This might sound like the most tourist-y travel post I’ve ever written. I prooomise it’s not (it’s actually really far from it). As you know, I don’t usually do tours. I would rather just wander and get lost and explore (and, in fact, I am quite good at getting lost). However, after talking to Annie at Scooteroma and dreaming of riding…
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The Orange of Séville
Going through Séville felt like when Leslie Knope sent Ron Swanson on an adventure through Scotland with exact directions for him to follow for him to find everything he will love (RIP). As soon as I booked my flight back in November, I emailed Katie and her best amiga from Spain Sam about everything I should do once I got…
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Preview: The Oranges of Séville
When I left Séville this morning, the oranges were being pruned off the trees as the temperature climbed up to 60 degrees. I took my coffee (because in Europe coffee is taken, not “had” or “drank”) along the river on the edge of Triana, with a line of yellow, red, and coral buildings being slightly blocked by more orange trees. I have SO…
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Eating to the Heart of Lyon
Let’s rewind for a second. It’s 2005, and I haven’t quite grasped how to use a hair straightener or bottom eye liner or how to stop my five-year-old brother from running into my sleepovers. I’ve just moved from Maryland to Virginia and am desperately seeking friends. Any friends (and/or kittens…which is half of the reason why my mom now has four…
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The Cost & Promises of France
This was originally a post about things that are significantly cheaper in France compared to the United States. But – in an effort not to bore everyone about food (it isn’t incredibly revelatory that cheese and wine are cheaper where they are produced) – I decided to expand this on the costs and promises France has to offer. Everything, as…
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