Unique Stays: Thinking Outside the Hotel Room
A hotel may be your first choice when looking for a place to stay while on vacation but should it be? I’ve stayed in a wide range of unique stays from convents to apartments. Take it...
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Wanderlist Series #1: Provence
I depart for London in just over 3 weeks and I’ve got plenty on our to-do list for that trip. But I have my sights on June 2017 (always wanderlusting) in Provence. I figured it...
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My Best Travel Photography: Europe Edition
Life has been so busy lately I have barely had time to celebrate the year my website turns 5. It’s official birthday was in March of this year but with the redesign underway I wasn’t...
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Sunday Pranzo: The Best Meal I Had in Paris was Greek
Ok. Maybe I should rephrase that. One of the best meals I had in Paris was in fact eaten at a Greek restaurant in a terribly touristy area. France has just beat Nigeria in the...
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How to Love Versailles: Make like Marie Antoinette
Raised on my tippy toes I struggled to see the hall of mirrors for what it was in its entirety. People of all nationalities and all languages were buzzing about to and fro without any...
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Sunday Pranzo: Paris’ Les Bistronomes Wine Bar
A narrow quiet candlelit dinning room with accents of slate, natural woods and a chalkboard with expertly handwritten “Shalapata” across it in white chalk. We were the typical tourists that night dinning at an early...
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ArtSmart: The Life of St. Nicholas in Medieval Stained Glass at The Cluny
For those of you new to the ArtSmart Roundtable, we are a group of travel bloggers with a passion for art. We write monthly about a designated topic publishing it on the first Monday of...
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Living Like a Local in Paris: The Pros, Cons & Gone Wrongs {Video}
Everyone has imagined what it would be like to live in another city or foreign country. I’ve always imagined myself in Paris. Having grown up in the French immersion education system here in Canada you...
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Drifting on the Seine: A Champagne Boat Tour with Ô Chateau {Video}
No matter how your trip is going in Paris – good, bad or a topsy-turvey mixture of both – nothing will settle you in more than a relaxing drift along the Seine. There we were...
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La Grande Dame: A Champagne Day in Reims, France
Things never quite work out how you planned them to be. This is especially the case while traveling. Before departing Canada I had customized our own tour of the Champagne region for 6 people. I...
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Sunday Pranzo: A Birthday Dinner at Camelia, Paris
Planning a birthday in Paris is tough believe it or not. My birthday falls within a week of my moms which meant we would be celebrating two birthdays in the city of light. Luckily I...
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Skip the Line with Wine: A City Wonders VIP Louvre Tour {+ Video!}
I remember hearing that the Louvre only has 10% of it’s collection on display in Paris. If you haven’t been before it is a massive museum and would take you over a month to explore...
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Paris: First Impressions for a Long Time Dreamer
I can’t remember if it was when I was in high school while talking with my teacher about her travels to France and Germany or if it was when I tasted my first escargot...
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ArtSmart: An Art Day in Paris – My Accidental Walking Tour
This month the ArtSmart Roundtable theme is “An Art Day in…” and having just returned from my first time in Paris I have plenty to write about. Almost every day was an art day in...
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