZ2KX0SXPH9IRHZTB/IMG_0639.jpg Home - Bringing French Cuisine to Your Cuisine The hardest part was baking the cookies in a glorified toaster oven as our apartment does not have an oven! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385564231250-JWEQHVSNNEV634ZVTTKJ/IMG_0826.jpg Home - Bringing French Cuisine to Your Cuisine Thanks to the class, I was able to pull off having homemade macarons at our one-year-anniversary-living-in-Paris party! The appearance of the macarons was lacking but they tasted yummy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385566367514-0EB3LW4WBJDNGOHP0R72/IMG_8951.jpg Home - Bringing French Cuisine to Your Cuisine There is a huge block of butter enveloped in dough here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385566641966-WZAOVWH3M52XQ66XLQ8W/IMG_8939.jpg Home - Bringing French Cuisine to Your Cuisine Croissant and pain au chocolat ready to go in the oven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385566733103-TRZZMAOIHO72WBQDTZUB/IMG_8944.jpg Home - Bringing French Cuisine to Your Cuisine There are so many pretty shapes you can make with the almond croissants! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1385566868764-3FU8TNI7I6I8U82G2ZN1/IMG_8952.jpg Home - Bringing French Cuisine to Your Cuisine Coffee and fresh pastries http://www.simplysaratravel.com/home/wine monthly 0.5 2013-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b01b3e4b0d3a6b0c90db0/1384472223969-FVEJ03O2W9NRWYCMOQ2O/IMG_5887.jpg Home - Le Salon des Vins des Vignerons Indépendants is Coming! 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